Diagnoza psychologiczno-penitencjarna skazanych na dożywotnie pozbawienie wolności
The psychological-forensic diagnosis of life-term prisoners

Author(s): Maria Gordon
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: psychological forensic diagnosis; life-term prisoners; susceptibility to corrective measures
Summary/Abstract: The text aims to show the value of a properly conducted psychological forensic diagnosis in organizing rehabilitation of the people serving a prison sentence and in particular life-term prisoners. Establishing a psychological forensic diagnosis requires the knowledge of factors contributing to the effectiveness of the process, as well as those inhibiting rehabilitation. The analysis of 50 psychological forensic opinions of life-term prisoners shows that in most cases the information contained in the opinions is not sufficient to prepare individual rehabilitation or therapeutic programmes. The author proposes to modify the structure and the contents of psychological forensic diagnoses, which, in his opinion, will make them more useful in preparing corrective measures.

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