Europe in Prisons: Assessing the Impact of European Institutions on National Prison Systems

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This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems. The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology (‘Europe in prisons’) which complements the conventional comparative approach (‘prisons in Europe’). The chapters examine the impact – if any – that institutions such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the European Court of Human Rights have had on prison policy throughout Europe. With contributions from a wide range of countries such as Albania, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Norway and Spain, this edited collection offers a wide-ranging and authoritative guide to the effects of European institutions on prison policy. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: From Prisons in Europe to Europe in Prisons (Tom Daems, Luc Robert)....Pages 1-10 Monitoring Prisons: The Increasingly Complex Relationship Between International and Domestic Frameworks (Christine Bicknell, Malcolm Evans)....Pages 11-35 Human Rights in European Prisons: Can the Implementation of Strasbourg Court Judgments Influence Penitentiary Reform Domestically? (Dia Anagnostou, Dimitris Skleparis)....Pages 37-77 Learning from Carceral Tours: Reflections After a Howard Tour Across Europe (Tom Vander Beken)....Pages 79-101 Tracing the Impact of the Council of Europe Anti-torture Committee on Albania’s Prison System (Brunilda Pali, Xhilda Vocaj)....Pages 103-133 Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee and Prisons in Austria (Ursula Kriebaum)....Pages 135-171 Europe in Belgian Prisons: Assessing the Impact of the Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee and the European Court of Human Rights (Tom Daems, Luc Robert)....Pages 173-204 Europe in Irish Prisons: Not Quite the ‘Good European’ (Claire Hamilton)....Pages 205-229 Best in Class? Norwegian Incarceration and the Pragmatic Production of Legitimacy (Thomas Horn, Thomas Ugelvik)....Pages 231-253 European Prison Policy and Spanish Prison Practices: Understanding Confluences and Gaps (José Cid, Ariadna Andreu)....Pages 255-289 Monitoring the Implementation Gap: A Comparative Perspective (Jonas Visschers, Tom Daems)....Pages 291-312 The Future of Europe in Prisons (Tom Daems, Luc Robert)....Pages 313-320 Back Matter ....Pages 321-328