Persistent punishment : users views of short prison sentences
Armstrong, Sarah and Weaver, Beth (2013) Persistent punishment : users views of short prison sentences. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. ISSN 0265-5527 (https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12015)
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Abstract
Semi-structured interviews were conducted of 22 prisoners to gather information about the characteristic features of short prison sentences. Themes raised in comments included: the frequency and quality of sentences, addiction, family, and penal legitimacy. Most of the participants had extensive experience of prison, and the effects of this played out across sentences and years, accumulating and amplifying impacts. And, despite expressions of guilt and remorse, most participants saw their sentence as unjust, and mainly a reaction to offending history. We conclude by suggesting the need for research to shift focus from evaluating individual penal interventions towards more holistic and narrative accounts that cut across sentences.
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Armstrong, Sarah and Weaver, Beth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-1068;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 39665 Dates: DateEvent2013Published10 May 2013Published OnlineSubjects: Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 10 May 2012 13:35 Last modified: 18 Dec 2024 01:15 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/39665