Routledge Handbook on European Penology – II. European Penality – Developments in Penal Practices

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

This Routledge Handbook, which is currently being prepared, aims at offering an overview of the current state of the art and of cutting-edge penological research in Europe, covering all the regions in Europe, and including research that may hitherto not have been published in English.
In this second panel, we discuss some common developments in penal practices across Europe, such as the increased use of information technology in prison and probation systems; the impact of old age and gender on penal policies; the resort to many invisible, collateral forms of punishments; and the paradoxical meanings of ‘community’ in community sanctions and measures.

Subtopic

• Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Penology and Theories Punishment (Crime, Science and Politics WG )

Chair

• Elena Larrauri, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Individual Presentations

• The avalanche of technology – Digital penology - Ioan Durnescu, University of Bucherest; Kristel Beyens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Ageism - Diete Humblet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Gender and penal policy across Europe - Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge; Andreia de Castro Rodrigues, ISPA & WJCR; Ester Blay Gil, University of Girona

• Invisible punishments - Michael Kilchling, Max Planck Institut (Freiburg)

• The paradoxes of supervision - Towards more community in community sanctions - Miranda Boone, Leiden University; Fergus McNeill, University of Glasgow