Honour and respect in Danish prisons: Contesting ‘cognitive distortions’ in cognitive-behavioural programmes
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Honour and respect in Danish prisons : Contesting ‘cognitive distortions’ in cognitive-behavioural programmes. / Laursen, Julie; Laws, Ben.
In: Punishment and Society, Vol. 19, No. 1, 01.01.2017, p. 74-95.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Honour and respect in Danish prisons
T2 - Contesting ‘cognitive distortions’ in cognitive-behavioural programmes
AU - Laursen, Julie
AU - Laws, Ben
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Using empirical data from prison-based cognitive-behavioural programmes, this article considers how prisoners’ subcultural capital shapes their responses to demands for ‘cognitive self-change’. We argue that accounts of ‘respect’ in the prior literature fail to capture how prisoners react to these programmes, and that a discussion of honour (and what we term ‘respect plus’) needs to be incorporated. The empirical material derives from four different cognitive-behavioural programme setups in three Danish prisons and semi-structured interviews with participants and course instructors. By attempting to create accountable and rational actors, who ‘self-manage’, the therapeutic ethos neglects participants’ life experiences and subcultural capital. Open expressions of moral values by prisoners (such as displays of honour and respect) are considered to be cognitive distortions which are dismissed by instructors, while alternative and ‘correct’ thinking styles are prescribed. Our findings advance understandings of the meanings of honour and respect in prisons in general and in cognitive-behavioural programmes in particular.
AB - Using empirical data from prison-based cognitive-behavioural programmes, this article considers how prisoners’ subcultural capital shapes their responses to demands for ‘cognitive self-change’. We argue that accounts of ‘respect’ in the prior literature fail to capture how prisoners react to these programmes, and that a discussion of honour (and what we term ‘respect plus’) needs to be incorporated. The empirical material derives from four different cognitive-behavioural programme setups in three Danish prisons and semi-structured interviews with participants and course instructors. By attempting to create accountable and rational actors, who ‘self-manage’, the therapeutic ethos neglects participants’ life experiences and subcultural capital. Open expressions of moral values by prisoners (such as displays of honour and respect) are considered to be cognitive distortions which are dismissed by instructors, while alternative and ‘correct’ thinking styles are prescribed. Our findings advance understandings of the meanings of honour and respect in prisons in general and in cognitive-behavioural programmes in particular.
KW - cognitive-behavioural programmes
KW - honour
KW - prisons
KW - respect
KW - subcultural capital
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U2 - 10.1177/1462474516649175
DO - 10.1177/1462474516649175
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85009227674
VL - 19
SP - 74
EP - 95
JO - Punishment and Society
JF - Punishment and Society
SN - 1462-4745
IS - 1
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