Socio-economic problems of the convicts and social service: Bingöl M type closed-open penal execution institution example

This study is a descriptive study aimed at revealing the socio-economic problems and the social service practices of the convicts who stay in Bingöl M Type Closed-Open Prison Institution in the context of the relationship between crime and social work. Social norms are elements of the social system that ensures the order and continuity of society. The tendency to deviate from social norms may happen some problems. The most obvious of these problems is the phenomenon of crime. Crime has always taken its place in history and will continue throughout human history. Crime has been investigated by many disciplines and interdisciplinary. Each discipline tried to explain the crime from its own point of view. Also criminals should be mentioned when examining the crime. Therefore, it is one of the main objectives of this study to reveal the socio-economic problems experienced by convicts, the social service interventions they need and the reasons for committing crimes. In the study, a quantitative study was conducted using the general screening model. The sample of the study consists of 250 judicial convicts staying in Bingöl M Type Closed-Open Prison. In the research, ınterview form was used to reveal the socio-economic problems of convicts as data collection method. In the data obtained, chi-square analysis was used to reveal the relationship between the variables. As a result of the study, there was a significant relationship between the age and types of crimes, monthly income and types of crimes, the reasons for the crimes and the types of crimes, the relationship of the convicts with their family and relatives, the frequency of visits and the social support status (X2<0,05). However, because of the homogeneous distribution of the groups, it was found that there was no significant relationship (X2>0,05) between the education level of the convicts, crime types, marital status and crime types, occupation and crime types. The findings of the study reveal the reasons of convicts' offenses, the socio-economic problems they experienced during the execution period during their execution and after the release from the penitentiary institution and the social service interventions they need. In addition, recommendations for crime prevention are also ıncluded. As a result of this study, important findings were obtained fort he field of social work.