Overview
- Provides an international, interdisciplinary perspective on social policy and the penal system
- Highlights the distinctive Nordic model for the welfare state and prison conditions
- Discusses the role of the state and how ideology links to social policy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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About this book
This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane social policies and human rights oriented internal agendas. This book, however, paints a much more nuanced picture of the welfare policies, ideologies and social control in strong centralistic states. Based on extensive new empirical data, leading Nordic and international scholars discuss the relationship between prison conditions in Scandinavia and Scandinavian social policy more generally, and argue that it is not always liberating and constructive to be embraced by a powerful welfare state. This book is essential reading for researchers of state punishment in Scandinavia, and it is highly relevant for anyone interested in the ‘Nordic Model’ of social policy.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Developmentof Scandinavian Prison Practice
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The Scandinavian Model: From Remand to Release
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The Principle of Normalisation—Theory and Practice
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Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Scharff Smith is Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Thomas Ugelvik is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Thomas Ugelvik is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Book Subtitle: Embraced By the Welfare State?
Editors: Peter Scharff Smith, Thomas Ugelvik
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58528-8Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84408-1Published: 23 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58529-5Published: 28 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 540
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Politics of the Welfare State, Crime and Society, Policing, Critical Criminology