20.500.12556/DKUM-96556 Legitimacy and relations in Slovene prisons views of female and male prisoner Studies have shown that incarceration presents a greater intervention in women’s lives compared to men. This chapter focuses on the comparison of perceived legitimacy and relations between female and male prisoners in Slovene prisons. Results of statistical analyses based on a national sample of prisoners (252 male prisoners and 20 female prisoners) highlighted the differences between female and male prisoners’ feelings of obligation to obey the prison staff and internalisation of subcultural norms, while no statistically significant differences were identified with other tested factors: legitimacy, trust in authority, procedural justice, distributive justice, effectiveness of the prison staff, cooperation with the prison staff, relations with the prison staff, and relations with prisoners. It seems that female prisoners are more willing to obey prison workers and are less inclined towards prison subculture. Findings indicate that the quality of treatment of prisoners is invariant in all Slovenian prisons. The implications of these findings are discussed. legitimacy relations prison differences Slovenia zapori legitimacija zaporski delavci true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Znanstveno delo 2026-01-19 13:07:36 2026-01-19 13:07:36 2026-01-20 03:13:12 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 105-121 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 343.811 149371913 203896067 10.47152/PrisonLIFE.D4.7_6 Fakulteta za varnostne vede 0 0 0