Systemy wykonania kary pozbawienia wolności a powrót do przestępstwa w zarysie prawnym i psychologicznym
Systems of execution of the penalty of imprisonment, and return to crime in legal and psychological outline

Summary/Abstract: The penalty of imprisonment is to contain a full ailment expressing condemnation for the committed prohibited acts. The Executive Penal Code indicates that the purpose of imprisonment is to “arouse in the convict the will to cooperate in shaping his socially desirable attitudes, in particular the sense of responsibility and the need to comply with the legal order and thus refrain from returning to crime”, and thus – preventing recidivism. The main task is to prepare the convict for life in freedom, shaping his responsibility for his actions, as well as the will to cooperate for his social readaptation. In view of the above, the legislator introduced the institution of three punishment enforcement systems into the Executive Penal Code and thus gave a high degree to the issue of interactions undertaken during the execution of a penalty of imprisonment, additionally emphasizing it in the name given to each system. This study uses the analysis of the resulting statistical data from own research and literature on the subject in the scope of discussing the systems of execution of the penalty of imprisonment and their impact on recidivism. What causes convicts to return to crime after serving a sentence of imprisonment? Will a well-chosen system of serving a prison sentence really prevent the risk of recidivism?

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