This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems. The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology (‘Europe in prisons’) which complements the conventional comparative approach (‘prisons in Europe’). The chapters examine the impact – if any – that institutions such a…
Chapter 1. The Hidden Corner of the Prison -- Chapter 2. An Adjudicative Framework: Morality and the Punishments Clause -- Chapter 3. The Eighth Amendment’s Evolution -- Chapter 4. National Consensus by State Counting -- Chapter 5. Proportionate Penology -- Chapter 6. Transnational Law -- Chapter 7. Professional Consensus.This book examines American solitary confinement – in which around 10…
This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Ocando analyses how these numbers are used to report crime. As the author argues, far from being straightforward, the relationship between num…
1. Introduction -- 2. How Does HOPE Work? -- 3. Examining HOPE through a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Lens -- 4. How Well Does HOPE Work? -- 5. Evaluations of Other Programs Based on HOPE -- 6. Criticisms of HOPE -- 7. Future Directions and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Sample Warning Hearing.This book presents a detailed analysis of Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program. D…