In the diploma thesis we address prison policy and use a comparative analysis. The chosen countries are similar in terms of the system of democracy. Slovenia is a parliamentary republic, while Sweden is a kingdom, but only by name. It is one of the most democratic countries in the world. All around the world Sweden is understood as very successful in working with deviant people, and also in the function of rehabilitation in institutes where prison sentences are served. We wanted to analyse whether Swedish and Slovenian prison policies really differ that much, whether these differences are the reason why Sweden is more successful, and we also compared their results. A successful prison policy has a major impact on society, since it prevents or limits the increase of criminal activities. The result is a safer society, which is the goal of each country. Nevertheless, according to the statistics, we see that, despite similar systems, the countries are different. In our study we used the methods which are used in social science research. The descriptive method was used to describe facts and already known theoretical concepts. In the analytical-experimental part, we used the analysis of the statistical data and we compared the two countries with a comparative analysis. We interpreted the results with a logical explanation. We established that all the Scandinavian countries are very successful in their prison policy. Their success in working with imprisoned people is based on humanity and trust or so-called dynamic security. The number of prisoners per 100,000 people in the researched countries is similar, but if we analyse the results over the years, we see that the numbers of prisoners in Sweden is in decline, while the number of prisoners in Slovenia increases. This is an important topic because even though the rehabilitation programmes in both countries are similar, the occupancy of prisons is still high in Slovenia and the prison policy is less successful.
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