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THE SCANDINAVIAN PRISON STUDY IBD

HUGH F CLINE / STANTON WHEELER
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
01 / 2020
9783030264611
Inglés

Sinopsis

This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscriptábyáWheeler and Cline detailing the landmark, comparativeáprisonsástudy they conductedáin the 1960s whicháexamined fifteen Scandinavian prisons and nearly 2000 inmates across four Nordic countries. At the time, it wasáthe largest comparative study of prisons and inmate behavioráever undertaken and despite 15 years of analysis and write-up it was never published but it influencedámany other important prison studies thatáfollowed. This bookáengages with the functionalist perspectives that were widespread in the 1960s, and tries to answer some of the classical questions of prison sociology such as how prisoners adapt to imprisonment and the degree to which prisoner adaptations can be attributed to characteristics of prisoners and prisons. Itáexamines the nature and structure of prisons, the effect of that structure on individual prisoners and the other factors that may influence the way that they respond to confinement. Itáalso includes discussion about the prisonersâÇÖ considerations of justice and fairness and a explanation of the study design and data which was highly unique at the time. The Scandinavian Prison Study brings Wheeler and ClineâÇÖs pioneering work into the present context with a preface and an introduction whichádiscuss the questions and claims raised in the book still relevant to this day.áá