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Life Imprisonment and Human Rights (Hardcover): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton Life Imprisonment and Human Rights (Hardcover)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton
R3,172 Discovery Miles 31 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In many jurisdictions today, life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no meaningful attempt has been made to understand its full human rights implications. This important collection fills that gap by addressing these two key questions: what is life imprisonment and what human rights are relevant to it? These questions are explored from the perspective of a range of jurisdictions, in essays that draw on both empirical and doctrinal research. Under the editorship of two leading scholars in the field, this innovative and important work will be a landmark publication in the field of penal studies and human rights.

Release from Prison - European Policy and Practice (Paperback): Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel Release from Prison - European Policy and Practice (Paperback)
Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel
R1,641 Discovery Miles 16 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Release from prison is matter of increasing interest throughout Europe. On the one hand, arguments about the need to reduce prison numbers, as well the consistent findings that prisoners can be integrated into society more effectively if they are subject to a period of supervision in the community, have made early release policies attractive to governments and to academic commentators. On the other hand, there are concerns that early release may not be applied fairly to all prisoners. This book aims to meet the need for comparative information on release from prison across Europe and explores some of the key themes and issues. The body of the book focuses on country perspectives, providing an invaluable survey of the situation in a number of European countries. The introductory and concluding chapters place the comparative material in a broader perspective. They explain how release policy is related to wider questions about justice and fairness in prison-related decision-making and the changing place of imprisonment in European society.

The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy (Hardcover): Stefan Harrendorf, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy (Hardcover)
Stefan Harrendorf, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Revealing many notable and interesting changes in prison life and in release programmes, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Penology, Criminology, Law, Sociology and Public Health. It will also appeal to Criminal Justice practitioners and policy makers.

European Penology? (Hardcover, New): Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken European Penology? (Hardcover, New)
Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken
R3,157 Discovery Miles 31 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Prison Labour: Salvation or Slavery? - International Perspectives (Hardcover): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel Prison Labour: Salvation or Slavery? - International Perspectives (Hardcover)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel
R3,488 Discovery Miles 34 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999, this collection of articles responds to the controversial debate on whether prison labour constitutes betterment or slave labour. The volume is a stock-taking exercise designed to elicit basic information as a foundation for reconsidering fixed assumptions about prison labour. This controversial issue has had sometimes diametrically opposed claims about it over the years. Contributors examine the issue within the context of a range of countries, alongside broader perspectives on international elements and reflections.

Release from Prison - European Policy and Practice (Hardcover): Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel Release from Prison - European Policy and Practice (Hardcover)
Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dunkel
R4,336 Discovery Miles 43 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Release from prison is matter of increasing interest throughout Europe. On the one hand, arguments about the need to reduce prison numbers, as well the consistent findings that prisoners can be integrated into society more effectively if they are subject to a period of supervision in the community, have made early release policies attractive to governments and to academic commentators. On the other hand, there are concerns that early release may not be applied fairly to all prisoners.

This book aims to meet the need for comparative information on release from prison across Europe and explores some of the key themes and issues. The body of the book focuses on country perspectives, providing an invaluable survey of the situation in a number of European countries.

The introductory and concluding chapters place the comparative material in a broader perspective. They explain how release policy is related to wider questions about justice and fairness in prison-related decision-making and the changing place of imprisonment in European society.

Life Imprisonment in Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton, Giao Vucong Life Imprisonment in Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton, Giao Vucong
R3,469 Discovery Miles 34 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Life imprisonment is the punishment most often imposed worldwide for what societies regard as the most serious offences. Yet, in Asia the phenomenon has never been studied systematically. Life Imprisonment in Asia fills this major gap. It brings together thirteen new essays on life imprisonment in key jurisdictions in the region. Each chapter consolidates what is known about the law and practice of life imprisonment in the jurisdiction and then explores aspects of the imposition or implementation of life sentences that the authors regard as particularly problematic. In some instances, the main issue is the imposition of life sentences by the courts and their relationship to the death penalty. In others, the focus is on the treatment of life sentenced prisoners. In many instances, the most prominent question is whether life sentenced prisoners should be released and, if so, according to what processes. In the overview chapter, the editors place the complex picture that emerges of life imprisonment in Asia in a global context and point to reforms urgently required to ensure that Asian life sentences meet international human rights standards. Life Imprisonment in Asia should be read by everyone who has an interest in just punishments for serious offences, not only in Asia, but throughout the world. It will be an invaluable tool for lawyers, criminologists, policy makers and penal reform advocates in the region and beyond.

Life Imprisonment - A Global Human Rights Analysis (Hardcover): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton Life Imprisonment - A Global Human Rights Analysis (Hardcover)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton
R1,964 Discovery Miles 19 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become the leading issue in international criminal justice reform. In the first global survey of prisoners serving life terms, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights-based reappraisal of this exceptionally harsh punishment. The authors estimate that nearly half a million people face life behind bars, and the number is growing as jurisdictions both abolish death sentences and impose life sentences more freely for crimes that would never have attracted capital punishment. Life Imprisonment explores this trend through systematic data collection and legal analysis, persuasively illustrated by detailed maps, charts, tables, and comprehensive statistical appendices. The central question-can life sentences be just?-is straightforward, but the answer is complicated by the vast range of penal practices that fall under the umbrella of life imprisonment. Van Zyl Smit and Appleton contend that life imprisonment without possibility of parole can never be just. While they have some sympathy for the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, they conclude that life imprisonment, in many of the ways it is implemented worldwide, infringes on the requirements of justice. They also examine the outliers-states that have no life imprisonment-to highlight the possibility of abolishing life sentences entirely. Life Imprisonment is an incomparable resource for lawyers, lawmakers, criminologists, policy scholars, and penal-reform advocates concerned with balancing justice and public safety.

Principles of European Prison Law and Policy - Penology and Human Rights (Paperback): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken Principles of European Prison Law and Policy - Penology and Human Rights (Paperback)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Principles of European Prison Law and Policy - Penology and Human Rights (Hardcover, New): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken Principles of European Prison Law and Policy - Penology and Human Rights (Hardcover, New)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken
R4,048 Discovery Miles 40 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In recent years European prison law and policy have emerged as a force to be reckoned with. This book explores its development and analyzes 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 explicit the general principles that underlie European prison law and policy, emphasizing 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.
In the final chapter 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 of 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 as it has done with the abolition of the death penalty.

Life Imprisonment and Human Rights (Paperback): Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton Life Imprisonment and Human Rights (Paperback)
Dirk van Zyl Smit, Catherine Appleton
R1,672 Discovery Miles 16 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In many jurisdictions today, life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no meaningful attempt has been made to understand its full human rights implications. This important collection fills that gap by addressing these two key questions: what is life imprisonment and what human rights are relevant to it? These questions are explored from the perspective of a range of jurisdictions, in essays that draw on both empirical and doctrinal research. Under the editorship of two leading scholars in the field, this innovative and important work will be a landmark publication in the field of penal studies and human rights.

European Penology? (Paperback): Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken European Penology? (Paperback)
Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Sonja Snacken
R1,631 Discovery Miles 16 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

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