ABSTRACT
A sufficient number are there to leak into the system a fundamental doubt as to the productivity of more prisons, as well as some doubts about the usefulness of the trend in Europe in general and in the United States in particular. Identification makes general standards valid for all, and functions thereby as a prevention of more extreme measures. The uneasiness was because the arrangement was out of harmony with the stereotypes, both of prisoners and of the functions of prisons. According to Inger Marie Fridhov, those with former prison experience worry most about the coming stay in prison, they know what to expect. Prison figures may be seen as indicators of the crime situation in a country. The criminal started it, the judiciary reacts. An increase in imprisonment is seen as indicating that crime has increased, while a downward trend indicates that the crime situation has changed for the better.
