The spirit of entrepreneurship and its educational effect in reducing recidivism: by examining the records of convictions of theft and fraud prisoners in Tehran's Central Prison

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1 Associate Prof., Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

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The country's prisons are facing overcrowding challenges,with one of the factors contributing to recidivism being the lack of job opportunities for former inmates,leading them back into crime.Prison institutions play a significant role in enhancing the skills and personal development of inmates through economic empowerment programs;however,these programs have not always been effective in increasing entrepreneurial intentions.The main hypothesis of this study suggests that high entrepreneurial spirit is inversely related to recidivism rates.Data were collected through random sampling from556inmates convicted of theft and fraud in Tehran’s central prison and analyzed using the Shapiro-Wilk test,ANOVA,and Pearson correlation coefficient.The results indicate that education,age,marital status,and financial literacy have a positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial spirit,which,in turn,is associated with reduced recidivism.Furthermore,fraud offenders exhibit higher entrepreneurial spirit than thieves.Finally,it is recommended that business training programs be implemented for inmates nearing release and recently released ex-convicts to increase their chances of self-employment and reduce recidivism.

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Criminal Law Research

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Available Online from 29 April 2025

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