Prevention of recidivism and Mental Health

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03167
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Criminal law
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Tomoto Aika 千葉大学, 社会精神保健教育研究センター, 特任助教 (00595366)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 五十嵐 禎人 千葉大学, 社会精神保健教育研究センター, 教授 (40332374) ; 後藤 弘子 千葉大学, 大学院社会科学研究院, 教授 (70234995)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IYO Masaomi 千葉大学, 大学院医学研究院, 教授 (50191903)
• Research Collaborator: Kuroda Osamu 東京都立松沢病院 ; SHINKAI Hiroyuki 大阪刑務所
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: こころの健康 / 犯罪 / 予防 / 累犯

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since 2012, we have been conducting a joint research project with the Prison and the Center for Forensic Mental Health of Chiba University to measure the development and effectiveness of guidance programs for long-term prisoners. The relationship between low mental health of long-term prisoners and the frequency of punishment became clear , and by introducing a program based on cognitive behavior therapy(CBT), it became clear that mental health improved parallel with the improvement of interpersonal skills. And this study further focused on factors impacting convicts’ mental health. There was a high correlation between the mental health and criminal thinking of re-offence inmates. Thus, it would be effective to introduce CBT to this sort of target group to engender personal development such as improving mindfulness, training in problem-solving, and providing them lessons with respect to values.

Free Research Field

司法精神保健