Standards. Case Law. Approaches. Opinions
The modern self-designations of ‘thieves’ such as ‘law-abiding’, ‘lawful thieves’, and ‘thieves-in-law’ also originate from the pre-Revolutionary subculture of the ‘vagrants’. The category
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress and prison
The narrowing of scientific discourse on penitentiary issues in Ukraine to contemporary problems and new challenges is understandable, but is it justified? The
Many jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. Here’s how their 19th-century design is contributing to a 21st-century crisis. England
‘Social defence’ against ‘antisocial elements’, as the German scholar P.-A. Albrecht rightly points out, has usually been a feature of totalitarian societies, as
The case originated in an application (no. 5310/71) lodged on 16 December 1971 with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) by the Government of Ireland
1. On Articles 5 and 6 (and in consequence with reference to Articles 14 and 15), and also on Article 50, I voted
On the findings of the Court summarized at pp. 94 to 96 of the judgment I share the unanimous views of my colleagues
On 27 October 1937, the Soviet authorities committed one of the most brutal crimes in history – the mass murder of the prisoners