European Penology?

Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses some major and pressing issues that have been emerging in recent years in the interdisciplinary field of ''European penology'', that is, a space where legal scholarship, criminology, sociology and political science meet - or should meet - in order to make sense of punishment in Europe. The chapters in European Penology? have been written by leading scholars in the field and focus in particular on the interaction of European academic penology and national practice with European policies as developed by the Council of Europe and, increasingly, by the European Union.>

Product details

• Authors: Tom Daems, Tom (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Snacke Daems, Tom Smit Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken
• Assisted by: Tom Daems (Editor), Daems Tom (Editor), Dirk van Zyl Smit (Editor), Sonja Snacken (Editor), Snacken Sonja (Editor), Dirk van Zyl Smit (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2013
• EAN: 9781849462334
• ISBN: 978-1-84946-233-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Onati International Series in Law and Society; Onati International Series in; Onati International Series in Law and Society; Onati International Series in; Oñati International Series in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Europe, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment