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Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students.

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  • المؤلفون: Kjelsberg E;Kjelsberg E; Skoglund TH; Rustad AB
  • المصدر:
    BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2007 May 04; Vol. 7, pp. 71. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 May 04.
  • نوع النشر :
    Comparative Study; Journal Article
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-
    • الموضوع:
      Attitude* ; Police*; Mental Disorders/*therapy ; Prisoners/*psychology ; Students/*psychology; Adult ; Crime/classification ; Crime/psychology ; Employment ; Female ; Health Care Surveys ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Norway ; Prisons ; Psychometrics/instrumentation ; Punishment/psychology ; Rehabilitation ; Sex Factors ; Social Justice ; Students/classification ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Universities
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Positive attitudes towards prisoners are important in securing the effectiveness of various correctional rehabilitation programs and the successful reintegration of prisoners after release. We wanted to investigate the attitudes towards prisoners among prison inmates, prison employees and college students.
      Methods: The Attitudes Toward Prisoners scale was completed by 298 inmates in 4 Norwegian prisons, 387 employees working in the same prisons, and 183 college students. In addition, all respondents were asked a number of general questions about prisoners, crime and punishment.
      Results: The study groups differed significantly in their attitudes towards prisoners, as measured by the Attitudes Toward Prisoners scale, with prison inmates holding the most positive attitudes. Prison officers held more negative attitudes than other prison employees. Prison employees working in female-only facilities held more positive attitudes than those working in male-only facilities. Students differed significantly in their attitudes, with those studying business economics holding more negative attitudes than those studying nursing. A number of strong correlations emerged between negative attitudes towards prisoners and more pessimistic and punitive answers on general questions about prisoners, crime and punishment.
      Conclusion: The attitudes towards prisoners differed markedly among the groups investigated. The findings could have important implications, particularly for the preventive work carried out in our prisons. Whether attitudes toward prisoners can be influenced by educational programs and the dispersion of factual information needs to be investigated.
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    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20070508 Date Completed: 20070622 Latest Revision: 20181113
    • الموضوع:
      20240829
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC1891097
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/1471-2458-7-71
    • الرقم المعرف:
      17480213