Editors:
- Provides an international, interdisciplinary perspective on social policy and the penal system
- Highlights the distinctive Nordic model for the welfare state and prison conditions
- Discusses the role of the state and how ideology links to social policy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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The Developmentof Scandinavian Prison Practice
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Front Matter
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The Scandinavian Model: From Remand to Release
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Front Matter
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The Principle of Normalisation—Theory and Practice
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Peter Scharff Smith, Thomas Ugelvik
About the editors
Thomas Ugelvik is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Book Subtitle: Embraced By the Welfare State?
Editors: Peter Scharff Smith, Thomas Ugelvik
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58528-8Published: 11 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84408-1Published: 23 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58529-5Published: 28 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 540
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Politics of the Welfare State, Crime and Society, Policing, Critical Criminology