This book addresses the current debates surrounding the release of prisoners, offering an invaluable survey of the situation in a number of European countries in a comparative perspective, and focusing on issues of fairness and justice.

Nicola Padfield is a Lecturer at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Dirk Van Zyl Smit is Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham. Frieder Dünkel is Professor of Criminology at the University of Greifswald.

Part 1 1. Introduction, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel 2. The European Dimension to the Release of Sentenced Prisoners, John R. Spencer and Dirk van Zyl Smit Part 2: Country Perspectives 3. Austria, Karin Bruckmüller and Veronika Hofinger 4. Belgium, Sonja Snacken, Kristel Beyens and Marie-Aude Beernaert 5. England and Wales, Nicola Padfield 6. Finland, Tapio Lappi-Seppälä 7. France, Kim Reuflet 8. Germany, Frieder Dünkel and Ineke Pruin 9. Greece, Leonidas K. Cheliotis with the Assistance of Ioannis Papageorgiou 10. Ireland, Thomas O'Malley 11. Italy, Alessandra Gualazzi and Chiara Mancuso 12. The Netherlands, Martin Moerings 13. Scotland, Douglas Thomson 14. Slovenia, Katja sugman Stubbs and Matjaz Ambroz 15. Spain, José Cid and Beatriz Tébar Part 3: Converging Themes 16. Concluding Thoughts, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel