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Prisons and Prison Building

open access: yesJournal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951), 1931
Mode of access: Internet.
Lewis F. Pilcher, Alfred Hopkins
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On Prison Ethics and Prison Labour [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Statistical Society, 1891
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Loneliness in prison

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Criminology, 2021
At first glance, contemporary prisons are environments defined by an ‘enforced collective’ (Goffman, [1961] 1991) and prisoners are, if anything, plagued by ‘life en masse’ (Sykes, 1958), yet the depth and weight of loneliness in prison can be intense.
Schliehe, Anna   +2 more
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Exceptional prison conditions and the quality of prison life: Prison size and prison culture in Norwegian closed prisons [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Criminology, 2011
This 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.
Johnsen, Berit   +2 more
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Prison brain? Executive dysfunction in prisoners [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
A better understanding of the functioning of the brain, particularly executive functions, of the prison population could aid in reducing crime rates through the reduction of recidivism rates. Indeed, reoffending appears to be related to executive dysfunction and it is known that executive functions are crucial for self-regulation. In the current paper,
Jesse eMeijers   +5 more
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Prison Staff and Prisoner Views on a Prison Smoking Ban: Evidence From the Tobacco in Prisons Study [PDF]

open access: yesNicotine & Tobacco Research, 2018
Abstract Introduction In jurisdictions permitting prisoner smoking, rates are high (c75%), with smoking embedded in prison culture, leading to secondhand smoke exposures among staff and prisoners and challenges for smoking cessation.
Greig Logan   +6 more
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prisoners and prison life

open access: yes, 2015
Countries with similar economies, cultures, languages and politics tend to have similar penal systems, albeit with some surprises and anomalies (Cavadino and Dignan, 2006). The purpose of this chapter is to explore the penal systems in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to see if they converge with other Western, developed, industrialised ...
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The state of the prisons. Deaths in prison. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1984
Revue aux points de vue statistique, medicolegal et psychologique. Les morts par suicide, par greve de la faim, par «autres causes». Les morts par incendie.
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Prisoner Participation in Prison Management

open access: yesChamp pénal, 2006
In January 2006 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation (2006) 2. The Recommendation contains the revised European Prison Rules. A new Rule 50 requires that prisoners be allowed and encouraged to discuss matters relating to the general conditions of imprisonment with prison administrations.
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Prisoners

open access: yes, 2015
Wangmo, Tenzin, Elger, Bernice Simone
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