Punishment in Europe

1. Introduction
Mick Ryan

2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands
Miranda Boone, René Swaaningen

3. Punishment in Sweden: A Changing Penal Landscape
Hanns Hofer, Henrik Tham

4. Punishment as Politics: The Penal System in England and Wales
Emma Bell

5. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity
Mary Rogan

6. The French Criminal Justice System
Philippe Robert

7. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: The Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle
Bernd Dollinger, Andrea Kretschmann

8. The Russian Penal System
Laura Piacentini

9. Poland: The Political Legacy and Penal Practice
Monika Płatek

10. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria
Philip Gounev

11. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies
Patrizio Gonnella

12. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: From the Re-Socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prison
Mónica Aranda Ocaña, Iñaki Rivera Beiras

13. Greece: Prisons Are Bad but Necessary (and Expanding), Policies Are Necessary but Bad (and Declining)
Vassilis Karydis, Nikolaos K. Koulouris

14. Conclusion
Vincenzo Ruggiero

Nyckelord: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Criminal Law, European Politics, Crime and Society, Prison and Punishment, Social Structure, Social Inequality