Factors of Prison Recidivism in Women: A Socioeducational and Sustainable Development Analysis
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Materia
Recidivism Prison Risk factors Protective factors Education Gender Reintegration Sustainable development goals (SDGS)
Fecha
2021Referencia bibliográfica
Moles-López, E.; Añaños, F.T. Factors of Prison Recidivism in Women: A Socioeducational and Sustainable Development Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5822. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su13115822
Resumen
This article analyses women sentenced to prison in Spain (in open, closed, or ordinary
regimes) to examine the risk and protection factors fundamentally related to criminal-prison recidivism. The study is national in scope, with a stratified representative sample of 756 female inmates,
446 in a closed environment and 310 in an open one. The women were surveyed using mixed
questionnaires, and the data were analyzed using various tests and quantitative models of analysis.
The results show the relationship between recidivism and different sociological and criminological
characteristics. They highlight national origin as a risk factor for both samples. Age, addiction
profile, criminal antecedents as a minor, and age at which the woman first went to prison were
also assessed. Protective factors included official education, with education during the sentence as
the most important, as well as courses and/or intervention programs attended. All of these issues
contribute not only basic knowledge on the topic—for women while in prison and on temporary
release—but also the foundations for improving prison socioeducational interventions/treatments
and sustainable human development, and for preventing recidivism based on the best, most effective
programs that focus on these issues.