Recidivism Risk (RR) has been the most interesing area in criminals, hence many 'life-saving programs' have been implemented, including life support, employment support, family support, and counseling support projects. Yet, there has been little empirical research on the effects of anxiety and the perceived social supports in prison on RR. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship among state and trait Anxiety, social support resources, and risk of recidivism among prisoners. Furthermore, the mediating effect of social support resources was analyzed for exlaining the association between state and trait anxiety and RR. 500 male prisoners at the 'P' correctional institution (A heavy security facility (S4 level) located in B Metropolitan City among correctional institutions under the Ministry of Justice) was collected. Structural equation modeling using the survey responses of STAI, social support scale, and recidivism risk scale was conducted. We measure two parts of anxiety (state and trait)and four sub-factors in social support resources (emotional, evaluatative, informational, and financial support). In addition, twenty-three sub areas of RR were measured including individual background information and psychological factors. The results found that (1) anxiety had a significant effect on RR. In more detail, the trait anxiety is higher effect on RR than the state anxiety. The social support also had a significant positive effect on RR in order of evaluative, emotional, informative, and finacial support resource. Lastely, the social support played a significant partial mediating role in the relationship between anxiety and RR. These foundings confirmed that the prisoners’anxiety could increase the RR and the RRcan be decreased if the prisoners are perceived that they had social support resources. Therefore, this study implies that the perceived social support among prisoners can play a protective factor in decresing RR among prisoners with anxeity.

This study explored factors that affect the risk of excluding the support due to recidivism of the recipients within the support period of the housing support projects among the rehabilitation protection projects of the Korea Rehabilitation Agency. The subjects of this analysis were released prisoners who applied and supported by the project from 2005 to September 2009. Continuous survival analysis was used to supplement the limitations of existing logistic regression analysis for the loss of information about the duration of an event (recidivism). The summary of the analysis results is as follows. First, 2.76 % of all recipients of the housing support projects were excluded because of recidivism within the support period. On a three-month basis of analysis, the risk ratio was the highest at 0.0046 (0.46 out of 100) over 7-9 months period. In addition, the cumulative risk ratio of the entire period showed that if the recidivism is not committed for over six years after the start of the support, the likelihood of excluding the support in the future is quite low. Next, the results of the cox regression analysis affecting the risk of exclusion of support due to recidivism showed that health conditions, number of convictions, and the type of committed crime had statistically significant effects. Specifically, those who are in good health, have two or more criminal records, or have a history of village affairs, were found to have increased risk of excluding the support compared to those who are not. Finally, the interpretation of the above results and policy implications were discussed in conclusions and suggestions.

본 연구는 성인남성 수형자 208명과 가정폭력사범 103명을 대상으로 성장기 의 지역사회폭력과 가정폭력의 피해경험, 고위험 환경이 정신건강과 범죄행위 에 영향을 주는지 살펴보았다. 구체적으로, 수형자와 폭력남편들의 정신건강 부 적응 양상을 비교하고, 정신건강 부적응 수준에 과거의 어떤 형태의 외상이 영 향을 주는지 조사하였다. 또 수형자 집단을 대상으로 소년범죄력 유무에 따라 정신건강과 성장기 외상경험이 어떻게 다른지 확인해 보았다. 나아가 수형자와 가정폭력 행위자의 재범행위와 관련된 요인은 무엇인지 찾아보았다. 끝으로 지 역사회폭력 노출의 예측요인을 탐색하였다. 수형자들의 정신건강 부적응에 영 향을 주는 요인은 고위험 환경인 것으로 나타났다. 반면 폭력남편들에게는 지 역사회폭력의 피해경험이 정신건강에 역기능적으로 작용하고 있었다. 소년범죄 경력이 있는 수형자들과 없는 수형자들은 성격특질에서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 소년사건에 연루되었던 수형자들은 상대집단에 비해 반사회성, 건강염려증, 분 열증, 강박증, 히스테리, 우울증이 높았고, 성장과정에서 겪은 외상도 더 심각하 였다. 지역사회나 가정에서의 폭력노출은 수형자들의 실형재범에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 대신 소년범죄력이 실형재범과 밀접하게 관련되어 있었 다. 가정폭력사범들 경우, 지역사회폭력 피해경험이 폭력범죄를 되풀이하게 하 는데 기여하고 있었다. 지역사회폭력 피해의 예측변수는 자녀폭력 피해경험으 로 조사되었다. 수형자 집단에서는 고위험 환경이 또 다른 예측변수로 발견되었 다. 지역사회폭력 목격을 예견하는 요인은 수형자, 가정폭력 행위자 모두에게서 고위험 환경인 것으로 확인되었다.