In comparative perspective: the effects of incarceration abroad on penal subjectivity among prisoners in Lithuania

Slade, G. and Vaičiūnienė, R. (2018) In comparative perspective: the effects of incarceration abroad on penal subjectivity among prisoners in Lithuania. European Journal of Criminology, 15(2), pp. 217-234. (doi: 10.1177/1477370817726716)

Abstract

This article looks at how global flows of people and policies affect penal subjectivity among prisoners in Lithuania. Those who had previously been incarcerated abroad perceive their punishment in Lithuania’s reforming penal system in comparative terms. We find that international prison experience may either diminish or increase the sense of the severity of the current punishment. Respondents often felt more comfortable in a familiar culture of punishment in Lithuania that emphasizes autonomy and communality. Moreover, internationalized prisoners perceive prison reform emulating West European models as a threat to this culture and are able to articulate comparative critiques of this reform and contest its effects.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Slade, Dr Gavin
• Authors: Slade, G., and Vaičiūnienė, R.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Central and East European Studies
• Journal Name: European Journal of Criminology
• Publisher: SAGE
• ISSN: 1477-3708
• ISSN (Online): 1741-2609
• Published Online: 13 September 2017
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 The Authors
• First Published: First published in European Journal of Criminology 15(2):217-234
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License