Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Imprisonment, Prisons, Prison Life and Effects of Imprisonment (Prisons WG)

April Smith, University of Portsmouth

Female Imprisonment in Ireland: The Need to Research These ‘Institutions of Hope’. - Maria Cleary, School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland

Incarcerated women’s adjustment to life in prison - Katarzyna Celinska, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Relations and Quality of Life in Prison: A Longitudinal Study in Women Prison - Zala Osterc, University of Maribor; Gorazd Meško, University of Maribor; Rok Hacin, University of Maribor

Women in Prison in Serbia and the Quality of Prison Life - Sanja Ćopić, University of Belgrade – Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Serbia; Ivana Stevanović, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Serbia; Nikola Vujičić, Union University, Law School Belgrade, Serbia

Understanding Peer Mentoring in a Women's Prison - April Smith, University of Portsmouth