THE ACCEPTANCE OF DRUG-RELATED OFFENDERS INTO SOCIETIES : A CASE STUDY ON PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article aims to 1) study determinants and causes of the acceptance of drug-related offenders into society and 2) make a comparison of determinants of the acceptance of drug-related offenders into society. The sample group consists of 400 residents living in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province through accidental sampling. The data analysis was achieved through the frequency, percentage, average and T-test by the statistically significant at the 0.05 level. The results of the study show that 1) only drug-related experience affects the determinants of the acceptance of drug-related offenders into society. While gender, age, career, educational experience, and judicial experience were unaffected. The reasons for acceptance, when compared by average, the highest one is an opportunity to reform after the punishment from the judicial process, followed by society should not stigmatize or blemish the offenders that reformed after the punishment from the judicial process. Meanwhile, the lowest average is drugs are harmful and threaten surrounding people and society. 2) with the aspects of the female offenders, the youth offenders, Drug-using offenders, the first offenders, the offenders that the society accepted after reform, the changing of government policies or laws, and the media presenting effect to the determinants of the acceptance of drug-related offenders into society by the significantly different at 0.05 level.