Manifesto for Penal Abolitionism

This Manifesto was published in German for a German audience in November 2019. It goes back to a manifesto publshed by Livio Ferrari and Massimo Pavarini (No Prison Manifesto (http://noprison.eu; in seven languages). We felt, however, that the criminal justice systems...

Myths about Criminal Policy

33 Myths about crimes and people who commit them I. On offences and perpetrator persons 1. To kill someone has always been a crime 2. Prisons have been there forever 3. Thanks to the media, we know that there is a lot of crime 4. The big criminals are monsters 5....