Empirical literature has revealed that social isolation can affect the rehabilitation of sex offenders after serving their sentence. This process of social isolation can already start during incarceration due to strained relationships with fellow prisoners and correctional staff. The current study examined to what extent sex offenders felt socially isolated during incarceration, using survey and registered conviction data on a large sample of male adult prisoners from the Prison Project. It was found that support from and relationships with correctional officers and fellow prisoners were perceived less positive by sex offenders than nonsex offenders. No evidence was found for higher levels of loneliness in sex offenders compared with prisoners convicted for a nonsexual offense. In sum, although the effects were small, sex offenders reported more social isolation during imprisonment compared with nonsex offenders.

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监狱中的性犯罪者：他们在社会上与世隔绝吗？

经验文献表明，社会隔离会影响性罪犯服刑后的康复。由于与其他囚犯和教养人员的关系紧张，这种社会孤立过程可能已经在监禁期间开始。当前的研究使用了来自监狱项目的大量男性成年囚犯的调查和已注册的定罪数据，研究了性犯罪者在监禁期间感到社会孤立的程度。结果发现，与非性犯罪者相比，性犯罪者认为来自惩教人员和其他囚犯的支持以及与他们的关系不那么积极。与因非性犯罪而被定罪的囚犯相比，没有证据表明性犯罪者的孤独感更高。总而言之，尽管影响很小，