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Effect of Imprisonment on Prisoners in the Light of Gabriel Tarde's Three Laws (Case Study: Prison of Qom, Arak and Karaj Cities)
1Sara Nikbakht, 1Mahmoud Ghayoumzadeh, 2Davoud Hosienzadeh and 3Behzad Shoghi
1Department of Law, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
2Department of Human Science
3Young Researchers Club, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 9:1573-1577
Received: November 12, 2012 | Accepted: January 01, 2013 | Published: July 15, 2013
Abstract
This study was conducted with the aim to investigate the effect of imprisonment on the prisoners in the light of Gabriel Tarde's Three Laws in the prisons of Qom, Arak and Karaj cities in 2012. Statistical population of survey was consisted of prisoners in three cities of Arak, Qom and Karaj and in this regard 121 individuals were considered as the sample size by using the random sampling; among these individuals, 20 individuals were selected from prisoners in Qom, 33 from Arak and 68 from Karaj. Data collection was based on the questionnaire. Reliability of questionnaire was obtained 0.89 by using Cronbach's alpha method for 22-question researcher-made questionnaire with five-point Likert scale; moreover the content validity was used in order to test the validity of questionnaire and for this propose the questionnaire was approved by relevant experts. Analysis of data, obtained from implementing the questionnaire, was done through the software Spss in both descriptive section (frequency, percentage frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential section (Single-sample T-test and chi-square test). Results of research indicated that the Gabriel Tarde's laws have been effective in the field of adverse effects of imprisonment on the prisoners. Moreover, the results showed that the effect of imprisonment is not predictable in penal system in reducing the crime and also the outbreak of crimes by the prisoners is higher.
Keywords:
Crime, gabriel tarde, imprisonment, imitation,
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The authors have no competing interests.
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