RT Article
T1 Theoretical and empirical limits of Scandinavian Exceptionalism: isolation and normalization in Danish prisons
JF Punishment & society
VO 20
IS 1
SP 92
OP 112
A1 Reiter, Keramet
A2 Sexton, Lori
A2 Sumner, Jennifer
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743479298
AB Drawing on interviews with 76 prisoners, 47 prison staff, and 14 experts, we document lived experiences of punishment in the Danish prison context. We argue that, regardless of “humanizing” elements of normalization and humanity, prisoners and staff may experience the power of the carceral state in Denmark in ways similar to those under more obviously harsh confinement regimes, as exist in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom. Ultimately, macro-level theories like Scandinavian Exceptionalism serve as a rhetorical tool, implying that harsher prison systems are fixable, but fail to reflect the micro-level realities of incarceration.
K1 Exceptionalism
K1 Pains of imprisonment
K1 Prison
K1 solitary confinement
K1 Denmark
DO 10.1177/1462474517737273