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Summary:
This is a post to a public forum on Stanford University website. In it
Nikola outlines a new luxurious prison being built in Norway. She believes that
the Norwegian system of social reeducation through time served in lavish
conditions with incentives geared toward education will not work in America.
She claims that the maternal nature of the Norway makes coddling a better
solution for them. The US, on the other hand, is more paternal and uses harsh discipline
as incentive for the populous to live up to expectations. This, she believes,
is why that particular system will not work for us.
Quality:
I found this post to be extremely informative as to the problems faced
when looking at the justice systems in other countries with perspective towards
integrating these systems into the United States. She uses many pieces of
scientific data including the figures on the effect of affluence on recidivism
per country. She effectively represents the power distance index (PDI) and the
Gini coefficient to add validity to the points she is making (Hofstede). The strength of
this paper should be credited to Nikola’s well rounded and thorough use of
scientific method.
Issues:
The presentation of Nikola’s post is too short to understand fully
without further research. While she does present her topic clearly she neglects
to encompass the strength of the science used to in her formulation of her
conclusion.
Quotes:
“'Architect Hans Henrik Hoilund
claims that the ‘luxurious’ features of the prison are all necessary – geared
at ensuring that inmates do not become re-offenders when they reenter society.
“The most important thing is that the prison looks as much as the outside world
as possible,” he noted, “To avoid an institutional feel, exteriors are not
concrete but made of bricks, galvanized steel and larch; the buildings seem to
have grown organically from the woodlands. And while there is one obvious
symbol of incarceration – a 20-foot concrete security wall along the prison’s
perimeter – trees obscure it. And its top has been rounded off, so it isn’t too
hostile.'”
Keywords and Phrases:
Hofstede’s Power Distance Index, Gini Coefficient, Halden Prison, recidivism, scientific method. reentry, prison, recidivism rate, justice system,
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Works Cited:
Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1014
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