Resisting Punitiveness in Europe?: Welfare, Human Rights and Democracy

Author:   Sonja Snacken ,  Els Dumortier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415678926


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 September 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Sonja Snacken ,  Els Dumortier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780415678926


ISBN 10:   0415678927
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Resisting Punitiveness in Europe? An Introduction 2. Political Economy, Welfare and Punishment in Comparative Perspective 3. Explaining National Differences in the Use of Imprisonment 4. The Scandinavian Path to Welfare 5. Penalisation and Social Policies 6. The Rise of the Penal State: What can Human Rights Do About It? 7. Human Rights and Penalization in Central and Eastern Europe: the Case of Hungary 8. Human Rights as the Good and the Bad Conscience of Criminal Law 9. Victims and the Penal Process: Roles, Expectations and Disappointments 10. Punitivity From a Victim’s Perspective 11. Punitive Needs, Society and Public Opinion: An Explorative Study of Ambivalent Attitudes to Punishment and Criminal Justice

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Sonja Snacken is Professor of Criminology, Penology and Sociology of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), where she now holds a ‘Research Fellowship’ (2006-2016). She is currently Research Fellow at the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice at the New York University School of Law (2010-2011). Her research focuses on the place, choices and consequences of punishment in Belgium and Europe. She is member of the Editorial Board of Punishment and Society and Déviance et Société. She was president of the European Society of Criminology (2004-2005) and has been a member since 2001 (and President since 2006) of the Council for Penological Cooperation of the Council of Europe. Els Dumortier is Professor in Youth Criminology and Constitutional Criminal Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Criminology Department, Belgium. Her research focuses on questions concerning (the effectiveness of) children’s rights in the domain of juvenile justice, both in contemporary times and in the past (20th century). She participates in several national and international scientific networks in the domain of juvenile justice (Dutch, English and French speaking), both contemporary focussed and historical.

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