SELF-DOUBT CRIMINOGENIC THINKING AND REFUSAL TOWARDS SOCIAL NORMS AMONG PRISONERS

Abstract

Present study investigates self-doubt, criminogenic thinking and refusal towards social norms among prisoners. As it will help to understand the reasons of anti-social behavior of criminals, as well as it will facilitate to use different strategies to make their behavior as per social norms. Moreover, in teacher training it can teach to assess criminal thinking in students that will prevent to develop future Criminals of society.  It is hypothesized that self-doubt and criminal thinking has a relationship, moreover there is positive relationship between criminogenic thinking and refusal towards social norms. Survey research design and convenient sampling technique is used to recruit the sample size, n= 150 prisoners from different jails of the Punjab province. Self-doubt scale by Oleson and Kirsten, CTS (criminal thinking scale) Urdu version and (SNES) Social-norms espousal scale (2014) by George Y. Bizer, Rachel A. Magin, Madeline R. Levine is used to measure refusal towards social norms. Data is analyzed on SPSS. Pearson product moment correlation, t-test and regression analysis is use. Previous researches and theories revealed that there is strong relationship in criminal thinking and refusal of social norms or anti-social behavior. But there is little research done in this context of prisoners.