Abstract：
One under-researched area within corrections is the connection among (a) past adverse events, particularly in the form of injustices against those who now are incarcerated, (b) crimes committed and then (c) healing from the effects of that past adversity of injustice. Might those who have experienced severe injustices against them develop an anger or a hatred that then is displaced onto others, leading to arrest, conviction and imprisonment? This is not to imply that societies condone illegal behaviour but instead to assist in the healing from the adversity so that future crime is reduced. As a first step in this sequence, the study here examined in detail the kinds of injustices suffered by men in a maximum-security correctional institution (N = 103) compared with men in a medium-security environment (N = 37) and in the general public (N = 96). Findings indicated differences between those in the general public and those in the two correctional contexts. The latter two groups had (a) a higher severity of injustices against them (rated by a panel of researchers), (b) a more negative current impact that past injustices are having on them (also rated by a panel of researchers), (c) more reports that the injustices contributed to their choices to harm others, (d) more serious types of hurt (such as sexual abuse), (e) a stronger degree of self-reported hurt and (f) more injustices from family members. Implications for correctional rehabilitation to reduce the negative psychological effects caused by the injustices of others are discussed.
摘要：
矫正中一个研究不足的领域是(A)过去的不良事件之间的联系，特别是对现在被监禁的人的不公正形式，（b）所犯罪行，然后（c）从过去的不公正逆境的影响中恢复过来。那些经历过严重不公正的人可能会产生愤怒或仇恨，然后转移到其他人身上，导致逮捕,定罪和监禁？这并不意味着社会宽恕非法行为，而是帮助从逆境中康复，以便减少未来的犯罪。作为这个顺序的第一步，此处的研究详细研究了与中等安全环境（N=37）和普通公众（N=96）中的男性相比，在最高安全的惩教机构（N=103）中男性遭受的不公正待遇。调查结果表明，普通大众和两种惩教环境中的差异。后两组（a）对他们的不公正程度更高（由一组研究人员评定），（b）过去的不公正对他们造成的更负面的当前影响（也由研究人员小组评估），(c)有更多的报告称，不公正行为助长了他们伤害他人的选择，(d)更严重类型的伤害(如性虐待)，（e）自我报告的伤害程度更高，（f）家庭成员的不公正待遇更高。讨论了矫正康复对减少他人不公正造成的负面心理影响的含义。
