LEADER 03665nam 22005533u 450 001 9910461739003321 005 20210114032318.0 010 $a1-283-46058-0 010 $a9786613460585 010 $a1-136-69889-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000159247 035 $a(EBL)738717 035 $a(OCoLC)797918881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC738717 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000159247 100 $a20130418d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 $aPenal exceptionalism?$b[electronic resource]$enordic prison policy and practice /$fedited by Thomas Ugelvik and Jane Dullum 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-66869-7 327 $aPenal Exceptionalism? Nordic prison policy and practice; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: exceptional prisons, exceptional societies?; PART I 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 II Commodification of exceptional penal systems 327 $a5 'The most progressive, effective correctional system in the world': the Swedish prison system in the 1960s and 1970s6 Comparisons at work - exporting 'exceptional' norms; PART III Closing in on the Nordic I: 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: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis and Swedish correctional treatment policy in the twenty-first century; PART IV Closing in on the Nordic II: prison management and prison cultures 327 $a10 Are liberal-humanitarian penal values and practices exceptional?11 Prison size and quality of life in Norwegian closed prisons in late modernity; 12 A harsher prison climate and a cultural heritage working against it: subcultural divisions among Swedish prison officers; PART V Scandinavian exceptionalism revisited; 13 In defence of Scandinavian exceptionalism; Index 330 $aIn the growing field of comparative criminal justice, the Nordic countries are regularly used as exceptions to the global move towards growing rates of imprisonment and tougher, less welfare-oriented crime-control policies. Why are the Nordic penal institutions viewed as so 'different' from a non-Nordic vantage point? Are Nordic prisons and penal policies in fact positive exceptions to the general rule? If they are, what exactly are the exceptional qualities, and why are the Nordic societies lucky enough to have them? Are there important overlooked examples of Nordic 'bad practice' i 606 $aCorrections - Scandinavia 606 $aCorrections -- Scandinavia 606 $aCorrections 606 $aPrisons - Scandinavia 606 $aPrisons -- Scandinavia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aCorrections - Scandinavia. 615 4$aCorrections -- Scandinavia. 615 4$aCorrections. 615 4$aPrisons - Scandinavia. 615 4$aPrisons -- Scandinavia. 676 $a365.948 676 $a365/.948 700 $aUgelvik$b Thomas$0910355 701 $aDullum$b Jane$0910356 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461739003321 996 $aPenal exceptionalism$92037528 997 $aUNINA