Nordic Criminal Justice in a Global Context - Practices and Promotion of Exceptionalism

This book critically investigates Nordic criminal justice as a global role model.

List of contents

Introduction: Nordic criminal justice in a global world Part 1: Practices of Nordic Criminal Justice 1. Defending the North and Exporting its Criminal Justice: The reproduction of Nordic criminal justice cohesion in a global world 2. Shaping Nordic Punishment: Penal exceptionalism and the correctional revolution at Ringe prison in the 1970s 3. Nordic Perspectives on International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law Part 2: Promoting Nordic Criminal Justice 4. To be both in the world and yet not of it: Swedish drug policy and the international context 5. Swedish, Nordic, European: The journey of a 'model' to abolish prostitution 6. A cult(ure) of intelligence-led policing: On the international campaigning and convictions of Danish policing 7. Nordic penal humanitarianism: Status-building, brand-alignment, and penal power 8. From Model to Problem: The Demise of Sweden's Anti-Torture Brand 9. Through Scandinavia, darkly: A criminological critique of Nordic noir

About the author

Mikkel Jarle Christensen is Professor with special responsibilities at iCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kjersti Lohne is Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Magnus Hörnqvist is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Summary

This book critically investigates Nordic criminal justice as a global role model.

Product details

• Authors: Mikkel Jarle (University of Copenhage Christensen
• Assisted by: Mikkel Jarle Christensen (Editor), Magnus Hörnqvist (Editor), Kjersti Lohne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032049793
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204979-3
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Nordic Studies in a Global Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, Politics & government, International Criminal Law, Politics and government, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Public international law: criminal law, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law