EVALUATING THE TREATMENT OF CONVICTS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN VOJVODINA: DATA ANALYSIS, CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
EVALUATING THE TREATMENT OF CONVICTS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN VOJVODINA: DATA ANALYSIS, CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary/Abstract: The position of convicted persons in penal institutions is not only a legal issue. It is also a reflection of the available material and human resources, and the willingness and commitment of society to create efficient and effective modes of treatment and to implement them, in order to achieve the basic function of these institutions, i.e., resocialization. Research efforts in the field have focused on the ways to improve the functioning of penal institutions in order to provide the highest possible quality of life for convicts, in a specific environment and under restrictions. Serving the prison sentence in satisfactory conditions would ensure a better implementation of the treatment that would result in a better resocialization, thereby reducing recidivism. The aim of this research is to define the factors and the possibility of predicting the resocialization of convicts (dependent variable) in the prisons in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (AP Vojvodina). The results indicate that the general attitude of convicts towards prison treatment is negative. Of the 27 observed independent variables, the research showed that the greatest statistical significance exists: 1) between the category of educational treatment and satisfaction with conditions and relations in the institution; 2) between the type of crime and the success of resocialization. A lower statistical significance was observed between satisfaction with conditions, justice orientation, degree of self-esteem, emotional competence, and success of resocialization.

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