A Reductionist Penal Policy and European Human Rights Standards |
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Authors: | Sonja Snacken |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Criminology, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan, 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Official discourse in many European countries advocates the use of imprisonment as a measure of last resort. This principle
is also at the core of several Recommendations of the Council of Europe and a Resolution of the European Parliament. In practice,
detention rates in European countries vary greatly, and many countries have witnessed an increase in their prison population.
This article argues that the application of deprivation of liberty raises in itself a human rights issue, and considers the
support that European human rights instruments give to a reductionist penal policy. It concludes by defending a normative
argument in favour of rethinking the principle of proportionality in its application to imprisonment. |
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Keywords: | deprivation of liberty human rights proportionality reductionist penal policy |
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