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The Penal Voluntary Sector’s Role in the Nordic Countries : A Shadow State?




TekijätOlesen Annette, Helminen Maija, Bäcklin Emy

ToimittajaStine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen, Ole Hammerslev

KustantajaPalgrave Macmillan

Julkaisuvuosi2024

Kokoomateoksen nimiTransformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights : Regulation, Professionals, and Citizens

Sarjan nimiPalgrave Socio-Legal Studies

Aloitussivu61

Lopetussivu80

ISBN978-3-031-46636-6

eISBN978-3-031-46637-3

ISSN2947-9274

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46637-3_4

Verkko-osoitehttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-46637-3_4

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/387242351


Tiivistelmä
This chapter analyses and compares the challenges faced by the Danish, Finnish, and Swedish penal voluntary sector organisations (PVSOs). Our data indicates that the main challenges across the three Nordic countries relate to precarious funding structures and disorganised co-operation with the prison and probation services. Furthermore, the Nordic PVSOs are subjected to many similar constraints regarding their independence and critical voice as noted in previous Anglophone research. We argue that neoliberal transformations have increased the importance of Nordic PVSOs and placed them in a sense in a position of a shadow state. We also suggest that the PVSOs’ unstable position compromises prisoners’ and released prisoners’ access to welfare rights and jeopardises their possibilities for successful reintegration.

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