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Development of Criminal Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries: Similarities and Differences in Penal Policy book cover

1st Edition

Development of Criminal Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries Similarities and Differences in Penal Policy

Edited By Miklós Lévay, Klára Kerezsi, Zsófia Ivanics Copyright 2027
278 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume examines the evolution of criminal policy, focusing on penal policy in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries from the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the present and analysing the policy decisions, regulations, and specific conditions that have influenced these developments. The chapters analyse penal policy across ten countries, highlighting the principal... Read more

1- Development of criminal policy, particularly penal policy in Central and Eastern European countries: An introduction
Miklós Lévay, Klára Kerezsi

2- Development of penal policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Haris Halilović, Elmedin Muratbegović, Muhamed Budimlić

3- Penal populism: Evidence-based vs public opinion-driven penal policy in Bulgaria
Delyana Doseva, Dimitar Markov, Iliana Boycheva

4- Changes in criminalization and sentencing in Czechia: An empirical perspective
Jakub Drápal, Adam Poloček

5- The evolution of penal policy in Croatia
Aleksandar Maršavelski

6- Penal policy in Hungary: Trends and perspectives
Klára Kerezsi, Miklós Lévay, Zsófia Ivanics

7- There and back again, or efforts to overcome the heritage of authoritarian punitivity in Poland after 1990
Krzysztof Krajewski

8- Under pressure: The evolution of criminal policies in Romania after 1989
Gabriel Oancea, Andrei Dorin Băncilă, Silvia Andreea Neculcea

9- The development of penal policy in Serbia
Sanja Ćopić, Milica Kovačević

10- The development of penal policy in the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
Libor Klimek

11- The development of penal policy in Slovenia
Gorazd Meško, Benjamin Flander, Rok Hacin

12- Sentencing policy and sentencing practice in Central and Eastern Europe
Csaba Győry

13- Democratic and authoritarian attitudes and distinctive features of punitive populism in Central and Eastern Europe
Klára Kerezsi, Márton Gosztonyi

14- Conclusions: The recent past is deeply rooted: Changes in crime and penal policies in the 10 studied countries
Miklós Lévay, Klára Kerezsi, Zsófia Ivanic

Biography

Miklós Lévay is Professor Emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Law, Hungary, and Professor at the Széchenyi István University, Faculty of Law, Hungary.

Klára Kerezsi is Professor Emerita at Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Law Enforcement, Hungary.

Zsófia Ivanics is Assistant Lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Law, Hungary.

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