Today’s concepts and scientific theories laying the theoretical basis of resocialization may be divided into several groups characterized by different methodological and praxeological approach. In this context, behavioral (cognitive-behavioral), interactive and multidimensional concepts are discussed most often. Note should also be made of the corrective action models which are implemented in practice and confirmed by efficient results.

The purpose of this article is to characterize and analyze major trends in the resocialization and therapeutic influences which are currently applied to prisoners in isolation.

Unfortunately, various forms of intervention, which are used in the resocialization process and aim at making a former convict abandon criminal behavior, do not always lead to his/her complete social adaptation. Inclination to committing further offences may still mean difficulties in accepting and complying with pro-social rules. Adaptation difficulties can arise in various areas: economic (e.g., getting a job and keeping it), interpersonal (skills needed to create, reproduce and maintain good relations with family members and partners) or emotional ones. For these reasons, resocialization and social readaptation should not be regarded as identical. Social readaptation means the situation where an offender returns to society with an internal conviction not to commit any crimes in the future, with obtaining of favorable and supportive social reactions which help get rid of the status of an offender or a former prisoner, and with getting the opportunities to strengthen personal beliefs and decisions, as well as positive social reactions.

Furthermore, resocialization is a process which is based not only on acquiring of interaction skills, but also on building of relations between an individual and the environment. Its result is an individual’s personal transformation which determines positive relations with the environment and allows the immediate environment believe that the change is efficient, and also means that an individual who broke the law becomes aware that he/she is officially relieved of the deviant’s status.

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