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Rehabilitation and dynamic security in the Italian prison

Challenges in transforming prison officers’ roles

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ID8401977
AuthorsSimone Santorso (0000-0002-5657-2169, University of Hull, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume61
Issue6
Pages1557-1574
Publication date2021-10-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azab015
OpenAlexW3137575224
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited42

Drawing on prison officers’ accounts, this article addresses the extent to which the implementation of dynamic security and open cell regime has been successful in reforming Italian prisons. The article, based on a semi-ethnographic research in two prisons, sheds light on how the prison officers’ cope with the new rehabilitation-oriented role. The uniformed staff’s perceptions and experiences of the new regime are analysed, with a focus on the symbolic order produced over the rehabilitation and the effect of the complexity of the prison’s setting. Along with deepening understandings about the humanization of prison security, this article explores how the prison officers’ role and attitudes might impact and shape the idea of rehabilitation

Business · Criminology · Ethnography · Maximum security · Order (exchange) · Perception · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Rehabilitation

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Citations per year2,6
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13

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