The growing body of work on imprisonment, desistance and
rehabilitation has mainly focused on policies and treatment
programmes and how they are delivered. Experiencing Imprisonment
reflects recent developments in research that focus on the active
role of the offender in the process of justice. Bringing together
experts from around the world and presenting a range of comparative
critical research relating to key themes of the pains of
imprisonment, stigma, power and vulnerability, this book explores
the various ways in which offenders relate to the justice systems
and how these relationships impact the nature and effectiveness of
their efforts to reduce offending. Experiencing Imprisonment
showcases cutting-edge international and comparative critical
research on how imprisonment is experienced by those people living
and working within imprisonment institutions in North America and
Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Scandinavia. The
research explores the subjective experience of imprisonment from
the perspective of a variety of staff and prisoner groups,
including juveniles, adult female and male prisoners, older
prisoners, sex offenders, wrongfully convicted offenders and newly
released prisoners. Offering a unique view of what it is like to be
a prisoner or a prison officer, the chapters in this book argue for
a prioritisation of understanding the subjective experiences of
imprisonment as essential to developing effective and humane
systems of punishment. This is essential reading for academics and
students involved in the study of criminology, penology and the
sociology of imprisonment. It will also be of interest to Criminal
Justice practitioners and policymakers around the globe.
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