Crime Transference: Are Prisons Universities of Crime?

Prison sentences are utilized as one of the most common punishment tools, but they also have a number of negative consequences that contradict the goals of punishment. Some common and well-known negative consequences of being in a penal institution is that convicts learn new crimes and criminal meth...

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Main Authors: Efe Can Karabulut, Hüseyin Nergiz
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Language:deu
Published: Istanbul University Press 2022-12-01
Series:Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/1AE65C8547AA48DEA063A6FC4360AC2B
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description Prison sentences are utilized as one of the most common punishment tools, but they also have a number of negative consequences that contradict the goals of punishment. Some common and well-known negative consequences of being in a penal institution is that convicts learn new crimes and criminal methods, meet other convicts and commit crimes together, join criminal organizations, or commit new crimes in the institution. Reasons for these situations exist, such as physical proximity, adopting the penal institution subculture, prisonization, and stigmatization. Differential association is one theory that explains why individuals turn to crime and also explains why convicts tend to commit new crimes in the penal institution. According to the theory of differential association, lawful and unlawful thoughts in a person’s mind are in constant conflict, and these thoughts are shaped according to the relationship they establish with their environment. Having the convict establish positive social relations while keeping existing ones and avoid negative relations and criminal thoughts is essential in order to protect convicts from the harmful effects of crime transference. To achieve this, various changes are needed in both the structure of penal institutions as well as the rehabilitation programs implemented in penal institutions.
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spelling doaj-art-c74a512a6f1e490b9f0f3f510d8dcc842025-08-20T02:11:17ZdeuIstanbul University PressCeza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi2602-39112022-12-0110245949010.26650/JPLC2022-1093123123456Crime Transference: Are Prisons Universities of Crime?Efe Can Karabulut0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-1692Hüseyin Nergiz1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-6322Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeHacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyePrison sentences are utilized as one of the most common punishment tools, but they also have a number of negative consequences that contradict the goals of punishment. Some common and well-known negative consequences of being in a penal institution is that convicts learn new crimes and criminal methods, meet other convicts and commit crimes together, join criminal organizations, or commit new crimes in the institution. Reasons for these situations exist, such as physical proximity, adopting the penal institution subculture, prisonization, and stigmatization. Differential association is one theory that explains why individuals turn to crime and also explains why convicts tend to commit new crimes in the penal institution. According to the theory of differential association, lawful and unlawful thoughts in a person’s mind are in constant conflict, and these thoughts are shaped according to the relationship they establish with their environment. Having the convict establish positive social relations while keeping existing ones and avoid negative relations and criminal thoughts is essential in order to protect convicts from the harmful effects of crime transference. To achieve this, various changes are needed in both the structure of penal institutions as well as the rehabilitation programs implemented in penal institutions.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/1AE65C8547AA48DEA063A6FC4360AC2Bcrime transferencedifferential associationpunishment
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title_short Crime Transference: Are Prisons Universities of Crime?
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