Abstract:

The general aim of this study is to identify the factors causing prisoners to crime and determine the psycho-social support services in prisons, to fulfil the knowledge gap about topic and to contribute to the field area within the frame of theory and application. By using quantitative data gathering technique, in this study the data was obtained by open ended, semi-structured questions, and a personal information forms which are developed by the researcher. The study group of the research includes; a social services expert and 50 sentenced prisoner in Nicosia Central Prison in 2014-2015 who are determined by convenience method. According to data; it was observed that the socio-demographic conditions of prisoners and their previous experiences before the prison are the effective factors to turn into crime. It has been observed that; the social service needs for the prisoners when they firstly sentenced to the prison, or during their stay there, during pre-evacuation and post-evacuation period can be changed.

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