RT Article
T1 The Transformative Power of Trust: Exploring Tertiary Desistance in Reinventive Prisons
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 3
SP 623
OP 638
A1 Ugelvik, Thomas
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800835906
AB While prisons are often described as places of pain, despair and hopelessness, studies show that some prisoners under certain conditions report positive life changes happening in prison. This paper explores the connections between trust and desistance processes, specifically between the experience of being trusted and ‘tertiary desistance’. I argue that trust can be an engine of positive change in prison and that the experience of being trusted might even acquire additional value from the low-trust and risk-sensitive environment that most prisons normally offer prisoners. Finally, I discuss whether prisons that manage to get this balance right deserve to be called ‘reinventive prisons’.
K1 Trust
K1 Recognition
K1 Tertiary desistance
K1 Reinventive prisons
K1 Norwegian prisons
K1 Staff-prisoner relationship
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab076