Prisoner resettlement in Europe / edited by Frieder Dünkel, Ineke Pruin, Anette Storgaard and Jonas Weber.
Series: Routledge frontiers of criminal justice: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2021Description: xi, 529 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367483654.Subject(s): Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- Europe | Ex-convicts -- Europe | Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Europe | Corrections -- EuropeDDC classification: 365.647094 Summary: Questions regarding how to improve the transitional phase from prison to life in society after release have gained major importance in the last decade in criminal policy. All over the world release preparation and resettlement practice are discussed with the aim to reduce negative effects of imprisonment and re-offending rates. Small and large reforms aiming at the improvement of release processes and reintegration strategies have taken place in many European states. This book describes the current European landscape of prisoner resettlement and brings together the results and ideas of leading European academic experts with the ambition of furthering national, European, and international reform debates.Summary: This book brings together the ideas of leading European academic experts to examine the resettlement of prisoners and Europe with the ambition of increasing the future starting point for national, European and international reform debates.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Originally published: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Questions regarding how to improve the transitional phase from prison to life in society after release have gained major importance in the last decade in criminal policy. All over the world release preparation and resettlement practice are discussed with the aim to reduce negative effects of imprisonment and re-offending rates. Small and large reforms aiming at the improvement of release processes and reintegration strategies have taken place in many European states. This book describes the current European landscape of prisoner resettlement and brings together the results and ideas of leading European academic experts with the ambition of furthering national, European, and international reform debates.
This book brings together the ideas of leading European academic experts to examine the resettlement of prisoners and Europe with the ambition of increasing the future starting point for national, European and international reform debates.
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