Release from Prison

European Policy and Practice

Nicola Padfield, Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dünkel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

480 Seiten

2010
Willan Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84392-741-9 (ISBN)

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This book addresses the current debates surrounding the release of prisoners, offering an invaluable survey of the situation in a number of European countries in a comparative perspective, and focusing on issues of fairness and justice.

Release from prison is matter of increasing interest throughout Europe. On the one hand, arguments about the need to reduce prison numbers, as well the consistent findings that prisoners can be integrated into society more effectively if they are subject to a period of supervision in the community, have made early release policies attractive to governments and to academic commentators. On the other hand, there are concerns that early release may not be applied fairly to all prisoners.

This book aims to meet the need for comparative information on release from prison across Europe and explores some of the key themes and issues. The body of the book focuses on country perspectives, providing an invaluable survey of the situation in a number of European countries.

The introductory and concluding chapters place the comparative material in a broader perspective. They explain how release policy is related to wider questions about justice and fairness in prison-related decision-making and the changing place of imprisonment in European society.

Nicola Padfield is a Lecturer at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Dirk Van Zyl Smit is Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham. Frieder Dünkel is Professor of Criminology at the University of Greifswald.

Part 1 1. Introduction, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel 2. The European Dimension to the Release of Sentenced Prisoners, John R. Spencer and Dirk van Zyl Smit Part 2: Country Perspectives 3. Austria, Karin Bruckmüller and Veronika Hofinger 4. Belgium, Sonja Snacken, Kristel Beyens and Marie-Aude Beernaert 5. England and Wales, Nicola Padfield 6. Finland, Tapio Lappi-Seppälä 7. France, Kim Reuflet 8. Germany, Frieder Dünkel and Ineke Pruin 9. Greece, Leonidas K. Cheliotis with the Assistance of Ioannis Papageorgiou 10. Ireland, Thomas O'Malley 11. Italy, Alessandra Gualazzi and Chiara Mancuso 12. The Netherlands, Martin Moerings 13. Scotland, Douglas Thomson 14. Slovenia, Katja Šugman Stubbs and Matjaž Ambrož 15. Spain, José Cid and Beatriz Tébar Part 3: Converging Themes 16. Concluding Thoughts, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2010
Verlagsort	Cullompton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	1050 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-84392-741-1 / 1843927411
ISBN-13	978-1-84392-741-9 / 9781843927419
Zustand	Neuware