Beyond the death penalty
Subtitle: reflections on punishment
By: edited by Hans Nelen and  Jacques Claessen
Series: Maastricht Series in Human Rights; Maastricht series in human rights
Publisher: Intersentia; Distribution for the USA and Canada : International Specialized Book Services; Intersentia Uitgevers N.V.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781780680606
Subjects: Congresses; Life imprisonment; Capital punishment
Description: Publisher's description: This book contains a selection of papers that were presented during the multidisciplinary conference 'Beyond the Death Penalty: Reflections on Punishment', organised by the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights. The event marked the 150th anniversary of the 'de facto' abolition of the death penalty in the Netherlands.
Notes: This book contains a selection of papers that were presented during the multidisciplinary conference 'Beyond the Death Penalty: Reflections on Punishment', organised by the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights. The event marked the 150th anniversary of the 'de facto' abolition of the death penalty in the Netherlands.
Table of contents: title: General introduction / Hans Nelen and Jacques Claessen; title: Whatever happened to the death penalty? / David Garland; title: The abolition of the death penalty in the Netherlands / Chrisje Brants; title: The long and peculiar history without the death penalty in Finland / Jukka Kekkonen; title: Imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty : historical observations complementary to an emerging discussion / Lydia Bertram; title: Towards abolition of the death penalty based on international obligations of a state / Diana Merten; title: Crime and punishment in a populist context / Hans Boutellier; title: Too readily dismissed? A victimological perspective on penal populism / Antony Pemberton; title: A "natural right" to revenge? / Bas van Stokkom; title: Lay participation in the Dutch criminal procedure will not result in higher public satisfaction / Henk Elffers; title: Eye to eye with the Dutch anti-social behaviour agenda / Patrick van Calster and Marc Schuilenburg; title: Sex with a child robot. Psychologial, ethical and legal arguments / David Bamps; title: Crime and punishment : reflections on (capital) punishment from a religious perspective / Jacques Claessen; title: The South African model of transitional justice : revenge or reconciliation? / Georgi Verbeeck.; title: Criminal records and judicial rehabilitation in the Netherlands / Miranda Boone; title: Life without parole / Hans Nelen; title: Working as a prison officer : to be human is to be emotional / Hanne Tournel; title: Health care in detention in the Netherlands : dilemmas and decisions / Wilma Duijst, Tatjana Naujocks and Jan Vosters; title: The efficiency of solving criminal conflict through negotiation / Stephanie Verhelst; title: Recidivism in the Netherlands : Dutch research on the effectiveness of penal interventions / Bouke Wartna, Daphne Alberda and Suzan Verweij.