Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Najmeh Shahrani karani

Abstract

In line with much criticism that the punishment of imprisonment and reduce damages from this form of punishment, alternatives if imprisonment in different ages and under influence of ideas of different schools came into being and developed. In this article, it is discussed about alternatives to imprisonment
The sample for this study, female prisoners three provinces of Zanjan, Qom and Markazi provinces in which a total of 130 people have shown, these people were either convicted or accused the verdict was known. Because the sample was limited to prisoners of Hmh‌Y questionnaire has been prepared. Then, using the F-test, correlation analysis and surveys variables affecting the use of alternatives to detention is discussed.
The results show that 60 percent of prisoners use of alternatives to incarceration highly effective in reducing the harmful effects of proportions cite imprisonment, while N‌Kh between the use of alternatives to the kind of mass incarceration of prisoners, and the gap Sabqh‌Dary to return there again. While there is no relationship between these variables with level of education.

Keywords

• "imprisonment'
• "alternative to imprisonment'
• ''criminal population"
• "economic expenses of imprisonment'