TY - JOUR
AU - Tubex, H.
AB -  18 S. Snacken, K. Beyens, H. Tubex1 1. Changing prison populations in Western countries: fate or policy? 1. CHANQINQ PRISON POPULATIONS: SOME COMPARATIVE DATA Rising prison populations and prison overcrowding are an internationally wide-spread phe- nomenon. In order to be able to discuss possible solutions, we should try to understand the phenomenon and the mechanisms behind it. Many Western countries experienced a general increase in their prison population during the 1980s, linked to a more specific rise in the number of remand and/or long-term prisoners, foreign inmates and drug-related offences. We find illustrations of these trends in Europe (e.g. Belgium, the Netherlands, England and Wales, France), the United States and Canada. However, a few exceptions can be found in Europe where the prison population decreased over the same period (e.g. Finland and West- Germany before reunification). Table 1 compares the figures for the average prison populations of some Western Euro- pean countries between 1975-1993.2 Figures for the United States and Canada are looked at seperately. 1. Sonja Snacken is Professor of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Kristel Beyens and Hilde Tubex are researchers at the Criminology Institute of the same University. The 
TI - 1. Changing prison populations in Western countries: fate or policy?
JF - European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
DO - 10.1163/157181795X00349
DA - 1995-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/1-changing-prison-populations-in-western-countries-fate-or-policy-6hElciJkHX
SP - 18
EP - 53
VL - 3
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -