Western European Penal Systems - A Critical Anatomy

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List of contents

Punishment in Europe - Joe Sim, Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan
Perceptions and Commonalities
The Dutch Prison System and Penal Policy in the 1990s - Ren[ac]e van Swaaningen and Gerard de Jonge
From Humanitarian Paternalism to Penal Business Management
Flexibility and Intermittent Emergency in the Italian Penal System - Vincenzo Ruggiero
The Penal System in France - Ermanno Gallo
From Correctionalism to Managerialism
The Penal System in England and Wales - Mick Ryan and Joe Sim
Round Up the Usual Suspects
Germany - Claudius Messner and Vincenzo Ruggiero
The Penal System between Past and Future
The Spanish Attempt to Build a Democratic Criminal Justice System - Roberto Bergalli
The Normalization of Swedish Prisons - Karen Leander
Imprisoned Ireland - Mike Tomlinson

About the author

Joe Sim is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has written extensively about prisons, the state and punishment. He was a member of the Radical Alternatives to Prison Collective and is currently a Trustee of the charity INQUEST.

Summary

Offers undergraduates and interested professionals a description of how the penal system, including both prisons and alternatives to custody. This title provides readers with a critical anatomy and empirical overview of the full range of penal sanctions used in each country and an analysis of how these sanctions are implemented.

Product details

• Authors: Vincenzo Ryan Ruggiero
• Assisted by: Vincenzo Ruggiero (Editor), Ruggiero Vincenzo (Editor), Mick Ryan (Editor), Ryan Mick (Editor), Joe Sim (Editor), Sim Joe (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.1995
• EAN: 9780803977211
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7721-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Western Europe, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Western Continental Europe, Criminology;Corrections/Penology