Same problems, different concepts and language: What happens when prison climate research goes on a journey?

Despite the fact that they face the same problems, prison legislation differs between England and Germany. So do concepts and language. Can prison quality research travel under these circumstances? Are research questions and methodologies transferable from one legal culture into another? By using th...

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Autor principal: Neubacher, Frank 1965- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Liebling, Alison ; Kant, Deborah
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2023
En: European journal of criminology
Año: 2023, Volumen: 20, Número: 4, Páginas: 1446-1463
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:Despite the fact that they face the same problems, prison legislation differs between England and Germany. So do concepts and language. Can prison quality research travel under these circumstances? Are research questions and methodologies transferable from one legal culture into another? By using the example of a joint research project designed to transfer prison climate research from England and establish it in Germany and Switzerland we respond to the challenges of transferability and translatability. After examining the divergent legal cultures in England and Germany we present a prison climate research methodology developed by the Cambridge Prisons Research Centre (PRC). We then delineate the preparation, implementation and outcome of a pretest designed to show whether this cross-cultural research project can work. The concept of moral performance, and the methodology, seem to travel well while things are more complicated when it comes to translation.
ISSN:1741-2609
DOI:10.1177/14773708211046196