Iceland is usually depicted as a low crime country possessing many of the social features characterizing such nations. Incarceration rates also show Iceland below almost all other European nations. In recent years Iceland has undergone major change, with the local economy experiencing a boom in the new millennium and then suddenly collapsing in 2008. At the same time, Iceland has opened up to the outside world, resulting among other things in an influx of new immigrants.
What impact does the social background of Iceland have on local crime control developments? What is the prison situation like in Iceland today? Can Iceland be described as a case of Nordic exceptionalism?
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