Introduction

Szczepanik Renata – pedagogist, doctor habilitatus, Professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz. Member of the Stanisław Batawia Polish Criminological Society and the Resocialization Pedagogy Team at the Pedagogic Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her scientific interests include issues which she calls convict criminology, social rehabilitation of minors and recidivists, and methodology of field research.