Re-offending those convicted under Art. 207 of the Criminal Code for using violence against a family member Cover Image

Powrotność do przestępstwa skazanych z art. 207 k.k. poddanych w trakcie pobytu w zakładzie karnym oddziaływaniu programów korekcyjno-edukacyjnych stosowanych wobec sprawców przemocy w rodzinie
Re-offending those convicted under Art. 207 of the Criminal Code for using violence against a family member

Author(s): Anna Więcek-Durańska, Dobrochna Wójcik
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Penal Policy
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Kryminologiczne im. prof. Stanisława Batawii
Keywords: domestic violence; effectiveness of correctional and educational programs; abuse; return to prison; perpetrators of violence; Duluth;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of research on the return to crime of convicts under Art. 207 of the Criminal Code subjected during their stay in prison to the impact of a corrective and educational program for perpetrators of domestic violence. The study involved 182 men serving a sentence of absolute imprisonment in the years 2014–2015 under Article 207 of the Criminal Code. After five years from the last convict left the penitentiary institution, on the basis of data obtained from the National Criminal Register and the electronic system of convicts NOE of the Central Board of the Prison Service, a recidivism index was developed. In the experimental group, 37.3% of people were re-convicted within 5 years after leaving the prison, and 55.0% in the control group. The results obtained may indicate differences in the return to crime depending on whether the convicted person participated in the program for perpetrators of violence or not.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 57-70
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish