As of 1 January 2016, the population of Denmark was estimated to be 5 647 923 people.
This is an increase of 0.25 % (14 141 people) from the previous year.
As of 1 January 2016, the population of United Kingdom (UK) was estimated to be 65 039 319 people.
This is an increase of 0.56 % (359 619 people) from the previous year.
65,039,319
5,647,923 = 11.51561715696195
This makes the UK 11.5 times more populated than Denmark.
Even with this, when calculating on a fair scale of what is more realistic, it was still half of the UK’s rates.
The Danish system is sometimes called 'too soft‘.
This is because the sentencing structure itself is notably ‘less harsh’ than the UK approach.
The typical sentence handed out to Danish prisoners is 6
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The prison system also relies on the offenders taking their own responsibility. They even have to cook their own food. (Tull, 2013)
The way that Denmark runs their prisons, in contrast to the UK, is that they strive for normalisation, whereas the UK strives for the complete opposite. (Foote, 2013)
The UK idea is that prison should be far removed from normal life, depriving offenders of their own comforts as punishment for their crimes.
Whatever the reason for the success of the Danish system, there is no denying that Denmark also has one of the lowest reoffending rates in the world. (Damon, 2003)
Denmark is actually able to boast one of the lowest crime rates in the world, combined with a significantly better economical situation than the UK and one of the lowest poverty ratings in the world. Current rank is 59. (Theodora.com, 2015).
This is partly because the Danish system focuses largely on rehabilitation, rather than simply incarceration.
This is so that individuals can work on addressing the factors in their life that led them to this point and work towards retraining for their reintegration back into society. (Tull, 2013)
The UK focuses on two theories one of which is the rehabilitation theory the other is retribution despite attempts to move away from this aspect society still has the divide made from when prisons mainly focused on punishment. This approach made it easier for offenders to re-offend as they are more de-humanized. (Liveleak.com,
B. Rates are often used, instead of absolute numbers, to determine how frequently a population or demographic event is occurring—rates show how common an event is. Rates also make it possible to compare countries that vary greatly in
This is due to its relatively homogeneous population of 5.4 million, a strong sense of national identity, and the fact that, until recently, immigration flows were moderate. Most immigrants in Denmark came from other Nordic or Western countries, and the country experienced more emigration than immigration. The problems the Danish welfare state faces in terms of integrating immigrants are rooted in two interconnected phenomena. One is that the government and the public believe the continued success of Denmark depends on cultural homogeneity. The second is that policies of entry and integration have been inadequately geared to distinguishing between different "categories" of immigrants (e.g. economic migrants versus refugees, male versus female immigrants, Muslim versus non-Muslim), and have also been unprepared for the increase in the number of refugees and family dependents. However, since politicians and the public are beginning to realize that Denmark will need more immigrants in order to cope with the an ageing population and to ensure a sufficient supply of skilled as well as unskilled workers to a booming economy, there are a number of concrete changes in immigration policies. They include automatic citizenship for children born and raised in Denmark, regardless of their parents’ citizenship; equal welfare rights for immigrants and Danes; vast reductions in application fees and cash securities; expanded work benefits
In the sharp contrast, the European system of treating the deviants is vastly different in the beliefs and methods. In Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden, (Doleschal, 1977) they believe that the treatment is better than the prison or death. For example, the Netherlands has “ 18 persons per 100,000 population, 1/12 of the U.S. rate of 215 per 100,000”(Doleschal, p.52) which is amazing if it did happen in America. The reason for abolishing prisons’ conditions is that the environment of the isolation and deprivation did harm than good to the prisoners and created the cycles of violence. In Denmark and Sweden, Doleschal illustrated the humane conditions that Europe preferred in the prisons,
For example there have been amendments in under provision of crimes amendment act 1982 in New South Wales and section 8 of the crimes amendment act 1986 in Victoria to enable judges to impose less severe sentencing. Also in Victoria and South Australia life sentencing prisoners can apply for minimum set terms in court. Of course it relies on their good behaviour, but punishment does not help in changing their criminal attitude or behaviour. Though abolition of prison is not something can be achieved overnight, of course it is a very long term goal. We have example of Sydney siege, the worst offenders should be behind the bars to protect society. An article by Carol Lawson outlines the strategies for reducing recidivism by focusing on reforming prisons conditions and to turn them into more rehabilitative place, encourage prisoners’ transition to society that is to support ‘throughcare programs’ and to divert offenders from prisons to alternative punishment. Self- report also helps to measure the level of stress and discomfort of prisoners in
Sterbenz, Christina. “Why Norway’s Prison System Is so Successful.” Business Insider. Business Insider, 11 Dec. 2014. Web. 13 Apr. 2017.
This obviously would stop offenders from re-offending, could decrease a criminality in the UK and even for public protection would be good if dangerous individuals are removed from a society and also could avoid the offenders picking new ideas and techniques from other prisoners.
“Rehabilitation Over Incarceration” is an essay written by a K-State student on the issue of prisoners being rehabilitated back into the real world/ rather than imprisoning, rehabilitating into society. The writer focuses on Norway’s prison system versus the United States as well as education between prisoners in the two country’s systems. Next, the writer focuses on the values of educating the U.S. prisoners, including benefits as well as outlined cost to do so. Lastly, the student asks us the why portion which includes statistics on ethnicities in colleges and universities (1-9).
According to the prisons inspectorate, the ‘health’ of a prison should be measured according to safety, respect, purposeful activity and resettlement (HMCIP, 2013). Choose one of these factors, and using academic research to support your argument, discuss to what extent this represents a critical element of imprisonment in contemporary society.
In 2015 Denmark had a population of 5,699,000 within their Scandinavia geographic region ("Countries Denmark," 2015). The Danish have a culture of high living standards and well-being. It is a developed country that’s population is ranked above average in life expectancy (OECD Publishing, 2016). The average life expectancy for males is seventy – two. The women are expected to live until eighty- two years old ("Countries Denmark," 2015).
The United States and Norway have very different philosophies when it comes to the purpose of correctional facilities. Prisons in the United States focus on punishing the offenders for their crime. However, Norwegian prisons focus on rehabilitation. There are pros and cons to both the American and Norwegian maximum-security prisons.
With the population of the United States prisons growing every day we need to evaluate if they are doing any good. Personally, I believe that we need to keep our prison system, but we need to take steps in reforming them rather than abolish them altogether. The United States has the highest number of incarcerated people than any other country in the world. We must sit down and look at other countries and see what they are doing different than the United States. In this paper, we will first look at what the prison system in America is like and what we can do to improve upon our prison system. Then, we will also look at the Finland prison systems and see if we can learn anything from them, since they have one of the lowest incarceration and crime rate in the world. We will then look at reforming our prison system or abolishing it. Finally, we will investigate other punishment alternatives other than the prison system that we could use.
Often now, it is believed that a prison sentence is not always the most effective way of
For the purpose of this debate, the chosen stance is, we should be witnessing a growth in penal exceptionalism. A collective decision to investigate the concepts within the Scandinavian penal system was agreed, the two countries for primary focus were Norway and Sweden. The three main argument points were; the political and economic beliefs (which encompass the welfare state) of the Scandinavian countries which reflect upon their penal system, rehabilitating/reintegrating and human rights. The main countries and points of the opposing side will also be discussed with both sides arguing their point. An overall and an individual conclusion will be given after examining and considering all the evidence, issues, arguments and critiques provided.
It can be argued that imprisonment has been widely found to have failed to achieve its stated goals. Rehabilitation as perceived within the prison context is a myth. The predominant objective of control has developed in such a manner as to exclude the successful operation of any rehabilitation process. In looking at the nature and operation of the New South Wales prison system, for example, one is confronted by a system preoccupied with notions of control and security. A very disturbing feature of the system is that the availability of such prison accommodation helps to define the nature of the offender rather than the offender being defined by the nature of his offence (Wilkinson, 1972).
In theory, rehabilitation works, unfortunately as there are objectors to punishment of the corporal kind as there are objectors to the practice of rehabilitation. Most would side on the idea of rehabilitating prisoners, as there is no denying its success in the past, however the question of abandoning or greatly reducing corporal punishment or long term incarceration stands as a highly heated debate. With prison overcrowding and solutions being sought after, rehabilitation does offer a way to braid the inmates back into a successful life inside our communities, but just as corporal punishment does not have a 100% success rate, its friend rehabilitation lacks it as well. As a society we have to find ways to lower the costs of prisons on our fellow man and to be able to have inmates return to society in a productive manner. Rehabilitation seems to be the most modern weapon of choice for our modern and more