Day fines in Europe : assessing income-based sanctions in criminal justice systems / edited by Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Michael Faure ; with the cooperation of Marianne Breijer.

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Taking Wealth Seriously: European Practice with Day Fines (Conference) (2019 : Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam School of Law)

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (xix, 404 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781108855020 (ebook)

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Day fines -- Europe -- Congresses

Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:

345.4077 23

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KJC8251.F56 T35 2019

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Contents:

Introduction / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko and Michael Faure -- Theoretical perspectives on day fines / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko -- Day fines in Finland / Raimo Lahti -- Day fines in Sweden / Jacob Öberg -- Day fines in Denmark / Thomas Elholm -- Day fines in Germany / Hans-Joerg Albrecht -- Day fines in Austria / Christopher Kahl and Verena Weinberger -- Day fines in Hungary / Csaba Győry -- Day fine in France / Bruno Deffains and Jean-Baptiste Thierry -- Day fines in Portugal / Maria Fernanda Palma and Helena Morão -- Day (unit) fines in England and Wales / Valsamis Mitsilegas and Foivi Sofia Mouzakiti -- Day fines in Slovenia / Mitja Kovac -- Day fines in Spain / Jesús Barquín Sanz -- Day fines in Poland / Dawid M. Marko and Sławomir Steinborn -- Day fines in Croatia / Maja Munivrana Vajda -- Day fines in Switzerland / Martin Killias and Lorenz Biberstein -- Day fines in Czech Republic / Jiří Kindl, Jan Kupčík -- Day fines in Romania / Mihail Udroiu -- Comparative law and economics perspective on day fines / Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko and Michael Faure.

Summary: Day fines, as a pecuniary sanction, have a great potential to reduce inequality in the criminal sentencing system, as they impose the same relative punishment on all offenders irrespective of their income. Furthermore, with correct implementation, they can constitute an alternative sanction to the more repressive and not always efficient short-term prison sentences. Finally, by independently expressing in the sentence the severity and the income of the offender, day fines can increase uniformity and transparency of sentencing. Having this in mind, almost half of the European Union countries have adopted day fines in their criminal justice system. For the first time, this book makes their findings accessible to a wider international audience. Aimed at scholars, policy makers and criminal law practitioners, it provides an opportunity to learn about the theoretical advantages, the practical challenges, the successes and failures, and ways to improve.

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Day fines, as a pecuniary sanction, have a great potential to reduce inequality in the criminal sentencing system, as they impose the same relative punishment on all offenders irrespective of their income. Furthermore, with correct implementation, they can constitute an alternative sanction to the more repressive and not always efficient short-term prison sentences. Finally, by independently expressing in the sentence the severity and the income of the offender, day fines can increase uniformity and transparency of sentencing. Having this in mind, almost half of the European Union countries have adopted day fines in their criminal justice system. For the first time, this book makes their findings accessible to a wider international audience. Aimed at scholars, policy makers and criminal law practitioners, it provides an opportunity to learn about the theoretical advantages, the practical challenges, the successes and failures, and ways to improve.

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Day fines in Europe : assessing income-based sanctions in criminal justice systems / edited by Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Michael Faure ; with the cooperation of Marianne Breijer.