A plurality of total institutions: towards a comparative penology
Data were collected in five countries, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada and France between 1996 and 2003. This was used to compare and assess prison social climates. A taxonomy of social climates based on different configurations of institutional and personalized trust is proposed. Relationships...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2006, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 161-180 |
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| Summary: | Data were collected in five countries, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada and France between 1996 and 2003. This was used to compare and assess prison social climates. A taxonomy of social climates based on different configurations of institutional and personalized trust is proposed. Relationships between, on the one hand, assessments of the social climate by inmates and staff, and, on the other hand, the overall stability of prison as a social institution are explored. It is argued that criteria for assessment do not have an absolute character; they depend on the external context, values and norms shared by inmates. Prison reforms might destabilize the situation if they fail to take into account mutual expectations of staff and inmates. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 178-180 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10611-006-9049-x |