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1 online resource (ix, 630 pages) |
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International penal and penitentiary foundation ; 47 |
| Contents |
Part I. Introductory synthesis and analyses = 1ère partie. Synthèse et analyses introductives. Criminal justice and the ultima ratio principle : need for limitation, exploration and consideration = La justice pénale et le principe de l'ultima ratio: exigence de limitation, d'exploration et de réflexion / Piet Hein van Kempen -- Part II. Themes = 2ème partie. Thèmes. Overuse of the criminal justice system : analytical approach, rules and practices / José Luis Díez-Ripollés -- The overuse of criminal justice in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque -- Overuse of criminalization : a philosophical and political approach on the Latin-American situation / José Luiz Guzmán Dalbora -- Overprosecution and negotiated justice in Europe / Katalin Ligeti & Gavin Robinson -- The American experience with the prosecutorial overuse of plea bargaining / Phillip Rapoza -- Overuse of imprisonment : statistical analyses of incarceration rates across the world / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä -- Minimising prisonisation and the harms of custody / Mary Rogan -- Criminal policy and imprisonment : the case of Lithuania : open prisons, prison leave and release on parole / Gintautas Sakalauskas -- Part III. National reports = 3ème partie. Rapports nationaux. Overuse in the criminal justice system in Argentina / Roberto P. Ortenzi & Alejo García Basalo -- Le recours au système de justice pénale en Belgique : état des lieux et perspectives / Christian De Valkeneer, Marc Dizier & Vincent Seron -- Overuse of criminal law in Finland / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in Germany / Rita Haverkamp, Gabriele Cirener, Axel Boetticher & Johannes Feest -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in Greece / Effi Lambropoulou & Olga Tsolka -- Overusing the criminal justice system : the case of Ireland / Mary Rogan & Michael Reilly -- Overuse in the criminal justice in Japan / Taro Morinaga -- Tendencies of uveruse in criminal law policy and criminal law enforcement in the Netherlands / Paul Mevis -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in New Zealand / Yvette Tinsley & Warren Young -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in Nigeria / Uju Agomoh -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in Poland / Lech K. Paprzycki & Malgorzata W. Wasek-Wiaderek -- Overuse in the Russian criminal justice system / Yakov Gilinskiy -- Overuse in the criminal justice system in Spain / Deborah García Magna -- Recourt-on de manière excessive au système pénal en Suisse? / André Kuhn & Matteo Solcà -- Overuse of the criminal justice system in Taiwan / Rong-Geng Li -- Overuse and underuse of the United States criminal justice system in the area of business crimes / Edgardo Rotman |
| Summary |
The criminal justice system encompasses the most severe instrument at the state's disposal in times of peace. For this and many other reasons, overuse of that system is a serious matter. It may present itself in different forms. Overuse of criminalization may mean that too much conduct is criminalized without necessity. Overuse of prosecution may present itself if too many violations of criminal offences are prosecuted, while in certain individual cases or specific categories of cases it would be more effective, fairer, more efficient or otherwise desirable to refrain from prosecution and/or to apply alternative means, such as negotiating justice or administrative fines. Finally, the criminal justice system can be overused through the application and execution of too many or too severe prison sentences. All these forms of overuse are discussed in this volume. It contains one introductory chapter, seven thematic chapters and sixteen chapters on individual countries around the world. Themes discussed in these chapters are, among others, the principle that criminal law is and must be regarded as a so-called ultima ratio or ultimum remedium, the relevant human rights framework, worldwide statistics, and legal and practical restraints as well as possibilities to solve overuse. Containing an extensive collection of expert knowledge, this volume intends to expose legal possibilities, good practices and the many challenges that lie ahead when attempting to prevent overuse in the criminal justice system |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Jul 2019) |
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Human rights.
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Human Rights
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Human rights
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Internet resources.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kempen, P. H. P. H. M. C. van (Piet Hein P. H. M. C.), editor.
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Jendly, Manon, editor
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| ISBN |
9781780688398 |
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1780688393 |
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