Introduction: This blog post will provide the sources I will use for my research paper with their summary and why the reason I chose those sources to answer my research question.
Research Question: Should America follow the prison system Scandinavian countries provide for their people? Source #1 Moore, Michael, Director. Where to Invade Next IMDb, IMDb.com, 12 Feb. 2016, www.imdb.com/title/tt4897822/. Film Summary > Where to Invade Next Summary This film will be helpful for my research paper because it shows what is it like inside of the prisons of Norway, the most famous Scandinavian country when it comes to prison systems, it shows what types of prisoners are locked in there, how much freedom they are given and how it worked for the better of those prisoners and the better of the country. it also provides short interviews with some of the prisoners and guards to talk about their experience in there. Source #2 Ibsen, Alexander Z. "Ruling by Favors: Prison Guards' Informal Exercise of Institutional Control." Law & Social Inquiry, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring2013, pp. 342-363. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01307.x. This source shows a study done by a substitute prison guard in Norway, the study provides how the positive interactions from the guards towards prisoners works, even when they want to punish prisoners for negative behavior it is done without violence and without taking away any of their rights yet they manage to keep them under control. The reason I picked this source to help my research paper is the study it provides, It supports the comparison between American Guards and Norwegian Guards, and why do Norwegian prison guards succeed at controlling the prisoners by treating them like actual human beings. Source #3 Barclay, Eliza. "Crime in Latin America." CQ Global Researcher, 1 Sept. 2010, pp. 211-34, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqrglobal2010090000. This article called "Crime in Latin America" talks about the high crime rates in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, what are some of the factors behind it, what pushes people towards committing that much crime, it compares Latin American countries with the highest crime rates to the countries with the lowest while comparing certain issues in those countries that could be reason the violence rate is that high. Violence behavior is something that will always be present, its in human nature since the beginning of time conquering lands, invasions, massacres and inventing more efficient ways to kill are things that we always seen and heard about throughout the all stages of history but it always had a different rate based on different geographical locations. The reason this article will support my argument because it shows that violence always varies between different regions of the world, because there are hundreds of causes behind it such as poverty, drugs, gangs and that high rate of violence will always be present regardless of how good or bad the government is treating people which takes it back to the argument of taking a prison system from a country where people tend to have more positive behavior and value life more and applying that system in a country where the rate of violence is really high in comparison to Scandinavian countries. Source #4 Zimmermann, Kim Ann. “American Culture: Traditions and Customs of the United States.” LiveScience, Purch, 13 July 2017, www.livescience.com/28945-american-culture.html. This article published by livescience.com talks about how the United States is one of most diverse countries in the world. it talks about the different types of immigrants, cultures, religions, languages and arts that helped shaping the united states and how these different cultures makes the U.S what it is today. This article is useful for my research because it's important to point out the different cultures that makes up the united states vs the low number of other cultures in Scandinavian countries which makes it harder for people in the United States to get along, understand each other and see eye to eye without having conflicts with each other, and that would make it a lot more complicated to apply a Scandinavian prison system in the U.S. Source #5 “Federal Bureau of Prisons.” BOP Statistics: Inmate Citizenship, www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_citizenship.jsp. This is a statistics website based on stats by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it shows numbers such as different ages, races, citizenships, ethnicities and offenses for inmates in American prisons. As a follow up to my point in the last source, this source is really important to my research because it provides stats about the differences between inmates in American prisons which makes it easier to make the argument about inmates not getting along. Source #6 “American Health Care System vs Norwegian Health Care System.” Daria.no, www.daria.no/skole/?tekst=4876. This source it provides a brief comparison between the healthcare system in the United States vs. Norway. it kind of shows how really complicated the American healthcare system and how it could be improved compared to other countries, especially the european ones which most people speak highly of. The point of my research paper is far from discussing healthcare in the United States, however, it's really important to provide examples of things that causes someone to commit a crime such as unemployment rate, poverty rates and healthcare. when a prisoner is leaving prison in norway they are able to have jobs, their financial status might not get affected because of entering prison and they have a healthcare system that is more simple and fits them better which is a lot of factors of why they won't commit another crime causing their rearrests. unlike the American inmates who are most likely aren't getting jobs because of having a criminal record, going to prison could cause them a financial disaster and the U.S provides a worse healthcare system then Scandinavian countries which makes some of the causes someone might commit a crime in the U.S stronger then it used to be before they had a criminal record.
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Shawn Heard
4/10/2018 05:24:08 am
I found source #2 interesting about how they treat their prisoners compared to here in the U.S.
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