Survey of United Nations and other best practices in the treatment of prisoners in the criminal justice system
Subtitle: proceedings of the workshop held at the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Salvador, Brazil, 12-19 April 2010
By: ed. by Kauko Aromaa & Terhi Viljanen
Contributors: Aromaa, Kauko, 1943-; Viljanen, Terhi; European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations
Series: HEUNI publication series -- no. 65; Publication series (European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations) -- no. 65.
Publisher: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9789525333787
Subjects: Criminals; Congresses; Correctional law; Prisoners; Prison administration; Rehabilitation; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English, Spanish, and French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction/foreword --; title: Report from the Rapporteur  -- Rob Allen; title: Keynote address  -- Manfred Nowak -- Session I: International standards : implementation and review; title: Presentation of the General report of the Latin American Permanent Committee for the revision and update on the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners  -- Eugene Raúl Zaffaroni and Edmundo Oliveira; title: Survey of United Nations and other best practices in the treatment of prisoners in the criminal justice system  -- Kathleen Macdonald; title: The Russian version of the manual "International Prison Policy Instrument"  -- Terhi Viljanen and Kauko Aromaa; title: Corrections/prisons in the United Nations peacekeeping operations  -- Richard Kuuire -- Session II: Social reintegration as the objective of treatment of prisoners; title: Community social reintegration  -- Iowane Naivalurua; title: Out for good : an innovative Canadian project in community supervision  -- James Bonta, Mary Campbell and Shawn Tupper -- Session III: Oversight and monitoring of prisoners : essential to ensure good treatment; title: Torture prevention network : topics for planned action  -- Mario Luis Coriolano; title: South African Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services  -- Deon van Zyl -- Session IV: Special groups with special rights and needs; title: La experiencia Española en Drogas y VIH/SIDA, su prevención, tratamiento y atención en las prisones  -- Enrique Acín García; title: Nuevo paradigma en el acceso a la salud en las cárceles argentinas  -- Martin E. Vázquez Acuña; title: The efficiency of the complex approach in keeping under control the spread of HIV infections among detainees serving sentences in the penitentiary institutions of Moldova  -- Vadim Cojocaru; title: Introduction to the theme of women prisoners  -- Tomris Atabay; title: Good practices on the treatment of women in prison : a proposal for Supplementary rules for the treatment of women prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders  -- Vitaya Suriyawong; title: Buenas prácticas en el tratamiento de las personas privadas de libertad - mujeres privadas de libertad en América a Latina  -- María Noel Rodríguez; title: Quand la privation de Liberté s'inscrit dans le Projet de vie d'une fille mineure en conflit avec la loi  -- Mouin Chehade et Rose-Marie Tannous -- Session V: Mobilizing societies and resources for improving social reintegration of prisoners; title: Communication strategies to create a better understanding of what prison can (and can't) do for society and under what circumstances  -- Mary Murphy; title: Annex 1: Workshop Programme --; title: Annex 2: Congress documents. --; title: Workshop 2: Survey of United Nations and other best practices in the treatment of prisoners in the criminal justice system background paper.