A Study of Factors and Illegal Prevention Based on Five Precepts for Encouraging the Recidivists in the Samutprakarn Provincial Prison to Deny Any Criminal Wrongdoing

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study causes and factors affecting recidivists and preventions based on five Precepts for rehabilitating Samutprakarn province’s prison inmates. The group of this subjects is 312 Samutprakarn province’s prisoner by means of using mixed methods research. The methods focus on qualitative research and quantitative research using questionnaires for gathering any information and interview the experts in the related fields. These data showed that most of the recidivists males aged between 31-41 years old, only graduated from primary school, single, with fluctuated incomes (5,000-10,000 baht/month) with big family (5-7 people) staying together. These most inmates who offend the law 4 times involve in drug trafficking. It also found that the environment where they live in having one of these parameters: someone in their family taking part in drug abuse or their neighborhood drawing in. In term of their own behaviors, they have friends who join in gambling, going to nightclub and drug trafficking. The subjects confess that they want money in the easiest way to facilitate their living, so they must do bad things again and again. It is considered that parameters acting on recidivists are based on their own behaviour of the inmates. Other factors such as low education, their own family, the environment, the economics, the aspect of their life or breaking five precept are less important than their own minds. If they disobey the five concept, they also are illegal. In conclusion, the criminal will not happen only people believe in five precept; thus, the five precept can be used to rehabilitate the inmates.