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This book investigates the penal culture in France and Germany – how it is shaped in politics, media, and public opinion. Although compared with the US or the UK, France and Germany seem to place a strong emphasis on the ideal of rehabilitation that would block excessive punishment and other outcomes of punitive developments in society, there is a steady increase in punitiveness over time for which the term “strained restraint” is proposed. The book shows that the idea of penal moderation is deeply rooted in public opinion, politics, and the media and that it is renegotiated every day in a dynamic interplay between these spheres. Punishment and society research has traditionally focused on the US and the UK. In comparative research, both are considered extreme in punitive developments with high rates of imprisonment and large groups of the population under penal control. The other extreme in comparative research would be Scandinavia with the famous Nordic Exceptionalism marked by low prison population rates. Germany and France are often considered to be “the same” when compared with each other, and “the other” with reference to both of these extremes. However, this book shows that France and Germany are far from being the same when it comes to state organization (centralistic vs. federal), criminal justice and the criminal law, political traditions, and the media. Also, research from both countries has looked at whether developments such as the “punitive turn” have occurred in Germany and France. Research focused on the domestic situation concludes that punitiveness is on the rise, and that both countries are indeed experiencing their own punitive turn. How do we reconcile these contradictory findings? Why do these two seem to follow the path of penal moderation in the overall outcome of punishment in society when we look at comparative research? And how is it that from a domestic perspective, punitive attitudes and desires are leading to more punitiveness? By focusing on the meso level, with a comparative perspective on the two countries and a dynamic analytical approach, this book reconciles the fluidity of individual attitudes and opinions with the relative stability of societal discourse. The authors posit that penal moderation comes at a price: overall and in an internationally comparative perspective, there is penal moderation, but a closer look at the domestic situation and development reveals that it is nonetheless challenged by a slowly rising tide of punitiveness. Going beyond the main tenets of punishment and society research with a dynamic analysis of two large societies in Europe, this book is ideal reading for scholars and students of penology, criminal justice, and European studies.
The book explores recent developments in the international and national prosecution of persons accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. It considers the relationship between national and international law, science and practice, with emphasis on the emerging principle of universial jurisdiction and the effect of "the war on terror" on legal norms.
Der Open Access-Band arbeitet das Themenfeld Polizei und Rassismus umfassendauf. In 33 Beitragen werden behandelt: * Grundlagen zum Phanomen Rassismus,* relevante Befunde zur Polizei als Organisation und zu ihrer Praxis,* Entstehungszusammenhange und Folgen von Rassismus in der Polizei,* Methoden der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung und* Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen des Umgangs mit dem Problem. Angestossen durch die Geschehnisse und Diskussionen in den USA beschaftigt Rassismus als mit der Polizei assoziiertes Problem auch hierzulande die oeffentliche Debatte ausserst intensiv. Dabei wird offenbar, dass die Organisation Polizei in der diversen Gesellschaft vor besonderen Problemen und Herausforderungen steht, denen sie bislang nur in Ansatzen begegnet und wenig gewachsen zu sein scheint. Zugleich fehlt es im deutschen Kontext bisher an einem hinreichend breiten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisstand zu Rassismusin der Polizei. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet der Band eine Grundlage fur die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema, indem er den Forschungsstand aus verschiedenen Disziplinen zusammenfuhrt und systematisch aufarbeitet. Die Beitrage koennen als Ausgangspunkt fur weitere Forschung dienen, sollen aber auch eine UEbersetzung der Befunde der Rassismusforschung in Richtung Polizei leisten.
Soziale Kontrolle von abweichendem Verhalten und Kriminalitat
wandelt sich in hohem Tempo. ELENA, Vorratsdatenspeicherung,
Videouberwachung, immer neue Anti-Terror-Massnahmen oder
Verscharfungen der Strafvollzugsgesetze stehen in der
tagespolitischen Diskussion scheinbar unabhangig nebeneinander.
Tatsachlich sind sie jedoch Ausdruck einer neuen Formation sozialer
Kontrolle, die mit Techniken der Selbstfuhrung, der Kontrolle und
des Ausschlusses arbeitet.
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