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Doing Indefinite Time An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland /

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This open access book provides insights into the everyday lives of long-term prisoners in Switzerland who are labelled as 'dangerous' and are preventatively held in indefinite, probably lifelong, incarceration. It explores prisoners' manifold ways of inhabiting the prison which can be...

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Main Author: Marti, Irene (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology,
Subjects:
Corrections.
Punishment.
Human rights.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Human geography.
Cultural geography.
Social justice.
Forensic psychology.
Prison and Punishment.
Human Rights.
Crime and Society.
Social and Cultural Geography.
Social Justice.
Forensic Psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Indefinite confinement in Switzerland
  • 3. Space, time, embodiment
  • 4. Institutional context, key actors, sentenced prisoners
  • 5. In the prison cell
  • 6. At work
  • 7. During leisure time
  • 8. Conclusion.

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