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ЗАТВОРСКО ДУПЛО ДНО
THE PRISON’S DOUBLE BOTTOM

Author(s): Željko Krstić
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Studies in violence and power, Penology, Penal Policy
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Informal inmate system; collective inmates; marginal inmates/outsiders; prison system; formal system; supervision; resocialization; relapse; physical abuse;

Summary/Abstract: People well acquainted with prisons often wonder what is it that prevents the existence of peaceful prisons, or in other words, is it possible to provide a peaceful serving of one's time to those inmates who wish so. Another related issue is whether such a model of the prison may be designed that will enable the staff, primarily the experts-educators, to work normally. In an ideal-typical prison system everyone should do their job. The jailers should engage in daily supervision of the inmates and take care of their security, while the educators, far less numerous, should concentrate on the resocialization of the inmates. Together with craftsmen-instructors in the workshops, jailers and educators should exert a unified educational influence synchronized by the prison management. In practice, however, such unified educational influence does not exist.

  • Issue Year: 37/2003
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 337-355
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian