The prisoners’ views on various social topics

People, naturally afraid of losing social approval, often make insincere comments on topics that can be considered morally problematic. The ones often mentioned are: abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty. Despite the occasional research into the public opinion on this subject, such diagnoses are much less frequent in the group of people serving prison sentences. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to collect the views on these matters from prisoners of closed and semiopen penitentiary institutions. The results show some variation in the opinions of the compared groups of people, which has been considered social maladjustment in varying degrees.

People, naturally afraid of losing social approval, often make insincere comments on topics that can be considered morally problematic. The ones often mentioned are: abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty. Despite the occasional research into the public opinion on this subject, such diagnoses are much less frequent in the group of people serving prison sentences. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to collect the views on these matters from prisoners of closed and semiopen penitentiary institutions. The results show some variation in the opinions of the compared groups of people, which has been considered social maladjustment in varying degrees.