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The Dual Nature of Legitimacy in the Prison Environment - An Inquiry in Slovenian Prisons (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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The Dual Nature of Legitimacy in the Prison Environment - An Inquiry in Slovenian Prisons (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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This book explores the dual nature of legitimacy in prison. It
examines the inter-connectivity between audience perception of
legitimacy (the prisoners' perception) and the power-holders'
perception of legitimacy (the prison staff perception). It defines
legitimacy in this scenario as the ability of prison workers to
implement their authority in an honest, lawful, and just manner,
while prisoners acknowledge their status as eligible power-holders
who deserve to be obeyed and comply with their decisions. Using
mixed methods of qualitative and quantitative research, data were
collected in all Slovenian prisons as well as a correctional home.
The volume discusses the various factors influencing prisoner's
perspective of legitimacy, and recommends avenues for further
research. This work will be of interest to researchers in
criminology and criminal justice, particularly with an interest in
prison and incarceration, or with an interest in Eastern Europe. It
will also be of interest to those studying legitimacy within the
criminal justice system more generally, and related fields such as
sociology, law enforcement, and organizational psychology.
Utilizing an in-depth and longitudinal study of legitimacy in
Slovenian prisons, Hacin and Mesko shed light on legitimacy's dual
nature with an exquisite research design that removes any ambiguity
about its essential nature in achieving prison order and
correctional environments more conducive to rehabilitation. [...]
Overall, the book is an excellent contribution to penological
theory, research, and practice. A monograph and case study of a
post-modern and post-socialist prison system, it offers a lens for
re-examining the mass incarceration models of western prisons for
cross-cultural comparisons of prison legitimacy. -Rosemary L. Gido,
Professor Emerita, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA This book studies
legitimacy in prisoners and among prison staff through the lens of
procedural justice theory, focusing on the context of Slovenia. The
book is a must-read for scholars who are theoretically and
methodologically interested in testing and applying procedural
justice theory. Rarely, both prison staff and prisoners are studied
in the same inquiry. This is the added value. The results have
value for prison policy. This book will be of interest to scholars
in criminology and criminal justice, as well as political science
and public policy. - Lieven Pauwels, Professor, Department of
Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, Ghent University, Belgium
The now global epistemic community for the study of criminal
justice and criminology requires that scholars everywhere be in
frequent communication, and that they engage in the testing of
concepts that are of potential universal application in democratic
countries seeking to build just and efficacious public
institutions. The time is here for comparative criminal justice
research of high quality to be undertaken, and this book represents
exemplary scholarship in this regard. For those scholars from
around the world interested in determining the potential and
limitations of the theory of procedural justice as applied in the
corrections setting, this book represents a "must read" for you. It
presents findings from a comprehensive, mixed-methods study of how
the core concepts of the theory of procedural justice can be
insightfully explored within correctional institutions. The study
done in the progressive, highly regarded setting of the Slovenian
prison system - carried out with inmates, prison staff (corrections
officers and rehabilitation services personnel) and administrators
- serves as an excellent template for replication in other
countries. The interpretation of findings made by two scholars of
remarkable experience and profound knowledge add greatly to the
value of this book. For scholars doing worthwhile research into the
challenges of building and maintaining just and capable criminal
justice systems in democratic countries, this book will inform and
inspire you. - Nicholas Lovrich, Research Professor Emeritus,
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State
University, Pullman, USA
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