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P02-73 - Stress and Mental Health in Criminals Serving a Sentence in Prison and Serving Another Alternative Punishment: a Comparative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

S.A. Musavi ,
M. Rahimnia  and
M. Ebrahimzadeh
S.A. Musavi
Affiliation:
Psychology, Salamat Gostar (Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Center), Iran
M. Rahimnia
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Iran
M. Ebrahimzadeh
Affiliation:
Psychology, Tonekabon University, Borazjan, Iran

Abstract

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Aims

To compare stress and mental health in criminals serving a sentence in prison and serving an alternative punishment.

Method

120 offenders were randomly selected (60 in prison (imprisoned group=IG), 60 undergoing an alternative punishment (Not Imprisoned Group=NIG)), and were assessed using SCL90-R and Coudron's Stress Scale.

Results

All of 9 Symptom Scales of SCL90-R and levels of stress in the Stress Inventory were significantly higher in IG than NIG.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that other alternatives for prison (fines, punishment suspension, deprivation of social rights, restricted liberty…) have the advantage of better mental health and less stress experience by convicts; factors crucial for the criminals’ rehabilitation and social adjustment.

Type
Forensic psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E687
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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