Food consumption analysis of convict’s family: Application of fuzzy logic

Abstract

In new age state of affairs Prisons are supposed not only to penalize the criminal but also correct the condition and behaviour of the criminals, who is accountable for inflicting injure on the victim. But family portion of the criminal are also the victim in the process and situation. Convicts family faces the dreadful condition during this procedure. Prisoner’s families are ill-treated unswervingly and in a roundabout way by the society. They live in penury. Captivity of family member not only lessens the income of adult men but also reduces familial funds for the basic requirements of life. The family members have to sacrifice their children’s education, ancestor’s property, past savings, in some cases even essential requirements of their life. We always think about the victim on whom the harm has been directly inflicted and completely ignore the harm inflicted on the kin of the convict. The present study is an attempt to fetch to light the monetary susceptibility of families of criminal in a prison in Bhubaneswar. After interviewing the family members of prisoners, data is analyzed through fuzzy logic approach. The findings are explained in narrative manner so that the answer will be useful for policy makers in future.