The Emancipation of Prisoners: A Socio-Historical Analysi...
Franke, Herman![The Emancipation of Prisoners: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Dutch Prison Experience](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/226/22688502/CHSBZCOP0322688502.jpg)
Compared with most European countries, The Netherlands sends few of its convicted criminals to prison, and those who are imprisoned have more rights and better treatment than their European counterparts. In this seminal study, criminologist Herman Franke presents the 'Dutch case'. Examining imprisonment in The Netherlands from the end of the eighteenth century to the modern day, he gives a close historical and sociological analysis of the chan...