The Construction of Lithuanian Prison Sentence Assumptions in Critical Criminology Perspective: an Analysis of the Goals of Imprisonment

Jolanta Aleknevičienė, Ignė Kalinauskaitė, Loreta Matačiūtė
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The declared aims of custodial sentencing worldwide and in Lithuania are to protect society from crime and reduce recidivism; it is agreed that these aims can be achieved only when the duration of imprisonment is devoted to the prisoner’s gradual return to society (UNODC 2015). However, the newest Lithuanian strategic documents note that the sentencing system does not promote the change of prisoners’ criminal habits, offender resocialization is fragmented, and prison staff carries out offender protection and surveillance, not resocialization and social help (LR Vyriausybė 2021b). By building upon the ideas of social constructionism tradition (Berger and Luckmann 1999) and critical criminology (Christie 1999; Hulsman 1997; Quinney 2004; Mathiesen 2006), this paper analyzes the aims of custodial sentencing in the context of Lithuanian penal system’s reform and specifies possible implementational problems of declared aims of imprisonment. Document analysis showed that the raising and naming of imprisonment problems are conditioned by the commitment to international organizations and projects, as well as the cascading aims of the Lithuanian political agenda. In Lithuania, the purposes of custodial sentencing continue to be relatively general and instrumental. They are used to justify current and future means of reform while it is expected of correctional facilities to provide long-term positive influences on a person and fulfill quantitative indicators. We presume that resocialization and social integration ideas, as the main declared aim of custodial sentencing, are “imprisoned” in political discourse, which lacks critical analysis and does not provide much chance for success.
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批判犯罪学视角下立陶宛刑期假设的建构:监禁目标分析
世界各地和立陶宛宣布的监禁判决目标是保护社会免受犯罪和减少累犯;各方一致认为,只有将监禁期限用于囚犯逐步回归社会,才能实现这些目标(毒品和犯罪问题办公室,2015年)。然而,立陶宛最新的战略文件指出,量刑制度并不能促进囚犯犯罪习惯的改变,罪犯重新融入社会是分散的,监狱工作人员对罪犯进行保护和监视,而不是重新融入社会和社会帮助(LR Vyriausybë2021b)。本文借鉴社会建构主义传统(Berger和Luckmann,1999年)和批判犯罪学(Christie,1999年;Hulsman,1997年;Quinney,2004年;Mathiesen,2006年)的思想,分析了立陶宛刑罚制度改革背景下监禁量刑的目的,并具体说明了监禁宣告目的可能存在的实施问题。文件分析表明,监禁问题的提出和命名取决于对国际组织和项目的承诺,以及立陶宛政治议程的级联目标。在立陶宛,判处监禁的目的仍然相对笼统和有用。它们被用来证明当前和未来的改革手段是合理的,而惩教设施则有望对一个人产生长期的积极影响,并实现量化指标。我们认为,作为监禁判决的主要目标,重新社会化和社会融合思想在政治话语中被“监禁”,而政治话语缺乏批判性分析,也没有提供太多成功的机会。
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