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Suspended Prison Sentences: Elusive Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe book cover

1st Edition

Suspended Prison Sentences Elusive Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe

Edited By Jakub Drápal, Krzysztof Krajewski, Milena Tripković Copyright 2026
302 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book uncovers the controversies around the suspended prison sentence, its main aims and features, and the role that it occupies within the wider criminal justice context. Suspended prison sentences were introduced in Central and Eastern European (CEE) states as alternatives to short prison sentences: although they were initially generally conceived of as exceptional penal tools, over time,... Read more

Part I 1

1 Introduction
Jakub Drápal, Krzysztof Krajewski, and Milena Tripković

2 Key features of suspended prison sentences and some associated problems
Jakub Drápal

Part II

Part IIA

Suspended sentences in the former Warsaw-pact countries

3 Countries of the former Warsaw Pact
Krzysztof Krajewski

4 Suspended prison sentences in Czechia
Jakub Drápal

5 The development of suspended prison sentences in Hungary
Barbara Mohácsi and Kristina Lukács

6 Suspended sentences as an alternative to imprisonment in Poland
Krzysztof Krajewski

7 Suspended prison sentences in Romania
Gabriel Oancea

Part IIB

Suspended sentences in the former USSR

8 Countries of the former USSR
Gennady Esakov

9 Suspended sentences in Estonia
Jaan Ginter

10 Suspended prison sentences in Russia
Gennady Esakov and Ekaterina Khodzhaeva

Part IIC

Suspended sentences in countries of the former Yugoslavia

11 General tendencies of criminal law and penal policy in Yugoslavia (1945–1990s)
Milena Tripković

12 Suspended prison sentences in Serbia
Milena Tripković

13 Slovenia: Suspended sentences as a pillar of penal moderation
Mojca M. Plesničar and Aleksej Jankovič

Part III

14 Common and divergent pathways of suspended prison sentences in Central and Eastern Europe
Milena Tripković, Krzysztof Krajewski, and Jakub Drápal

15 Suspended (prison) sentences reimagined
Jakub Drápal

Biography

Jakub Drápal is Associate Professor at Charles University specialising in sentencing in continental Europe, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. He primarily uses quantitative and doctrinal methods to examine judicial discretion and promote principled sentencing – the central focus of his ERC-funded project Re-Constructing Sentencing.

Krzysztof Krajewski is Professor Emeritus at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, former Head of the Criminology Department at that university. He published on penal policy and sentencing issues, a.o. in Crime & Justice: A Review of Research, European Journal of Criminology, and European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.

Milena Tripković is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh. Milena’s current research concerns the relationship between punishment and belonging. Her notable publications include the book Punishment and Citizenship, as well as articles in journals such as the British Journal of Criminology, Punishment and Society, and Journal of Applied Philosophy.

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