Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses some major and pressing issues that have been emerging in recent years in the interdisciplinary field of 'European penology', that is, a space where legal scholarship, criminology, sociology and political science meet - or should meet - in order to make sense of punishment in Europe. The chapters in European Penology? have been written by leading scholars in the field and focus in particular on the interaction of European academic penology and national practice with European policies as developed by the Council of Europe and, increasingly, by the European Union.

Preface Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Sonja SnackenContributors Part One: Concepts and Institutions 1. Distinctive Features of European Penology and Penal Policy-Making Sonja Snacken and Dirk van Zyl Smit2. Punishment and the Question of Europe Tom Daems3. Knowledge Politics and Penal Politics in Europe Ian Loader and Richard Sparks4. The Emerging Role of the EU as a Penal Actor Estella Baker5. Approximation of Sanctions within the European Union Roland MiklauPart Two: Cross-Cutting Issues 6. The Processes of Criminalisation of Migrants and the Question of the European Union as a 'Land of Immigration' Dario Melossi7. Youth Justice Policy in Europe-Between Minimum Intervention, Welfare and New Punitiveness Frieder Dünkel8. Community Sanctions and European Penology Fergus McNeill9. Remand Detention in Europe: Comparative and Pan-European Aspects as Elements of a Wider European Penology Christine Morgenstern10. Prison Privatisation in Europe and Beyond: Changing States and Penal Rationalities Alison LieblingPart Three: Nationally Based Perspectives 11. Can Prosecutors be too Independent? An Italian Case Study David Nelken12. Truth in (the Implementation of) Sentencing: Belgium and ElsewhereKristel Beyens, Sonja Snacken and Dirk van Zyl Smit13. A Spanish Window on European Law and Policy on Employment Discrimination Based on Criminal Record Elena Larrauri and James B Jacobs14. Penal Developments in Poland: New or Old Punitiveness? Krzysztof Krajewski15. Reversing The Punitive Turn: The Case of the Netherlands René van Swaaningen