Nordic penal exceptionalism: a comparative, empirical analysis
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Nordic penal exceptionalism : a comparative, empirical analysis. / Crewe, Ben; Ievins, Alice; Larmour, Simon; Laursen, Julie; Mjåland, Kristian; Schliehe, Anna.
In: British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2023, p. 424–443.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Nordic penal exceptionalism
T2 - a comparative, empirical analysis
AU - Crewe, Ben
AU - Ievins, Alice
AU - Larmour, Simon
AU - Laursen, Julie
AU - Mjåland, Kristian
AU - Schliehe, Anna
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Based on a survey administered in 13 prisons in England & Wales and Norway, as part of a research programme with explicitly comparative aims, this article seeks to address both the relative and absolute dimensions of the Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis. It outlines the consistently more positive results in Norway compared to England & Wales, explaining them primarily with reference to the former’s much higher quality and use of open prisons. At the same time, it emphasizes that, even in an unusually humane prison system, prisoners report considerable pain and frustration. The article also makes the case that comparative analysis should strive to be systematic, but that such comparisons are always imperfect, making methodological transparency all the more essential.
AB - Based on a survey administered in 13 prisons in England & Wales and Norway, as part of a research programme with explicitly comparative aims, this article seeks to address both the relative and absolute dimensions of the Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis. It outlines the consistently more positive results in Norway compared to England & Wales, explaining them primarily with reference to the former’s much higher quality and use of open prisons. At the same time, it emphasizes that, even in an unusually humane prison system, prisoners report considerable pain and frustration. The article also makes the case that comparative analysis should strive to be systematic, but that such comparisons are always imperfect, making methodological transparency all the more essential.
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azac013
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azac013
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
SP - 424
EP - 443
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
SN - 0007-0955
IS - 2
ER -
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