The feeling of guilt among convicts who serve their sentence. Cover Image

Poczucie winy u skazanych odbywających karę pozbawienia wolności.
The feeling of guilt among convicts who serve their sentence.

Author(s): Janina Florczykiewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Profilaktyki Społecznej i Resocjalizacji UW
Keywords: feeling of guilt; imprisonment; prison; demoralization

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the findings of the study on the feeling of guild among convicts who serve their sentence. We investigated the relation between the feeling of guilt and the level of demoralization. The study involved 298 male inmates, aged 18 to 64, who serve their sentence in different types and kinds of prisons. It was found that a significant proportion of convicts who serve their sentence experience the feeling of guilt for the harm caused to the victims of their crimes. The lowest propensity to experience guilt and the highest tendency to ignore the victim and start neutralization were manifest among individuals who show a high level of demoralization.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 65-87
  • Page Count: 23