財産犯受刑者における更生への動機づけの特徴および影響する要因

抄録

Property crime is one of the major types of crime in Japan. To prevent recidivism, motivating offenders to change themselves toward rehabilitation is necessary. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the characteristics and influencing factors of property crime offenders’ motivation for rehabilitation using the Motivation for Rehabilitation Scale. The survey participants included male inmates newly admitted to prison for theft or fraud, and 418 prisoners responded to the survey. Factor analysis revealed that, among property crime offenders, the Motivation for Rehabilitation Scale consisted of four factors: the pre-contemplation stage, the contemplation stage, the action stage, and the maintenance stage. The results of multiple regression analysis using the scores of each factor of motivation for rehabilitation as the objective variables indicated that significant explanatory variables differed between theft and fraud offenders. Admission or denial of the crime influences the theft offenders’ motivation for rehabilitation, whereas conscientious personality traits are related to the fraud offenders’ motivation for rehabilitation.