Overarching Views of Crime and Deviancy Rethinking the Legacy of the Utrecht School

Ferry Jong, Miranda Boone

ISBN 10: 9462366160 / ISBN 13: 9789462366169

Published by Eleven International Publishing, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Overarching Views of Crime and Deviancy Rethinking the Legacy of the Utrecht School
• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462366160
• ISBN 13: 9789462366169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

On October 1, 1934, Willem P.J. Pompe (1893-1968), Professor of Criminal Law at Utrecht University between 1928 and 1963, founded the 'Criminological Institute' (Criminologisch Instituut) within the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University. Pompe initiated a rather influential academic movement, based on multidisciplinary cooperation between jurists, criminologists, and psychiatrists. This academic movement is commonly referred to as 'the Utrecht School,' which had its heyday in the 1950s. In 1974, 40 years after its formation, the Institute was renamed after its founder: the Willem Pompe Instituut voor Strafrechtswetenschappen, and another 40 years later, in 2014, the Institute celebrated its 80th anniversary. This volume is published in recognition of the festive occasion. The central theme chosen for this collection is cross-border research in the fields of criminal law, penitentiary law, criminology, and forensic psychology/psychiatry. The first section consists of contributions that primarily address the history and research tradition of the Institute. The other sections each contain a number of contributions that represent the current state of the research activities at the Institute, and cover a variety of contemporary issues in general criminal law and criminal procedure, regulatory criminal law, European criminal law, juvenile criminal law, penitentiary law, forensic psychology/psychiatry, and criminology. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO [Subject: Criminology, Penology, Forensic Psychology, Criminal Law, European Law]

About the Author

Ferry de Jong studied Law and Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Amsterdam. He is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology of Utrecht University, is affiliated with the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (Ucall), and is the director of Tilia Utrecht Law College