عنوان

Punishment in Europe :

(Number (ISBN

1137028211

(Number (ISBN

1349439967

(Number (ISBN

9781137028211

(Number (ISBN

9781349439966

Number

b542295

Title Proper

Punishment in Europe :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

a critical anatomy of penal systems

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Vincenzo Ruggiero, Professor of Sociology, University of Middlesex and Mick Ryan, Professor of Criminology, Greenwich University.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013

Series Title

Palgrave studies in prisons and penology.

Text of Note

Preface; Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan --;1. Introduction; Mick Ryan --;2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands; Miranda Boone and Reň van Swaaningen --;3. Punishment in Sweden; Enrik Tham and Hanns von Hofer --;4. Punishment as politics: the Penal System in England and Wales; Emma Bell --;5. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity; Mary Rogan --;6. The French Criminal Justice System; Philippe Robert --;7. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: the Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle; Bernd Dollinger and Andrea Kretschmann --;8. The Russian Penal System; Laura Piacentini --;9. Poland: the Political Legacy and Penal Practice; Monika Platek --;10. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria; Philip Gounev --;11. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies; Patrizio Gonnella) --;12. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: from the Re-socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prisons; M̤nica Aranda Ocąa and Įaki Rivera Beiras --;13. Greece: Prisons are Bad but Necessary (and Expanding), Policies are Necessary but Bad (and Declining); Vassilis Karydis and Nikolaos K. Koulouris --;14. Conclusion; Vincenzo Ruggiero.

Text of Note

This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe.

Corrections -- Europe.

Punishment -- Europe.

SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.

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Book number

edited by Vincenzo Ruggiero, Professor of Sociology, University of Middlesex and Mick Ryan, Professor of Criminology, Greenwich University.

Mick Ryan

Vincenzo Ruggiero

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[Book]

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