European Perspectives on Pre-Trial Detention
A Means of Last Resort?
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European Perspectives on Pre-Trial Detention
A Means of Last Resort?
About this book
High levels of remand or pre-trial detention (PTD) is a matter of growing concern in many countries, and at a European level. Despite being responsible for a significant part of the prison population, PTD practice is rarely the focus of criminological and criminal justice research. This book examines pre-trial detention practices and different ways of reducing its use across Europe. Offering a range of country-specific studies, this book also offers comparative studies of major issues across the continent.
In particular, this book illustrates and examines how the actors (judges, public prosecutors, defence lawyers) work in pre-trial proceedings and make decisions; the common challenges in PTD decision-making; the factors which explain higher and lower rates of PTD across Europe; similarities and differences in practice; and the ways in which cross-border cases in Europe influence policy and practice.
Offering suggestions and recommendations for how to bring down the use of PTD in Europe, this book is essential reading for all those engaged with European penal research and practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Pre-trial detention in Europe: a means of last resort? An introduction
- 2 Pre-trial detention in Austria: a preventive approach
- 3 Well meant is not always well done: pre-trial detention in Belgium
- 4 A systemic approach to reducing custodial remands: the experience of England and Wales
- 5 Pre-trial detention in Germany: a liberal approach, but not for all
- 6 Pre-trial detention in Ireland: emphasising alternatives?
- 7 Pre-trial detention in Lithuania: transition in legal culture and pre-trial detention trends
- 8 Pre-trial detention in the Netherlands: absolutely low, relatively high
- 9 Pre-trial detention in Romanian: improvements and shortcomings
- 10 The basis for decision-making: legal grounds, factual motives and influential factors
- 11 Actors, roles and responsibilities in the pre-trial detention decision-making process
- 12 Dilemmas in the use of alternatives to pre-trial detention in prison
- 13 Foreign nationals in pre-trial detention: a neglected and urgent challenge
- 14 European aspects: human rights, cross-border policy and guidance for a responsible use of pre-trial detention
- 15 Conclusion: pre-trial detention as ultima ratio – European practice between aspiration and reality
- Index