Principles Of European Prison Law And Policy

Author : Dirk van Zyl Smit
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191018821
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of European Prison Law and Policy written by Dirk van Zyl Smit and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years European prison law and policy have emerged as a force to be reckoned with. This book explores its development and analyses the penological and human rights foundations on which it is based. It examines the findings of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the recommendations of the Council of Europe, and the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. From these sources it makes the general principles that underlie European prison law and policy explicit, emphasising the principle of using imprisonment as a last resort and the recognition of prisoners' rights. The book then moves on to apply these principles to conditions of imprisonment, regimes in prison, contacts between prisoners and the outside world, and the maintenance of good order in prisons. The final chapter of the book considers how European prison law and policy could best be advanced in future. The authors argue that the European Court of Human Rights should adopt a more proactive approach to ensuring that imprisonment is used only as a last resort, and that a more radical interpretation of the existing provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights will allow it to do so. It concludes that the growing cooperation on prison matters within Europe bodes well for the increased recognition of prisoners' rights across Europe. In spite of some countervailing voices, Europe should increasingly be able to give an international lead in a human rights approach to prison law and policy in the same way it has done with the abolition of the death penalty.

Author : Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9287159823
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Prison Rules written by Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines the rules in force in Europe governing prisons and the treatment of prisoners, including the use of force, the selection of prison staff and the protection of prisoners' human rights, based on Recommendation Rec (2006) 2 on the European Prison Rules (which was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in January 2006). It contains the text of the recommendation with a detailed commentary on it, together with a report which considers recent developments and analyses the effectiveness of these rules and of imprisonment as a form of punishment.

Author : Gaëtan Cliquennois
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000824179
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Protection of Prisoners’ Rights in Europe written by Gaëtan Cliquennois and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolving Protection of Prisoners’ Rights in Europe explores the development of the framing of penal and prison policies by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), clarifying the European expectations of national authorities, and describing the various models existing in Europe, with a view to analysing their mechanisms and highlighting those that seem the most suitable. A new frame of penal and prison policies in Europe has been progressively established by the ECHR and the Council of Europe (CoE) to protect the rights of detainees in Europe. European countries have reacted very diversely to these policies. This book has several key benefits for readers: • A global and detailed overview of the ECHR jurisprudence on penal and prison policies through an analysis of its development over time. • An analysis of the interactions between the Strasbourg Court and the CoE bodies (Committee of Ministers, Committee for the Prevention of Torture ...) and their reinforced framing of domestic penal and prison policies. • A detailed examination of the impacts of the European case law on penal and prison policies within ten nation states in Europe (including Romania which is currently very underresearched). • A robust engagement with the diverse national reactions to this European case law as a policy strategy. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Law, Criminal Justice, Criminology and Sociology. It will also appeal to civil servants (judges, lawyers, etc.), professionals and policymakers working for the CoE, the European Union, and the United Nations; Ministries of Justice; prison departments; and human rights institutions, as well as activists working for INGOs and NGOs.

Author : Susan Easton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136817050
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoners' Rights written by Susan Easton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers prisoners' rights from socio-legal and philosophical perspectives, assessing the advantages and problems of a rights-based approach to imprisonment with a focus on citizenship, the treatment of women prisoners, and social exclusion.

Author : Tom Daems
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782251294
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Penology? written by Tom Daems and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Gaëtan Cliquennois
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134887132
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monitoring Penal Policy in Europe written by Gaëtan Cliquennois and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of judicial control over institutions is often described as growing socio-legal trend which impacts the development of modern societies. This is particularly the case for prisons and other penal institutions, as international bodies and the courts have tried to influence prison policies since the 1960s. This book addresses this dynamic situation by focusing on European monitoring as a major influence on penal and prison policies within, between and across nation states. Bringing together experts from around Europe, this book actively contributes to debates and analysis within penal and prison policy studies by shedding lights on the impacts of monitoring, and demonstrates how the study of penal and prison reform in different European countries can contribute to building a clearer and more precise picture of European legal systems. This book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of prisons, penology and punishment, as well as policymakers and professionals working for national Ministries of Justice and for prison department and national human rights institutions, as well as those working for INGOs and NGOs.

Author : Kaiser
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004642706
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prison Systems and Correctional Laws: Europe, the United States, and Japan written by Kaiser and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Author : Tom Daems
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319622501
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Europe in Prisons written by Tom Daems and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Gaëtan Cliquennois
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780429317033
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Protection of Prisoners' Rights in Europe written by Gaëtan Cliquennois and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Evolving Protection of Prisoners' Rights in Europe explores the development of the framing of penal and prison policies by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), clarifying the European expectations of national authorities, and describing the various models existing in Europe, with a view to analysing their mechanisms and highlighting those that seem the most suitable. A new frame of penal and prison policies in Europe has been progressively established by the ECHR and the Council of Europe (CoE) to protect the rights of detainees in Europe. European countries have reacted very diversely to these policies. This book has several key benefits for readers: ] A global and detailed overview of the ECHR jurisprudence on penal and prison policies through an analysis of its development over time. ] An analysis of the interactions between the Strasbourg Court and the CoE bodies (Committee of Ministers, Committee for the Prevention of Torture...) and their reinforced framing of domestic penal and prison policies. ] A detailed examination of the impacts of the European case law on penal and prison policies within 10 nation states in Europe (including Romania which is currently very under-researched). ] A robust engagement with the diverse national reactions to this European case law as a policy strategy. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Law, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Sociology. It will also appeal to civil servants (judges, lawyers, etc.), professionals and policymakers working for the CoE, the European Union, and the United Nations; Ministries of Justice; prison departments; and human rights institutions, as well as activists working for INGOs and NGOs"--

Author : Stephen Livingstone
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199258994
Total Pages : 797 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prison Law written by Stephen Livingstone and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, Prison Law is the leading text in its field. It offers comprehensive coverage of the law and the remedies available to prisoners, including complaints procedures, civil claims, judicial review, and claims under the Human Rights Act. Both domestic and internationalavenues of redress are explained in detail. The book covers all aspects of prison life, from categorization and allocation, to living conditions, access to the outside world, transfer and repatriation, discipline, and the procedures governing the release of fixed term prisoners and those servinglife sentences.The book offers fully up to date coverage of relevant domestic decisions under the Human Rights Act, as well as the caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights. The Prison Rules 1999 are explained and analysed, as are the far-reaching decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on themandatory life sentence and the prison discipline system. It concludes with a new section reviewing current trends in penal practice. Critical analysis and historical perspective are combined with up to date and practical guidance to provide a book which will be invaluable to both practitioners andacademics.