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- Giertsen, Hedda, et al.
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Prisoners' experiences of drug treatment and punishment in four Nordic countries
- 2015
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Ingår i: Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. - : De Gruyter Open. - 1455-0725 .- 1458-6126. ; 32:2, s. 145-164
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIMS: This article describes and analyses prisoners’ experiences of drug treatment in prison in four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The article examines how prisoners experience drug treatment, control and sanctions as related to three main topics, namely motivation; the content of the measure and relations to staff; and control and sanctions.METHODS & DATA: The article is based on data from twelve prisons, three in each of the four countries; 91 interviews with prisoners; and around six months of observation. The two main kinds of drug treatment measures are drug treatment units and day programmes.RESULTS: Prisoners described several motives to participate in drug treatment measures: to leave drugs and crime; to renew relations with family and friends; to solve health problems; and to improve their prison conditions. Prisoners found that drug treatment measures offered possibilities to acquire new ways of being. Staff behaviour seemed to be more important to prisoners than the methods used, and some prisoners seemed more positive to staff involved with the drug treatment than to other staff. A surprising finding was the prisoners’ limited critique of controls and sanctions. We see this as embedded in the situation of being a prisoner, and also in relation to contexts outside prison.CONCLUSION: In discussing their experiences in the treatment units, prisoners are not so concerned about the rehabilitative features or the controls and sanctions. They evaluate their present situation in light of a future, which is their real concern. This is in line with a main task for staff, which is to prepare prisoners for release.
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- Mallén, Agneta, et al.
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Criminality, incarceration and control in Nordic Island societies: The Faroe Islands, The Åland Islands, Iceland and Greenland.
- 2016
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There are large differences between the four Nordic island societies in culture, and also on how they have achieved autonomy/independence and to what extent this is implemented. They have more characteristics in common than they have with the remaining Nordic countries: Small populations that live in secluded island societies, geographically isolated from other countries; rough living conditions and highly dependant on nature forces. In such small societies people are visible to each other, mutual dependent and daily life is subject to strong traditions. To various degrees they fight for autonomy and independence. All these characteristics may influence how these islands societies handle conflicts, how they perceive crimes, and how they work out their local policy on conflicts and crime.There is some criminological research about Iceland, and just very little about Greenland, and even less criminological research on The Faroe Islands and The Åland Islands.As the intention of the working group is to bring forward knowledge about variations and similarities on crime, incarceration and control in these four island societies, we intend to arrange a working group seminar focusing on these themes, and to establish a network of Nordic researchers who are interested in this theme
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