Resisting Punitiveness in Europe? : Welfare, Human Rights and Democracy

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This volume provides an important and exciting contribution to the knowledge on punishment across Europe. Covering both quantitative and qualitative dimensions, this book focuses on mechanisms interacting with levels of punitiveness that seem to allow room for less punitive (political) choices, especially within a European context: social policies, human rights and a balanced approach to victim rights and public opinion in constitutional democracies.