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dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Berit
dc.contributor.authorGranheim, Per Kristian
dc.contributor.authorHelgesen, Janne
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-24T14:00:47Z
dc.date.available2012-11-24T00:02:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationJohnsen, B., Granheim, P.K. og Helgesen, J. (2001). Exceptional prison conditions and the quality of prison life: Prison size and prison culture in Norwegian closed prisons. European Journal of Criminology. 8(6), 515-529no_NO
dc.identifier.issn1477-3708
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/160407
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the quality of prison life and prison size in relation to the notion of ‘Scandinavian exceptionalism’. Using the questionnaires ‘Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (MQPL) for prisoners and ‘Staff Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (SQL) for staff, data were collected from all 32 closed prisons in Norway. Based on the assumption that prison officers’ working lives, their perspectives and their values influence prisoners’ quality of life, the main focus in the paper is on the officers. Small prisons (fewer than 50 prisoners) obtain more positive results than medium-sized (50–100) and large (more than 100) prisons, on several dimensions measured. The relationship between officers and prisoners seems to be of better quality in small prisons than in medium-sized and large prisons. Officers in small prisons also report more positive relationships with senior management than their colleagues in medium-sized and large prisons. The results are discussed in light of previous studies on officers and prison working life dynamics.no_NO
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectLukkede Fengslerno_NO
dc.subjectClosed Prisonsen
dc.subjectNorgeno_NO
dc.subjectNorwayen
dc.titleExceptional prison conditions and the quality of prison life: Prison size and prison culture in Norwegian closed prisonsno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Criminology: 350no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber515-529no_NO
dc.source.volume8no_NO
dc.source.journalEuropean Journal of Criminologyno_NO
dc.source.issue6no_NO


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