Overview
- Includes a foreword by Marcia Chambers and an afterword by Thomas Mathiesen
- Includes an introduction which discusses how prison sociology has changed since the study and which issues are still debated
- Fills an important and historical gap in the literature during a time of renewed interest in Nordic prisons and prison policies
- Presents a very comparative prison study which remains unique to this day
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscript by Wheeler and Cline detailing the landmark, comparative prisons study they conducted in the 1960s which examined fifteen Scandinavian prisons and nearly 2000 inmates across four Nordic countries. At the time, it was the largest comparative study of prisons and inmate behavior ever undertaken and despite 15 years of analysis and write-up it was never published but it influenced many other important prison studies that followed. This book engages 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. It examines 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. It also includes discussion about the prisoners’ 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 Cline's pioneering work into the present context with a preface and an introduction which discuss the questions and claims raised in the book still relevant to this day.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
David J. Armor is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.
Stanton Wheeler was Ford Foundation Professor of Law and the Social Sciences (Emeritus) at Yale Law School, USA.
Hugh F. Cline was Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA.
Stanton Wheeler was Ford Foundation Professor of Law and the Social Sciences (Emeritus) at Yale Law School, USA.
Hugh F. Cline was Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Scandinavian Prison Study
Authors: Stanton Wheeler, Hugh F. Cline
Editors: David J. Armor
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26462-8
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, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26461-1Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26464-2Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26462-8Published: 28 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 352
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Criminal Behavior, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Legal History, Historical Sociology