Prison Information Bulletin | Number 15, June 1990

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Series Details Number 15
Publication Date June 1990
ISSN 0254-5225
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Table of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Survey of prison systems in the Member States of the Council of Europe: comparative prison demography
    • Chapter 1 | Prison populations (P. Tournier)
      • Current situation
        • Size of populations and breakdown
          • Rates of detention
          • Demographic breakdown
          • Breakdown by type of detention
        • Flows of imprisonment
        • Duration of imprisonment
      • Past development
        • Changes in numbers since 1970
        • Changes in stocks, flows of imprisonment and duration of imprisonment since 1983
        • Changes in breakdown since 1983
          • Detention pending trial
          • Demographic breakdown
    • Chapter 2 | Indicators of conditions of detention and prison budgets
      • Conditions of detention (P. Tournier)
        • Rates of occupancy of prisons
        • Prison staffing and ratio of staff to prisoners
      • Prison budgets (M-D. Barre)
        • Annual budget of prison administrations
        • Buildings and equipment
        • Prisoners
        • Staff
    • Chapter 3 | Frequency of recourse to custodial sentences (M-D. Barre)
      • Method
        • Problems of definition
        • Questionnaire
      • Results of the survey
        • Breakdown of sentences: courts for adults
        • Breakdown of sentences: juvenile courts
        • Frequency of custodial sentences without suspension
      • Annexes
    • Chapter 4 | Recidivism and its measurement (P. Tournier)
      • Populations studied and observation periods
        • Studies not dealing with prison populations
        • Studies dealing with prison populations
          • Cohorts of released prisoners
          • Other cases
      • Criteria for recidivism
      • Main results
      • Annex
    • Bibliographical references
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
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