THE SOCIAL CLIMATE OF THE CLOSED PRISON IN ZENICA IN THE PERIOD FROM 1993 TO 2016: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Keywords:
prison, repression, disorganization, deprivations, prison codeAbstract
The social climate of the closed prison in Zenica in the period from 1993 to 2016: a longitudinal study
Šabani Alisabri
Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina asabani@fkn.unsa.ba
Purpose
The social climate of prisons is considered to be an important scientific interest (Moos, 1974; Ilijić, 2021) because it reveals latent relationships, processes and events within the prison community. The universe of variables of the social climate of prisons is stratified, and the most frequent events - variables are, from a view of prisoners, repression, disorganization, prison code and deprivation.
Design / Methods / Approach
As the basic instrument, we used the revised and adapted CIES (Correctional Institutions Environment Scale Manual) created by Moos (Moos, 1974) for different types of prisons. The survey technique proved to be the most appropriate, and the instrument contained 39 items in a Likert format. The samples of the interviewed prisoners were representative in relation to the statistical group of prisoners serving their sentences.
Findings
The paper analyses the results of testing of the social climate of the closed prison in Zenica in 1993, 1994, 1997 and 2016, which satisfies the requirement for longitudinality. We found that the values of the social climate subdimensions vary between the war period (1993 and 1994) and the post-war period (1997). As a comparative criterion, we took the measurement of the social climate from the 2016 period. The subdimensions of repression and deprivation proved to be the most stable and pointed to the fact that these are structural features of closed prisons, regardless of the environmental conditions (war or peace).
Originality / Value
The originality of the work is reflected in the fact that the social climate of a closed prison was measured in the samples of the mentioned periods, and that the findings can be used for comparative research conducted in other prisons. Research of this type can help to be used for more humane functioning of prisons, especially in terms of managing security risks in prisons, creating re-educational treatments and reducing recidivism.
Key words: prison, repression, disorganization, deprivations, prison code
About the Author
Full professor of the Sociology, Social Pathology, Sociology of Prison Community courses.
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