Biografie skazanych mężczyzn i kobiet przykładem kryzysu w rozwoju tożsamości człowieka
Biographies of convicted men and women as an example of crisis in the development of human identity

Author(s): Barbara Toroń-Fórmanek
Subject(s): Higher Education , Penology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: human identity; criminal identity; lifestyle; biographical method; creative rehabilitation
Summary/Abstract: The aim of rehabilitation activities is to lead a person to a condition of adequate adaptation to standards of social life, develop skills which enable socialization and participation in culture and as a result to develop their own identity. Unfortunately, the theory does not coincide with practice which is shown in the author’s research. The article presents the connection between the human’s identity and his life before his imprisonment. The author associates the process of developing the identity with the lifestyle according to Walter’s conception and then, basing on her own studies, the author shows that the rehabilitation in the Polish prison system does not have a good influence on the convict’s reshaping process. It is believed that the cause of that is the biography. The author can see the connection between the developing of the criminal identity with the influence of school, peer group and criminal group. Moreover, the author pays special attention to the need to use creative methods of rehabilitation which support the development of the proper identity.

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