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Punishment in Europe

A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Vincenzo Ruggiero

    1. University of Middlesex, UK

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  2. Mick Ryan

    1. University of Greenwich, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mick Ryan
    Pages 1-8

  3. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands

    • Miranda Boone, René van Swaaningen
    Pages 9-32

  4. Punishment in Sweden: A Changing Penal Landscape

    • Hanns von Hofer, Henrik Tham
    Pages 33-57

  5. Punishment as Politics: The Penal System in England and Wales

    • Emma Bell
    Pages 58-85

  6. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity

    • Mary Rogan
    Pages 86-110

  7. The French Criminal Justice System

    • Philippe Robert
    Pages 111-131

  8. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: The Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle

    • Bernd Dollinger, Andrea Kretschmann
    Pages 132-156

  9. The Russian Penal System

    • Laura Piacentini
    Pages 157-182

  10. Poland: The Political Legacy and Penal Practice

    • Monika Płatek
    Pages 183-205

  11. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria

    • Philip Gounev
    Pages 206-225

  12. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies

    • Patrizio Gonnella
    Pages 226-244

  13. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: From the Re-Socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prison

    • Mónica Aranda Ocaña, Iñaki Rivera Beiras
    Pages 245-262

  14. Greece: Prisons Are Bad but Necessary (and Expanding), Policies Are Necessary but Bad (and Declining)

    • Vassilis Karydis, Nikolaos K. Koulouris
    Pages 263-286

  15. Conclusion

    • Vincenzo Ruggiero
    Pages 287-296

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 297-304
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Middlesex, UK

    Vincenzo Ruggiero

  • University of Greenwich, UK

    Mick Ryan

About the editors

Iñaki Rivera Beiras, University of Barcelona, Spain Emma Bell, Université de Savoie in Chambéry, France Miranda Boone, Utrecht Willem Pompe Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, The Netherlands Bernd Dollinger, University of Siegen, Germany Patrizio Gonnella, President of Antigone, an Italian NGO Philip Gounev, Centre for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria Hanns von Hofer, Stockholm University, Sweden Vassilis Karydis, University of Peloponnese, Greece Nikolaos K. Koulouris, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Andrea Kretschmann, Bielefeld University, Germany Mónica Aranda Ocaña, University of Barcelona, Spain Laura Piacentini, University of Strathclyde, UK Monika Platek, Warsaw University, Poland Philippe Robert, CNRS Mary Rogan, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Henrik Tham, Stockholm University, Sweden Rene van Swanningen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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