Books written by Dirk van Zyl Smit

Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis

Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide.
Release from Prison: European Policy and Practice

On the other hand, there are concerns that early release may not be applied fairly to all prisoners.Including contributions from leading subject specialists, this book aims to provide important comparative information on release from prison ...
European Penology?

This book addresses some major and pressing issues that have been emerging in recent years in the interdisciplinary field of 'European penology', that is, a space where legal scholarship, criminology, sociology and political science meet - ...
Handbook of Basic Principles and Promising Practices on Alternatives to Imprisonment

Introduces the reader to the basic principles central to understanding alternatives to imprisonment as well as descriptions of promising practices implemented throughout the world. This handbook offers information about alternatives...
Principles of European Prison Law and Policy: Penology and Human Rights

The Preamble to the Recommendation makes a strong case for conditional release, considering it to be “one of the ... as well as a hybrid model that would grant automatic conditional release in some cases but make it discretionary in ...
Release from Prison: European Policy and Practice

Further provisions included the automatic conditional release of misdemeanour offenders (after serving a fifth of sentences up to two years or a third of sentences over two years) and the discretionary conversion of sentences up to five ...
Prison Labour: Salvation or Slavery?: International Perspectives

A clean health report – which includes being HIV free – is a prerequisite for kitchen work. At the Windhoek Central Prison, where there are no agricultural activities, prisoners perform menial labour such as cleaning, serving tea and ...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy

Revealing many notable and interesting changes in prison life and in release programmes, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Penology, Criminology, Law, Sociology and Public Health.
The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy

Revealing many notable and interesting changes in prison life and in release programmes, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of penology, criminology, law, sociology and public health.
Life Imprisonment: A Global Human Rights Analysis

Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide.
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights

... Levenslang, Aanvulling op het advies Levenslang d.d. 1 december 2006 [advice to the Government]. Available at https://www.rsj.nl/advies/adviezen/2008 (accessed 6 December 2015). Rijksoverheid (2007) Circulair: Toetsingskader verlof ...
Imprisonment Today and Tomorrow: International Perspectives on Prisoners' Rights and Prison Conditions

These are complemented by a comparative survey of world prison populations and a final chapter in which the editors evaluate developments described in this volume and elsewhere in order to arrive at conclusions about international trends ...
Life Imprisonment and Human Rights

... has been punished with a life sentence and the rest of the penalties amount to 25 or more years (Art 78bis3/78bis1,c SPC). In cases of terrorism or organised crime where, in addition to the life sentence, the rest of 402 Jon-Mirena Landa ...
Life Imprisonment in Asia

Life imprisonment is the punishment most often imposed worldwide for what societies regard as the most serious offences. Yet, in Asia the phenomenon has never been studied systematically. Life Imprisonment in Asia fills this major gap.