Compliance to the terms and conditions of the rehabilitation program and reintegration of adult offenders in the community in Iloilo City Parole and Probation Office

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to determine the relationship between compliance to the terms and conditions of PPA Program of Rehabilitation and the degree of reintegration in the community of adult criminal offenders of Iloilo City Parole and Probation Office. A total of 78 clients who were all under the supervision of the researcher’s department served as respondents of the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and percentages was employed to describe the univariate data. Independent Samples T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to determine whether significant differences exists on the level of compliance and degree of reintegration of adult offenders in the community. Chi-square test was used to determine whether a significant relationship exists between compliance and degree of reintegration. The client-respondents were generally probationers, involved in less grave crimes, with medium length of sentence, on supervision period for two years, and received frequent family support. The client-respondents have high level to very high level of compliance with the terms and conditions of the PPA rehabilitation program. The client-respondents have high to very high degree of reintegration in the community. There were no statistically significant differences in the mean compliance score of the respondents according to the different categories of the profile of the respondents such as type of client, classification of crime, length of sentence, supervision period, and family support. There were no statistically significant differences in the mean reintegration score of the respondents according to the different categories of the profile of the respondents such as type of client, classification of crime, length of sentence and supervision period. There was however, a statistically significant difference in mean reintegration score among categories of family support, specifically those most frequently supported by their families have significantly higher mean reintegration score than those frequently supported by their families. The level of compliance to the terms and conditions of the rehabilitation program is directly significantly related to the degree of reintegration of the adult offenders to the community. As level of compliance gets higher, degree of integration also gets higher.