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De penitentiair beambte van de toekomst. Het belang van dynamische veiligheid Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Can European human rights instruments limit the power of the state to punish? A tale of two Europes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The power to punish is traditionally seen as an essential prerogative of the national state. Over the last three decades, judicial and standard setting bodies of the Council of Europe (CoE) have sought increasingly, at a regional level, to monitor and control the power of European States to punish. In parallel, the European Union (EU) has become an increasingly important penal actor, fostering a common approach to transnational forms of ...
Inleiding: een liber amicorum/arum voor een 'redelijk eigenzinnige' humaniste Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Three little birds saying ... this is my message to you. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Locking out emotions in locking up older prisoners? Emotional labour of Belgian prison officers and prison nurses Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This contribution looks at the emotional labour of prison professionals in the wake of an increasing number of older adults populating this institution. The rationale behind this selective focus is twofold. Firstly, the topic of ageing behind bars has only received scant attention, even though this phenomenon is also increasingly penetrating prison walls. Secondly, little attention has been paid to the performance of emotional labour by ...
Brief aan de minister van Justitie Vrije Universiteit Brussel
European and United Nations monitoring of penal and prison policies as a source of an inverted panopticon? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Life Imprisonment in Belgium: Current Human Rights Challenges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Different categories of prisoners can end up spending their whole lives in prison in Belgium: life sentenced prisoners; offenders subjected to indeterminate measures for the protection of society (mentally ill offenders) or to preventive detention measures; and elderly prisoners who may die in prison. This chapter first
provides a description and a quantitative overview of their presence in Belgian
prisons and how this situation ...
provides a description and a quantitative overview of their presence in Belgian
prisons and how this situation ...
‘One cannot legislate kindness’: Ambiguities in European legal instruments on non-custodial sanctions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Non-custodial sanctions, particularly those that are implemented in the community, have different historical roots in common- and civil-law jurisdictions. Nevertheless, various European instruments seek to shape the imposition and implementation of such sanctions uniformly across the continent. These instruments reflect an apparent consensus about penal values, culminating in 1992 with the adoption of the European Rules on Community Sanctions ...