Specifika institucionálního zacházení s mladými dospělými v podmínkách výkonu trestu odnětí svobody
The Specifics of the Institutional Treatment of Young Adults in the Conditions of Imprisonment

Summary/Abstract: In Czech prisons, the number of recidivists is still on the rise. A possible cause of this condition can presumably be a low quality of specialist programmes aimed to prevent recidivism among convicts. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the programmes for prisoners carried out under the conditions of Czech prison system and to analyse their two most common forms based either on individual or group approach towards convicts. Their influence on persons serving a prison sentence is assessed by way of analysing changes in the prisoners’ hierarchy of values, that is in the status of life values before the individual and group programmes were implemented (programmes undertaken during imprisonment) and then, after they were completed. The results of the studies showed a significantly positive influence on convicts of the alternative programmes (other than group); it was shown that carrying out these programmes brings positive effects, especially when they are prepared in response to individual needs and risks.

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