Prevention of Reoffending

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78068-227-3
Verlag: Intersentia

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

Reihe: International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation

The need to prevent convicted prisoners and other offenders from reoffending constitutes a major challenge for both criminal justice and penitentiary systems. Reoffending rates are considerable – in many instances they are even high – while the issue is tremendously complicated. Rehabilitation (sometimes described as resocialisation, reintegration or treatment) is an important tool to prevent reoffending, but has clearly become less self-evident in many jurisdictions in recent decades. This volume therefore first of all focuses on the value of restoring offenders to a useful life from the perspective of prisoners, their family, society, the tax-payer, prison staff and administration and victims, as well as from a criminological viewpoint. Notwithstanding these actual values of rehabilitation measures, their application alone may not be sufficient to prevent someone from reoffending. This particularly applies to high risk offenders, i.e. those who pose a substantial risk of further serious offending, such as sex offenders, terrorists, and members of organized criminal groups. This volume therefore also considers measures to deal with high risk offenders during and after their sentence, and the arguments for and against their use.

Autoren/Hrsg.

van Kempen, Piet Hein

Young, Warren

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafvollzugsrecht, Strafvollstreckung, Maßregelvollzug, Gnadenwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents
Part one : Introductory Synthesis and Analyses / Première partie : Synthèse et
analyses introductives
Obligations and means to prevent reoffending: introduction, context and conclusions
(Piet Hein van Kempen and Warren Young)
Obligations et moyens de prévention de la récidive : introduction, contexte et conclusions
(Piet Hein van Kempen et Warren Young)
Part two : Rehabilitation of Prisoners / Deuxième partie : la réhabilitation des
détenus
La réhabilitation des détenus – introduction générale (Jean Pradel)
La valeur de la réhabilitation d’un point de vue criminologique (Manon Jendly et Natalia
Delgrande)
The value of rehabilitation to prisoners (Tim Dalton)
The value of rehabilitation to the prisoner’s family (Emilia Bouzón de Terzano)
The value of rehabilitation to society (Charl Cilliers)
The value of rehabilitation to the tax-payer (Seán Aylward)
The value of rehabilitation to the prison administration (Luís de Miranda Pereira)
L’importance de la réhabilitation des détenus dans l’intérêt des victimes : l’évolution de la
justice restaurative (Edmundo Oliveira)
Part three : Measures to deal with high risk offenders during and after their
sentence / Troisième partie : La gestion des délinquants à risque élevé pendant et
après l’exécution de leur sanction
The justification for taking measures to predict offending and reoffending and to manage
risk (Warren Young)
The justification for taking measures to predict offending/reoffending and manage risk: a
theoretical perspective – The view of a human rights lawyer (Andrew S. Butler)
L’importance de la notion de risque de récidive dans la détermination du type et de la
durée de la sanction (André Vallotton)
The relevance of the risk of reoffending in determining the type and the length of
sentences – A comparative criminal law perspective (Peter J.P. Tak)
The “other” death penalty: life in prison in the United States (Emilio C. Viano)
Managing the risk posed by offenders after the expiry of sentence: the British experience
(Stephen C. Shute)
Community measures to deal with high risk offenders at the periphery of the justice
system (Effi Lambropoulou)
La gestion des délinquants à risque élevé en France (Francis Casorla)
La gestion des délinquants à risque élevé de récidive – Le cas du droit français (Jean
Pradel)
La gestion des délinquants à risque élevé en Italie (Franco Della Casa)
Sicherungsverwahrung – A summary of recent developments regarding preventive
detention in Germany (Johannes Feest)
Dealing with high risk offenders – General synthesis and conclusions (Johannes Feest)