Tom Daems
criminology – punishment – control
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Special issue Archives of Criminology: Changing penologies and European crime policy. Theory and practice in the global context
Archives of Criminology is the oldest Polish criminology journal: it has been published, fully open access, since 1960 by the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The second issue of 2023 was published last month and has as central topic ‘Changing penologies and European crime policy: Theory and practice in the…
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Our book ‘Understanding Prisoner Victimisation’ (eds. Tom Daems and Elien Goossens) is now available with Palgrave Macmillan. “People in prison are usually (and often exclusively) seen and approached as persons who have committed one or more crimes and who have to pay their debt to society. However, while in prison, they often get victimised themselves.…
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‘Wie een levenslange straf krijgt, mag nooit vervroegd vrijkomen’. Eens of oneens? Duimpje op of duimpje neer? Zo gaat de tiende stelling van de stemtest. In de weekendkrant van De Standaard wordt met die stelling ook uitgepakt om lezers op te warmen en warm te maken voor die test. En dat lijkt aardig te lukken.…
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