Straftoemeting aan ouders : de kinderen gestraft? Naar een kinderrechtenbenadering in de straftoemetingsbeslissing in het gemeen strafrecht Ghent University
Research indicates that almost half of the detained persons in Belgium would have one or more minor children, and that parental detention would have a mostly adverse impact on the wellbeing of the children concerned. Various international and regional soft law documents state that criminal courts should consider the best interests of the child when sentencing parent offenders. The Proposal for the reform of criminal law (2016) states that the ...