ЗАТВОРЕНИЧКИ КОДЕКС- КЉУЧ ЗА РАЗУМЕВАЊЕ ЗАЈЕДНИЦЕ ОСУЂЕНИКА
PRISONERS' CODE – KEY TO UNDERSTANDING OF PRISONERS' COMMUNITY

Summary/Abstract: In addition to the formal system of penitentiary instittutions, there is an informal system with its special rules, often contradictory in relation to the rules of formal system. The informal system make themselves prisoners. Community of prisoners has its own rules that make "prisoners’ code". It has the character of customary law. In this paper the most important features of the of the prisoners’ code is analyzed. It is of great importance for understanding the prisoners' community and the realization of the principle of resocialization, as the most important objective of punishment. Prisons are the picture of a society. All social relationships, problems and conflicts of the outside world simply break on the penitentiary institutions and relationships within them. For exploring the life and work in penitentiary institutions is extremely important knowledge of the functioning of the prisoners’ community, as a particular social system. Each community has its own value system and the "code" of behavior. A review of penological literature was found a lack of theoretical and empirical studies about prisoners’ community, its value system and the "code" of behavior of prisoners. In this theoretical paper is made a brief analysis of the basic characteristics of the code of convicts, which is made on the basis of the available literature in the field of penology, emphasize the need for implementation of further research in this field of science.

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