Punishment in Europe [electronic resource] : A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems /
Ruggiero, Vincenzo.author.
Ryan, Mick.author.
This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe.

Criminology.
Criminal law.
Europe—Politics and government.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
European Politics.
Crime and Society.
Prison and Punishment.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.