Prisoners' return to society: (semi-) automatic versus discretionary release. A comparative study of early' release pathways in the Netherlands and Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Crime & Society, Ghent University, Criminology
With regard to early release, Belgium and the Netherlands have different legal systems, policies and practices, each with their own obstacles and opportunities. This research aims to contribute to the understanding of these practices by comparing the Dutch system of semi-automatic conditional release and the Belgian system of discretionary conditional release, to reveal the barriers and opportunities of these different release trajectories for ...