Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive attitudes towards prisoners are important in securing the effectiveness of various correctional rehabilitation programs and the successful reintegration of prisoners after release. We wanted to investigate the attitudes towards prisoners among prison inmates, prison employees and college students.

Methods

The Attitudes Toward Prisoners scale was completed by 298 inmates in 4 Norwegian prisons, 387 employees working in the same prisons, and 183 college students. In addition, all respondents were asked a number of general questions about prisoners, crime and punishment.

Results

The study groups differed significantly in their attitudes towards prisoners, as measured by the Attitudes Toward Prisoners scale, with prison inmates holding the most positiv

SUBMITTER: Kjelsberg E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1891097 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature