Overview

This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems.  The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology (‘Europe in prisons’) which complements the conventional comparative approach (‘prisons in Europe’).  The chapters examine the impact – if any – that institutions such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the European Court of Human Rights have had on prison policy throughout Europe.  With contributions from a wide range of countries such as Albania, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Norway and Spain, this edited collection offers a wide-ranging and authoritative guide to the effects of European institutions on prison policy. 

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Author:   Tom Daems ,  Luc Robert
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319872704

ISBN 10:   3319872702
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   31 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. From Prisons in Europe to Europe in Prisons; Tom Daems & Luc Robert.- 2. Monitoring Prisons: the Increasingly Complex Relationship between International and Domestic Frameworks; Christine Bicknell and Malcolm Evans.-  3. Human rights in European Prisons: Can the Implementation of Strasbourg Court Judgments Influence Penitentiary Reform Domestically?; Dia Anagnostou and Dimitris Skleparis.-  4. Learning from Carceral Tours. Reflections after a Howard Tour across Europe; Tom Vander Beken.-  5. Tracing the Impact of the Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee on Albania’s Prison System; Brunilda Pali and Xhilda Vocaj.- 6. The Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee and Prisons in Austria; Ursula Kriebaum.- 7. Europe in Belgian Prisons: Assessing the Impact of the Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee and the European Court of Human Rights; Tom Daems and Luc Robert.-  8. Europe in Irish Prisons: Not Quite the ‘Good European’; Claire Hamilton.- 9. Best in Class? Norwegian Incarceration and the Pragmatic Production of Legitimacy; Thomas Horn and Thomas Ugelvik.-  10. European Prison Policy and Spanish Prison Practices: Understanding Confluences and Gaps; José Cid and Ariadna Andreu.- 11. Monitoring the Implementation Gap: a Comparative Perspective; Jonas Visschers and Tom Daems.-  12. The Future of Europe in Prisons; Tom Daems & Luc Robert.

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Tom Daems is Associate Professor of Criminology at the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), KU Leuven, Belgium.   Luc Robert is a senior researcher at the National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Brussels, Belgium.

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