Paradoxes of probation: Statutory limitation on the possibility of probation decreased the severity of judgments

Probation is a tool to decrease the severity of the legal system. In theory, more instruments of probation mean fewer people deprived of liberty. However, Poland previously faced a paradoxical situation: there was a significant crime rate drop and a growing number of suspended punishments, but—at th...

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Authors: Mamak, Kamil (Author) ; Kratz, Joanna (Author) ; Koniewski, Maciej (Author) ; Kwiatkowski, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: European journal of probation
Year: 2023, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 238-253
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Keywords:
Poland
Sentencing
post-communist countries
alternatives to imprisonment
Probation
sentencing disparities

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