1st Edition
Release from Prison European Policy and Practice
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Willan
480 Pages
by
Willan
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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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
