Overview
- Discusses whether 'exceptional prisons’ exist only in ‘exceptional societies’
- Presents rich empirical findings, reflection and discussion
- Offers direct insights for prison policies and practices
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores how prison life is normalized in different countries, with a critical and detailed look at ‘Scandinavian exceptionalism’ — the idea that Scandinavian prisons have exceptionally humane conditions — and compares these prisons to ones in Belgium. It provides a more nuanced, systematic and contextualized comparison of normalization in two countries. Through analyzing policy and legislative documents, participant observation and interviews, it seeks to understand how normalization is implemented differently in prison legislation, policies and practices and compares the two societies for context. It also considers the material prison environment, security, the social environment and the use of time in prison. It provides insights into how normalization can be successfully and holistically implemented in both policy and practice, to contribute to a more ‘pure’ form of liberty deprivation as punishment without too many unintended effects.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Helene De Vos is an affiliated senior researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium, and the executive director of RESCALED. She is particularly interested in comparative prison research and the relationship between prison policies, legislation and practice.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond Scandinavian Exceptionalism
Book Subtitle: Normalization, Imprisonment and Society
Authors: Helene De Vos
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28635-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28634-6Published: 29 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28637-7Due: 30 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28635-3Published: 28 April 2023
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 344
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Human Rights, Crime and Society, Crime Control and Security, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State