Routledge Handbook of European Penology

Sonja Snacken is Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Penology and Sociology of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.Gaëtan Cliquennois is Research Professor for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the University of Rennes (IODE).Ioan Durnescu is Professor of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Bucharest, Romania.Diete Humblet is Research Professor in the Criminology Department at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.Elena Larrauri is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona).

• Part I: European Penology – Scientific developments A. Theoretical developments 1. Geographical approaches to penology 2. Penal abolitionism 3. The development and frontiers of restorative justice 4. Risk penology 5. Theories of desistance. A new framework for rehabilitation 6. Human rights and penology B. Comparative penology 7. Beyond Punitiveness? Studying Leniency and “Irrelevance” 8. Penal changes and political economy 9. Open prison – A Piece of Penal Exceptionalism 10. Penal Moderation in Europe Germany and France put to the Test 11. Searching for Rehabilitation in All the Wrong Places: Understanding (Allegedly) Exceptional Penal Systems 12. Russia’s Prisons Inside and Outside the Council of Europe C. Methodological developments 13. Prison ethnographies in Europe Origins, developments and new approaches 14. Towards New Agendas in Sentencing and Penal Decision-Making Research 15. European Recidivism Statistics 16. Measuring the inside Comparing European Prison Conditions 17. Methodological Challenges in European Penology Strategies for Comparing Prison and Probation Systems Using Criminal Justice Statistics Part II: European Penality – Developments in Penal Practices A. Transversal European developments 18. The avalanche of technology – Digital penality 19. Commercialisation of punishment: exploring the role of electronic monitoring of offenders 20. The penal policy of the European Union 21. Criminalisation of migrants in Europe 22. Prison monitoring. Its successes and pitfalls B. Tackling particular groups of offenders 23. Impact of social-legal responses on the reintegration of terrorism-related convicts 24. Tackling drug use – Between the War on Drugs and Decriminalisation/Legalisation 25. Addressing Sexual Offending: Characteristics, Recidivism Prevention, and Policy Directions 26. Gendered penality in Europe 27. Ageism in prison C. Specific forms of punishment 28. Hidden punishments 29. Paradoxes of Supervision in Europe and beyond 30. Migration control and coercion. An exploration into the nature and functions of contemporary bordered forms of penality 31. Death and death prevention in European prisons 32. Prison Workers in Europe: Similarities and Differences Part III. European penology and penality seen from abroad 33. Punishment Policies, Practices, and Patterns in Europe