Stevanović, Ivana (2025) Safety and Security of Women Prisoners as a Dimension of the Social Climate in Prisons (The Serbian Experience). In: Prison Life Organization and Security: Criminological, Penological, Sociological, Psychological, Legal, and Security Aspects. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 130-149. ISBN 978-86-80756-77-6
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Abstract
The main purpose of this paper was to highlight the importance of security as a dimension of the social climate for women who are deprived of their liberty and held in prisons, with an understanding of the specifics of the concept of safety and discipline, i.e., recognising the power dynamics between prison staff and women prisoners as a cornerstone of effective and humane execution of the prison sentence. Given the unique context of the execution of the prison sentence for women prisoners in Serbia, this paper presents the findings from research on the dimension of security conducted at the only prison in which women in Serbia serve the sentence of deprivation of liberty, the Correctional Institution for Women in Požarevac, in 2022. The sample consisted of 91 respondents from both the closed and semi-open sections of the facility. The research is part of a three-year project titled Assessment and possibilities for improving the quality of prison life of prisoners in the Republic of Serbia: Criminologicalpenological, psychological, sociological, legal and security aspects – the PrisonLIFE project, supported by the Science Fund under the Ideas 2020 programme, implemented by the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research and the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation. Keywords: Security, Quality of life, Prison, Women prisoners
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| Additional Information: | The preliminary part of the results was partially presented at the International Scientific Conference: “LIFE IN PRISON: Criminological, Penological, Psychological, Sociological, Legal, Security and Medical Issues” (Belgrade, December 2 and 3, 2024), organized by the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research. The author would like to express their sincere gratitude to all the participants who took part in this research, as well as the staff of the Correctional Institution for Women in Požarevac, Serbia, for their valuable cooperation and support. The author also express they’re thanks to the survey authors for generously sharing the MQPL survey and acknowledge the contributions of all PrisonLIFE project team members who collaborated in data collection. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Security, Quality of life, Prison, Women prisoners |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Depositing User: | Ivana Kovačević |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2025 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2025 09:19 |
| URI: | http://institutecsr.iksi.ac.rs/id/eprint/1113 |
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