Penal Exceptionalism? : Nordic Prison Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415668699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 280 str.

Dullum Jane; Ugelvik Thomas; Thomas Ugelvik

Opis

Written by leading prison scholars from the Nordic countries as well as selected researchers from the Anglo world 'looking in', this text explores and discusses the Nordic jurisdictions as contexts for the specific penal policies and practices that may or may not be described as the exception from the rule.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Exceptional Prisons, Exceptional Societies?  Part 1: Exceptions or Not?  2. Scandinavian Exceptionalism in Penal Matters – Reality or Wishful Thinking?  3. A Critical Look at Scandinavian Exceptionalism: Welfare State Theories, Penal Populism, and Prison Conditions in Denmark and Scandinavia  4. Media, Crime and Nordic Exceptionalism: The Limits of Convergence  Part 2: Commodification of Exceptional Penal Systems  5. 'The Most Progressive, Effective Correctional System in the World': The Swedish Prison System in the 1960s and 1970s  6. Comparisons at Work – Exporting 'Exceptional' Norms  Part 3: Closing in in the Nordic 1: Cultures of Equality?  7. The Dark Side of a Culture of Equality: Reimagining Communities in a Norwegian Remand Prison  8. Imprisoning the Soul  9. A Blessing in Disguise: The ADHD-diagnoses and Swedish Correctional Treatment Policy in the 21st Century  Part 4: Closing in on the Nordic 2: Prison Management and Prison Cultures  10. Are Liberal Humanitarian Penal Values and Practices Exceptional?  11. Prison Size and the Quality of Life in Norwegian Closed Prisons in Late Modernity  12. A Harsher Prison Climate and a Cultural Heritage Working Against it – Sub-Cultural Divisions among Swedish Prison Officers  Part 4: Scandinavian Exceptionalism Revisited  13. In Defence of Scandinavian Excpetionalism