The concept of food security is often anchored in popular understandings of the challenge to
produce and supply enough food. However, decades of policies for intensive agriculture …

The concept of a penal or carceral state has quickly become a staple in punishment and
criminal justice literatures. However, the concept, which suffers from a proliferation of …

Penality in Scandinavia has been seen as somewhat of an outlier, a redoubt against the
punitive turn witnessed in other parts of Western Europe and the United States. This article …

While Scandinavia in general and Norway in particular have been the focus of much
criminological interest, the work of probation has largely been overlooked in favour of …

This book explores the duality of openness and restriction in approaches to migrants in the
Nordic countries. As borders have become less permeable to non-Europeans, it presents …

We analyze data from a national sample of the US population to assess public support for
policies that deny former offenders' access to job training programs, food stamps, and public …

Public safety has become an increasingly important part of crime policy debates in the
Western countries. In Sweden, the concepts of trygghet (safety) and its negative counterpart …

A humane approach to punishment has been integral to the work of the Danish Prisons and
Probation Service. However, Danish penal policy has recently taken a punitive turn. What …

Politicians are increasingly describing immigrants as dangerous and threatening criminals.
The criminal immigrant, ie,'crimmigrant'has become a useful symbol, especially for the …

The general public has assumed an increasingly prominent position in crime policy
discourse, both in Sweden and internationally. Nowadays crime policy initiatives often …