TTLA: Prejudice about people who have completed their prison sentences

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the researcher:Nguyen Nhu Chinh          

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: March 12, 1976

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize PhD student No. 2798/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH signed by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi on December 28, 2012.

6. Changes in the training process:

- Extend study period (7 months) according to Decision No. 113/QD-XHNV signed by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi on January 15, 2016.

7. Thesis topic name:Prejudice about people who have completed their prison sentences.

8. Major: Social Psychology Code: 62.31.04.01

9. Scientific instructor:Instruction 1:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Truong Thi Khanh Ha,Instruction 2:Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Mai Huong

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

The thesis not only contributes to systematizing and updating a number of theoretical issues related to prejudice but also designs a theoretical framework and a set of tools to measure prejudice against people who have completed their prison sentences in Hanoi.

Through practical investigation, the thesis discovered some specific manifestations of prejudice against people with criminal records, which are: people who have completed their prison sentences are not people with good personalities; people who have completed their prison sentences are people with bad personalities; people who have completed their prison sentences cannot reform; people who have completed their prison sentences cannot assume social roles; people who have completed their prison sentences are people who have no value to society. These are factors that have not been established in previous studies.

The research results also show that the factor of Judgment of people who have completed their prison sentences is the most influential threat to prejudice against people who have completed their prison sentences compared to the two factors of Behavior of people around and Media. Prejudice against people who have completed their prison sentences is closely correlated with people's emotions and behavioral tendencies.

11. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis are one of the reference sources for teaching criminal psychology and psychology of management and education of criminals in schools of the People's Public Security force today.

12. Further research directions:

The study aims to discover other types of prejudice against prisoners in practice; examine some factors that play an important role in maintaining social prejudice against prisoners such as: culture, and the efforts of prisoners themselves.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2012), “On the concept of social prejudice”,Proceedings of the Workshop "Training, Research and Application of Psychology in the Context of International Integration", Faculty of Psychology - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 620-626.

2. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Some factors affecting Hanoi people's prejudices towards people who have completed their prison sentences”,Education & Society Magazine(61), pp. 84-88.

3. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Review of some theories in psychology on social prejudice”,Education & Society Magazine(special issue), pp. 101-106.

4. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Prejudice against people who have completed their prison sentences”,Journal of Psychology(10), pp. 76-88.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Nhu Chinh 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: March 12^th, 1976 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2798/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012 by Rector of University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Extending the studying time (7 months) according to the decision number: 113/QD-XHNV, dated January 15, 2016 by Rector of University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Official thesis title: “Prejudice against ex-offenders”

8. Major: Social psychology Code: 62.31.04.01

9. Supervisor: Assoc Prof., Dr. Truong Thi Khanh Ha,Assoc Prof., Dr. Phan Thi Mai Huong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

This thesis is not only systematized theoretical issues related to social prejudice but also offered theoretical framework, and a set of tools for measuring prejudice against ex-offenders in Hanoi city.

The thesis finds some specific types of prejudice against people with criminal records, for example, ex-offenders are not people who have good traits; ex-offenders are people who have bad traits; ex-offenders cannot be rehabilitated; ex-offenders cannot fully implement their social roles; ex-offenders are useless people. These are factors that have not been raised in the previous research.

The result shows that "perceiving ex-offenders as a threat" was the strongest predictor of prejudice incomparison to other factors that were examined. Prejudice against ex-offenders had a significant correlation with the behavioral emotion tendencies.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The findings of this thesis could be used as supplementary materials for teaching such subjects as criminal psychology and psychology of rehabilitation in universities and colleges of Ministry of People's Public Security.

12. Further research directions, if any:

Future research will focus on finding the other types of prejudice against people with criminal records in real life, and examine some important factors affecting prejudice against ex-offenders, such as culture, ex-convicts' effort.

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2012), “Comments on the concept of social bias”,Proceedings of scientific conference "Training, research and application of psychology in international integrated context", Department of psychology, University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.

2. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Researching factors affecting Hanoian's prejudice against ex-offenders”,Journal of Education and Society(61), pp. 84-88.

3. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Review psychological theories of social bias”,Journal of Education and Society(special edition), pp. 101-106.

4. Nguyen Nhu Chinh (2016), “Prejudice against ex-offenders”,Journal of psychology(10), pp. 76-88.