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

Description: Doing Indefinite Time by Irene Marti 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 used to challenge well established notions about the experience of imprisonment, such as adaptation, coping, and resistance. Drawing on ethnographic data generated in two high-security prisons housing male offenders, this book explores how the various spaces of the prison affect prisoners sense of self and experience of time, and how, in particular, the indeterminate nature of their imprisonment affects their perceptions of place and space.It sheds light on prisoners subjective, emplaced and embodied perceptions of the prisons various everyday time-spaces in the cell, at work, and during leisure time, and the forms of agency they express. It provides insight into prisoners everyday habits, practices, routines, and rhythms as well as the profoundly existential issues that are engendered, (re)arranged, and anchored in these everyday contexts. It also offers insights into the penal policies, norms, and practices developed and followed by prison authorities and staff. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover 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 used to challenge well established notions about the experience of imprisonment, such as adaptation, coping, and resistance. Drawing on ethnographic data generated in two high-security prisons housing male offenders, this book explores how the various spaces of the prison affect prisoners sense of self and experience of time, and in particular the indeterminate nature of their imprisonment, affects their perceptions of place and space. It sheds light on prisoners subjective, emplaced and embodied perceptions of the prisons various everyday time-spaces in the cell, at work, and during leisure time, and the forms of agency they express. It provides insight into prisoners everyday habits, practices, routines and rhythms as well as the profoundly existential issues that are engendered, (re)arranged and anchored in these everyday contexts. It also offers insights into the penal policies, norms and practices developed and followed by prison authorities and staff. Irene Marti is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Penal Law and Criminology at the University of Bern and at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Prison Research Group at the University of Bern. Author Biography Irene Marti is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Penal Law and Criminology at the University of Bern and at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Prison Research Group at the University of Bern. 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. Feature Explores long-term imprisonment in Switzerland and expands the field which mainly focusses on the US and UK This book is open access which means that you have free and unlimited access Offers a wide range of methodological suggestions including gaining access to the field Critically discusses understandings of imprisonment Details ISBN3031125924 Author Irene Marti Short Title Doing Indefinite Time Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Series Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology Language English ISBN-10 3031125924 ISBN-13 9783031125928 Format Paperback Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland Edition 1st Country of Publication Switzerland Year 2022 Pages 353 Publication Date 2022-10-08 Illustrations 36 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 353 p. 41 illus., 36 illus. in color. UK Release Date 2022-10-08 Edition Description 1st ed. 2023 Alternative 9783031125898 DEWEY 365.609494 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138256088;

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