Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the symbolic conditions which govern health care provision in the Scottish prison system. The paper considers the wider context of Scottish prisons, where health care provision follows a similar structure both in juvenile and adult prisons. Our intention is to provoke a debate about the doxa (Bourdieu, 1977), which underlies decision making in respect of health care in prison, in a political environment where pragmatism, allied to the ‘pathologisation’ of social policies, health and criminal justice has been a hegemonic force.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2869-2877 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Ciencia e Saude Coletiva |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 23 Sept 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 23 Sept 2018 |
Keywords
- Bourdieu
- Doxa
- Symbolic violence
- Prison
- Scotland