OSUĐENI RECIDIVISTI I SOCIJALNO PATOLOŠKE POJAVE
CONVICTED RECIDIVISTS AND SOCIAL PATHOLOGY PHENOMENA

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is the analysis of differences between the first-time convicts and recidivists in the light of demonstrating social pathology phenomena and etiological factors contributing to them. The research was realized in Užice County Jail and Padinska Skela Correction facility. The research sample consisted of 121 files of convicts sentenced to up to 3 year imprisonment. For the data collection, documentation considering the convicts’ character evaluation, the data obtained by the Risk Assessment for the Convicts Sentenced to up to 3 Year Imprisonment Questionnaire and the reports of the county jail and the correction facility about the convicts’ appeal on parole release were used. The basic results of the research indicate the existence of statistically significant difference, namely, the more common presence of drug abuse, violence, joining criminal groups and violations associated with alcohol abuse with the recidivists in comparison to the first-time convicted ones. When it comes to the presence of etiological factors contributing to demonstration of social pathology phenomena, a more disadvantageous situation was observed in recidivists compared to the first-time convicted. The research results highlight the need for introduction and implementation of specialist penalty treatments in prisons in the Republic of Serbia which would focus on the observed etiological factors. In the light of this, some of the potential penalty treatment models applied to the recidivists both in European and American jails are described. Moreover, some of the results of researches conducted on the assessment of the efficiency of the applied treatment programs aimed to the reduction of recidivism factors are depicted.

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