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Środowisko rodzinne mężczyzn odbywających kary pozbawienia wolności
Family environment of imprisoned men

Author(s): Dorota Tomczyszyn, Wiesław Romanowicz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Kryminologiczne im. prof. Stanisława Batawii
Keywords: family; the penalty of deprivation of freedom; prison

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this study was to know the family structure, economic and socio-educational situation in the family environment of men serving the penalty of deprivation of freedom. The basic method of data collection was a diagnostic survey. An author's questionnaire was used in order to obtain answers to research questions. Participation in the study was voluntary and anonymous. The study group consisted of 101 adult males. It was conducted in 2015 in the open prison in Zabłocie. Education of prisoners and their parents were in most cases vocational or primary. Every tenth of the questioned persons experienced in their childhood poverty, witnessed parties of addicted to alcohol parents and heard their arguments. In every fifth family came to the disintegration of family life (divorce or separation). The prisoners perceived in the most favourable light the mother, her warmth, her actions taken to secure the material needs of the child and her support in the current situation.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 29-41
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish