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Greenland is expected to get its first closed institution for delinquents in 2018.With this, the idea of Greenland as “the country without prisons” will be history.Yet even before the first closed institution is built, Greenland already ranksamong the most punitive countries in Scandinavia with more...

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Published in:Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Main Author: Lauritsen, Annemette Nyborg
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Dansk Kriminalistforening 2017
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/115040
https://doi.org/10.7146/ntfk.v104i2.115040
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Summary:Greenland is expected to get its first closed institution for delinquents in 2018.With this, the idea of Greenland as “the country without prisons” will be history.Yet even before the first closed institution is built, Greenland already ranksamong the most punitive countries in Scandinavia with more than 200 inmatesper 100,000 population.The current article draws on studies of inmate records to produce a picture ofthe social characteristics of the Greenlandic prison population. In addition, it examineshow the Greenlandic welfare society has dealt with people before theywound up in institutions for delinquents.