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- Includes a foreword by Marcia Chambers and an afterword by Thomas Mathiesen
- Includes an introduction which discusses how prison sociology has changed since the study and which issues are still debated
- Fills an important and historical gap in the literature during a time of renewed interest in Nordic prisons and prison policies
- Presents a very comparative prison study which remains unique to this day
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
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Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, USA
David J. Armor
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(Deceased), New Haven, USA
Stanton Wheeler
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(Deceased), New York, USA
Hugh F. Cline
About the editor
Stanton Wheeler was Ford Foundation Professor of Law and the Social Sciences (Emeritus) at Yale Law School, USA.
Hugh F. Cline was Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Scandinavian Prison Study
Authors: Stanton Wheeler, Hugh F. Cline
Editors: David J. Armor
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26462-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26461-1Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26464-2Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26462-8Published: 28 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 352
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Criminal Behavior, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Legal History, Historical Sociology