Professional paper

EMPOWERMENT THEORY AND PENAL SYSTEM

Esad Zećirević ; Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to briefly display models in the process of helping, the basic settings of the theory of empowerment
and to briefly present the concept of individual and social power, and most of all to describe the processes of empowerment in the penal environment that are possible and necessary for effective rehabilitation of prisoners.
Many case studies have shown that a sentence in a social community is efficiently, less traumatic, that it neutralizes the stigma and prejudice and allows offenders to remain in their natural and social environment, which to them is of great help in their empowerment than the case in a penal institution.
This way the convicted, with low risk, continues to perform all social roles that are held before the commission of offenses.
This is how isolation is avoid and allows his participation in all social activities to preserve its integrity, self-confidence and positive social movement in closer and wider circles which is of great significance of his individual power because it allows him easier entrance in social life.
But, in the penal institution the process of empowerment is possible and important in preparing the convicted for inclusion in freedom, as well as for efficient implementation of the individual program in reaching the goals of the treatment which will allow him less stress when time for inclusion in social community comes.

Keywords

Empowerment; social models; individual and social power; user perspective; penal system; prison population

Hrčak ID:

139164

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/139164

Publication date:

5.6.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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