The Role of Prison in Europe Travelling in the Footsteps of John How
This book discusses the role of the prison in Europe across a divide of over 200 years. Inspired by the travels of the prison reformer John Howard (1726-1790), who visited prisons across Europe in the eighteenth century, it fundamentally reflects on centu
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Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Series Editors Ben Crewe Institute of Criminology University of Cambridge UK Yvonne Jewkes Department of Criminology University of Leicester UK Thomas Ugelvik Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Aims of the Series This is a unique and innovative series, the first of its kind dedicated entirely to prison scholarship. At a historical point in which the prison population has reached an all-time high, the series seeks to analyse the form, nature and consequences of incarceration and related forms of punishment. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology provides an important forum for burgeoning prison research across the world. Series Advisory Board: Anna Eriksson (Monash University), Andrew M. Jefferson (Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims), Shadd Maruna (Queen's University Belfast), Jonathon Simon (Berkeley Law, University of California) and Michael Welch (Rutgers University).
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14596
Tom Vander Beken
The Role of Prison in Europe Travelling in the Footsteps of John Howard
Tom Vander Beken Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy Ghent University Belgium
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology ISBN 978-3-319-29387-5 ISBN 978-3-319-29388-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29388-2
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Introduction
This book is the fruit of a study of the role of prisons in Europe, for which the research was undertaken by visiting prisons in six countries, as well as by reading, by observing and by listening to those who cou
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