RT Article
T1 The Legal and Illegal Use of Force by Prison Officers in Ukraine
JF The prison journal
VO 99
IS 1
SP 89
OP 111
A1 Symkovych, Anton
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743005261
AB Although prison order rarely rests on naked force, its availability defines a prison. A penological truism holds that officers’ deployment of force signals a breakdown in order, not normality. However, is the truism universally valid? Adding evidence from a former Soviet bloc country, the study examines the place of force in officers’ daily work in a men’s medium-security prison in Ukraine. Drawing on a semiethnographic study, the findings show that even though availability of force was central to preventing escapes and securing prisoner compliance, its actual deployment was relatively rare. Officers’ consideration and actual use of both legal and illegal force depended on legal ramifications, the position of the superiors, and prisoner reaction. It also reflected their views on the adequacy of formal penal power and legitimacy of force for corrective purposes.
K1 Correctional Officers
K1 Force
K1 Lethal force
K1 Prison
K1 Prison officers
K1 Ukraine
DO 10.1177/0032885518814728