Why is it Difficult to Oust Violence from Correctional Institutions?

Abstract

The paper focuses on the educational system for the future prison staff that is chiefly based on a dedicated university course, i.e. rehabilitation. The paper presents differences between students and problems arising from their inherent properties, being greater readiness for aggression and approval of aggression. The presented study was aimed at verifying the hypothesis on the relationship between perceived conditionings of aggressive behaviours and personal experience of being a victim or an aggressor together with the attitude towards it and the chosen occupational role. The studied group consisted of 79 students. The research tools were Mini - DIA, The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and the Inventory of Social and Moral Approval of Interpersonal Aggression were also used. The results obtained indicate different determinants for persons involved in perpetration or victimization and for those displaying low levels of such behaviour. It was assumed that people majoring in rehabilitation more often assume the role of an aggressor or a victim than students majoring in other disciplines. Research findings were supposed to contribute to developing a prevention model among students and other people working in the field of violence and violence handling, as well as to emphasise the need to reflect upon and possibly change personal attitudes towards these behaviours.