CRS2025-PID046-Anna Isenhardt, Conor P. Mangold, and Ueli Hostettler

Antecedents of postprison expectations of prisoners in Switzerland

Authors

Anna Isenhardt

Professor, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Anna Isenhardt, PhD, is a social worker and criminologist, holds a doctorate in sociology and is a professor of social work in the context of delinquency at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. Her research focuses in particular on the prison system. In this context, she has conducted research on topics such as working and leadership in prison, prison violence, security and disciplinary offenses, prison social climate, the prison experience of prisoners in general and of older prisoners. Her other research interests include victim research and cybercrime.

Conor Mangold

Research Assistant, University of Bern, Switzerland

Conor P. Mangold, Msc, is a sociologist and a research assistant at the Prison Research Group at the Institute for Penal Law and Criminology (University of Bern). His interests in criminology include prison studies, specifically how staff members experience their work within the prison system, critical criminology, historical criminology, and penology in general. He has primarily conducted research within the prison system but has also worked on projects related to violence and ethics in sports.

Ueli Hostettler

Senior Researcher / Professor, University of Bern / Berne University of Teacher Education (PHBern), Switzerland

Ueli Hostettler, PhD, is a social anthropologist, head of the Prison Research Group at the Institute for Penal Law and Criminology (University of Bern) and professor at the Berne University of Teacher Education (PHBern). His interest in criminology includes prison studies in general, the situation of prison staff, prison violence and end-of-life in prison. As principal investigator, he has been responsible for several major research projects on prison staff, which were funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (http://prisonresearch.ch).

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