RELIGIOUS INTERVENTIONS IN THE CESSATION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND REDUCING ITS RECURRENCE
RELIGIOUS INTERVENTIONS IN THE CESSATION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND REDUCING ITS RECURRENCE

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present the theoretical basis of my research on "The contribution of religious assistance to the process of reintegration of people deprived of liberty in the Gherla penitentiary." It presents the theory of Sampson and Laub (2005) in understanding the turning points; they must include the individual in a structural social space and also they must involve his conscious decision whether or not to engage in a certain action. This article analyzes this theory in terms of behavior changes for a successful social reintegration. The review of a set of analysis and researches aimed at moral-religious interventions on those deprived of liberty presents the effectiveness of these programs in desisting from criminal behavior and reducing recidivism. Having as a starting point the structural social space characterized by the dehumanizing aspect of the penitentiary, due to the transfiguration processes it has on the individual, moral-religious interventions can lead to the emergence of a new self, the opportunity to write a new scenario of their life and to develop a prosocial behavior.

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