Iñaki Rivera Beiras, University of Barcelona, SpainEmma Bell, Université de Savoie in Chambéry, FranceMiranda Boone, Utrecht Willem Pompe Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, The NetherlandsBernd Dollinger, University of Siegen, GermanyPatrizio Gonnella, President of Antigone, an Italian NGO Philip Gounev, Centre for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria Hanns von Hofer, Stockholm University, SwedenVassilis Karydis, University of Peloponnese, GreeceNikolaos K. Koulouris, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Andrea Kretschmann, Bielefeld University, Germany Mónica Aranda Ocaña, University of Barcelona, SpainLaura Piacentini, University of Strathclyde, UK Monika Platek, Warsaw University, PolandPhilippe Robert, CNRS Mary Rogan, Dublin Institute of Technology, IrelandHenrik Tham, Stockholm University, SwedenRene van Swanningen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Preface; Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan 1. Introduction; Mick Ryan 2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands; Miranda Boone and René van Swaaningen 3. Punishment in Sweden; Enrik Tham and Hanns von Hofer 4. Punishment as politics: the Penal System in England and Wales; Emma Bell 5. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity; Mary Rogan 6. The French Criminal Justice System; Philippe Robert 7. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: the Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle; Bernd Dollinger and Andrea Kretschmann 8. The Russian Penal System; Laura Piacentini 9. Poland: the Political Legacy and Penal Practice; Monika P?atek 10. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria; Philip Gounev 11. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies; Patrizio Gonnella) 12. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: from the Re-socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prisons; Mónica Aranda Ocaña and Iñaki Rivera Beiras 13. Greece: Prisons are Badbut Necessary (and Expanding), Policies are Necessary but Bad (and Declining); Vassilis Karydis and Nikolaos K. Koulouris 14. Conclusion; Vincenzo Ruggiero

Iñaki Rivera Beiras, University of Barcelona, SpainEmma Bell, Université de Savoie in Chambéry, FranceMiranda Boone, Utrecht Willem Pompe Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, The NetherlandsBernd Dollinger, University of Siegen, GermanyPatrizio Gonnella, President of Antigone, an Italian NGO Philip Gounev, Centre for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria Hanns von Hofer, Stockholm University, SwedenVassilis Karydis, University of Peloponnese, GreeceNikolaos K. Koulouris, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Andrea Kretschmann, Bielefeld University, Germany Mónica Aranda Ocaña, University of Barcelona, SpainLaura Piacentini, University of Strathclyde, UK Monika Platek, Warsaw University, PolandPhilippe Robert, CNRS Mary Rogan, Dublin Institute of Technology, IrelandHenrik Tham, Stockholm University, SwedenRene van Swanningen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Preface; Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan 1. Introduction; Mick Ryan 2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands; Miranda Boone and René van Swaaningen 3. Punishment in Sweden; Enrik Tham and Hanns von Hofer 4. Punishment as politics: the Penal System in England and Wales; Emma Bell 5. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity; Mary Rogan 6. The French Criminal Justice System; Philippe Robert 7. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: the Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle; Bernd Dollinger and Andrea Kretschmann 8. The Russian Penal System; Laura Piacentini 9. Poland: the Political Legacy and Penal Practice; Monika P?atek 10. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria; Philip Gounev 11. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies; Patrizio Gonnella) 12. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: from the Re-socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prisons; Mónica Aranda Ocaña and Iñaki Rivera Beiras 13. Greece: Prisons are Badbut Necessary (and Expanding), Policies are Necessary but Bad (and Declining); Vassilis Karydis and Nikolaos K. Koulouris 14. Conclusion; Vincenzo Ruggiero

Iñaki Rivera Beiras, University of Barcelona, SpainEmma Bell, Université de Savoie in Chambéry, FranceMiranda Boone, Utrecht Willem Pompe Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, The NetherlandsBernd Dollinger, University of Siegen, GermanyPatrizio Gonnella, President of Antigone, an Italian NGO Philip Gounev, Centre for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria Hanns von Hofer, Stockholm University, SwedenVassilis Karydis, University of Peloponnese, GreeceNikolaos K. Koulouris, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Andrea Kretschmann, Bielefeld University, Germany Mónica Aranda Ocaña, University of Barcelona, SpainLaura Piacentini, University of Strathclyde, UK Monika Platek, Warsaw University, PolandPhilippe Robert, CNRS Mary Rogan, Dublin Institute of Technology, IrelandHenrik Tham, Stockholm University, SwedenRene van Swanningen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Preface; Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan 1. Introduction; Mick Ryan 2. Regression to the Mean: Punishment in the Netherlands; Miranda Boone and René van Swaaningen 3. Punishment in Sweden; Enrik Tham and Hanns von Hofer 4. Punishment as politics: the Penal System in England and Wales; Emma Bell 5. The Irish Penal System: Pragmatism, Neglect and the Effects of Austerity; Mary Rogan 6. The French Criminal Justice System; Philippe Robert 7. Contradictions in German Penal Practices: the Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle; Bernd Dollinger and Andrea Kretschmann 8. The Russian Penal System; Laura Piacentini 9. Poland: the Political Legacy and Penal Practice; Monika P?atek 10. Soft and Harsh Penalties in Bulgaria; Philip Gounev 11. Italy: Between Amnesties and Emergencies; Patrizio Gonnella) 12. The Spanish Penal and Penitentiary System: from the Re-socialising Objective to the Internal Governance of Prisons; Mónica Aranda Ocaña and Iñaki Rivera Beiras 13. Greece: Prisons are Badbut Necessary (and Expanding), Policies are Necessary but Bad (and Declining); Vassilis Karydis and Nikolaos K. Koulouris 14. Conclusion; Vincenzo Ruggiero