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Das Gefängnis auf dem Prüfstand

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Das Klima kann schon im Rahmen eines vorwissenschaftlichen Zugangs als wichtiges Merkmal einer Justizvollzugsanstalt bzw. seiner organisatorischen Einheiten gelten. In diesem Kapitel wird das Konstrukt näher beleuchtet, indem zunächst ein Überblick über Definitions- bzw. Explikationsversuche in der nationalen und internationalen Literatur gegeben wird. Anschließend wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie das Klima in einer Justizvollzugsanstalt gemessen werden kann und welche Herausforderungen dabei auftreten. In den folgenden Abschnitten werden Ergebnisse zum Klima berichtet, wobei zunächst dargestellt wird, welche Auswirkungen unterschiedliche klimatische Zustände haben können und im Anschluss daran berichtet wird, von welchen Bedingungen das Klima abhängt. Abschließend werden die Implikationen für den zukünftigen Umgang mit diesem Thema im deutschen Justizvollzug diskutiert.

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Guéridon, M., Suhling, S. (2018). Klima im Justizvollzug. In: Maelicke, B., Suhling, S. (eds) Das Gefängnis auf dem Prüfstand. Edition Forschung und Entwicklung in der Strafrechtspflege. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20147-0_12

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