CAN PRISON BE EFFECTIVE? LEADING RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF EVIDENCE-BASED CRIMINOLOGY.

<ns3:p>Against the backdrop of the question posed in the title of this study, the author analyzes the possibilities and conditions for the effectiveness of imprisonment in the context of a dramatic global increase in the prison population. The paper presents selected extraordinary research achievements in the penitentiary field by the laureates of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, resulting from long-term experimental projects within the scope of evidence-based criminology. Utilizing these developed and verified crime prevention and control strategies within our criminal justice system could help reduce the high prison population rate and, consequently, have significant importance for crime prevention in its broadest sense.</ns3:p>