1Wakjira Furi (PhD Scholar), Department of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University, College of Arts and Commerce, 2014–2017
2(Guide, Professor) Psychology, Department of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
The study examined perception of offenders quality of Correction life in a sample of offenders and general status of quality of life. Totally, 357 offenders 306 (86%) males and 51 (14%) females with an age range of 19–65 were selected through probability sampling techniques followed by frequency, mean and standard deviation using Measured Quality of Prison Life scale to examine the offenders quality of life. The result showed that most of the offender's perception of quality of their life in correction was negative. Out of 19 subscales, except for ethnic relationship and drug control, offenders’ current perception of their quality of correction life was rated negatively. Dimensionally, all five quality of correction life was rated negatively too. Thus, offenders were dissatisfied with their quality of life in the current correction.
Quality of life, subscales, dimensions, offenders
