Penal exceptionalism? [[electronic resource]] : nordic prison policy and practice / / edited by Thomas Ugelvik and Jane Dullum

• Autore: Ugelvik Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.948; 365/.948
• Soggetto topico: Corrections - Scandinavia; Corrections -- Scandinavia; Corrections; Prisons - Scandinavia; Prisons -- Scandinavia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DullumJane
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Penal 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 ; 5 '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 ; 10 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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Penal exceptionalism
• ISBN: 1-283-46058-0; 9786613460585; 1-136-69889-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461739003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II