Calculate if an object is inside a set of coordinates?

I have a set of X and Y points that builds a shape and I need to know if an object is inside it or not what is the calculation to it ?

X and Y coords example:

522.56055 2389.885
544.96 2386.3406
554.18616 2369.2385
535.21814 2351.396
497.5552 2355.8396

I am not really good with math :( so i would appreciate some support to understand how it is done.

Example of what I have so far but doesnt seem very reliable:

private boolean isInsideShape(Zone verifyZone, Position object)
{
    int corners = verifyZone.getCorners();
    float[] xCoords = verifyZone.getxCoordinates();
    float[] yCoords = verifyZone.getyCoordinates();

    float x = object.getX();
    float y = object.getY();
    float z = object.getZ();

    int i, j = corners - 1;
    boolean inside = false;

    for(i = 0; i < corners; i++)
    {
        if(yCoords[i] < y && yCoords[j] >= y || yCoords[j] < y && yCoords[i] >= y)
            if(xCoords[i] + (y - yCoords[i]) / (yCoords[j] - yCoords[i]) * (xCoords[j] - xCoords[i]) < x)
                inside = !inside;
        j = i;
    }

    return inside;
}