European Penology?

Name: European Penology?
Brand: Hart Publishing
SKU: 9781849462334
Price: 1197.95 HKD
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Author: Tom Daems; Dirk van Zyl Smit; Sonja Snacken
ISBN: 9781849462334

Edited by Tom Daems · Dirk van Zyl Smit · Sonja Snacken

Hart Publishing May 2013

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781849462334
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Publication: May 2013
Format: Hardback , 384 pages
Jurisdiction: European Union ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

About the Author

Tom Daems is Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology of Law at Ghent University, Belgium.
Dirk van Zyl Smit is Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham.
Sonja Snacken is Professor of Criminology, Penology and Sociology of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.