Punishment in Europe A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems [Paperback]

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.Preface; Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan 1. Introduction; Mick Ryan 2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands; Miranda Boone and Ren? 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 P?atek 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; M?nica Aranda Oca?a and I?aki 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 RuggieroI?aki Rivera Beiras, University of Barcelona, SpainEmma Bell, Universit? de Savoie in Chamb?ry, FranceMiranda Boone, Utrecht Willem Pompe Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, The NetherlandsBernd Dollinger, University of Siegen, GermanyPatrizio Gonnella, President of Antigone, an Italian NGOPhilip Gounev, Centre for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, BulgariaHanns von Hofer, Stockholm University, SwedenVassilis Karydis, University of Peloponnese, GreeceNikolaos K. Koulouris, Democritus University ol#m