Abstract
Since the early 1930s Swedish prison authorities have constantly aimed at reducing the use of prison sentences and so, although certain offences have increased, the number of prisoners has fallen. In 1971 there were 5900 prison places and about 4600 prisoners. By 1973 the number of prisoners had fallen to 3600, the lowest number for ten years.
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Kriminalvårdens Nämnder [The Boards and Committees of the Correctional System] (Stockholm, 1975).
Bo Martinsson, ‘Prison Democracy in Sweden’, in Svante Nycander (ed.), Criminal Welfare ( Stockholm: Swedish Institute, 1971 ).
Giles Playfair and Derrick Singleton, The Offenders (London: Secker and Warburg, 1957).
Eric Stockdale, The Court and the Offender ( London: Gollancz, 1967 ).
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Short, R. (1979). Sweden. In: The Care of Long-Term Prisoners. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16046-4_2
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