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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159449603321

Autore

Pettersson Tove

Titolo

Young offenders and open custody / / Tove Pettersson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-65144-0

1-317-31005-5

1-317-31006-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice ; ; 43

Disciplina

365/.42

365.42

Soggetti

Juvenile detention - Sweden

Juvenile delinquents - Rehabilitation - Sweden

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Total institutions, discipline and power -- 3. Studying open custody, re-offending and institutional everyday life : a methodological synthesis -- 4. Youth and staff narratives about youth custody sentences -- 5. Youth and staff narratives about the time subsequent to youth custody -- 6. Re-offending and custodial openness -- 7. The significance of custodial openness : empirical and theoretical insights.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting research in a young-offenders' institution and drawing on perspectives from life-course criminology, this book examines levels of reoffending over time among youths sentenced to custody, and considers the impact of open sentences.