'It's like a Sentence before the Sentence' - Exploring the Pains and Possibilities of Waiting for Imprisonment
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'It's like a Sentence before the Sentence' - Exploring the Pains and Possibilities of Waiting for Imprisonment. / Laursen, Julie; Mjåland, Kristian; Crewe, Ben.
In: British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 60, No. 2, 14.03.2020, p. 363-381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - 'It's like a Sentence before the Sentence' - Exploring the Pains and Possibilities of Waiting for Imprisonment
AU - Laursen, Julie
AU - Mjåland, Kristian
AU - Crewe, Ben
PY - 2020/3/14
Y1 - 2020/3/14
N2 - This article explores the implications of the 'imprisonment queue' in Norway. Based on interview data (N = 200), we show that while interviewees waiting to serve their sentences enjoy certain benefits such as being able to prepare for or negotiate the terms of their imprisonment, they also suffer from uncertainty and powerlessness. The suspension of their lives while they wait hinders them in pursuing their ground projects, things that really matter to them. This peculiar phenomenon has not received attention from prison scholars generally, as well as scholars writing on Nordic Exceptionalism specifically. This article addresses that gap and poses questions about the relative mildness of the short Norwegian sentences, and more broadly, about what constitutes punishment.
AB - This article explores the implications of the 'imprisonment queue' in Norway. Based on interview data (N = 200), we show that while interviewees waiting to serve their sentences enjoy certain benefits such as being able to prepare for or negotiate the terms of their imprisonment, they also suffer from uncertainty and powerlessness. The suspension of their lives while they wait hinders them in pursuing their ground projects, things that really matter to them. This peculiar phenomenon has not received attention from prison scholars generally, as well as scholars writing on Nordic Exceptionalism specifically. This article addresses that gap and poses questions about the relative mildness of the short Norwegian sentences, and more broadly, about what constitutes punishment.
KW - ground projects
KW - punishment
KW - uncertainty
KW - waiting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082016660&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azz042
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azz042
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85082016660
VL - 60
SP - 363
EP - 381
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
SN - 0007-0955
IS - 2
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