Veerle Scheirs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4200919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veerle Scheirs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veerle |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheirs |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEIRS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Recall to prison in Belgium: Back-end sentencing in search of reintegration
In recent years, the United States and England and Wales have witnessed growing re-incarceration rates. This growth is not only due to the courts sending more people to prison (‘front-end sentencing’), but also due to an increasing number of revocations of early release measures, mainly following technical violations of licence conditions (so called ‘back-end sentencing’). However, it is unclear whether the same phenomenon exists in other (Europe…
Belgian Sentencing as a Bifurcated Practice
Belgian sentencing is in a period of turmoil. Belgian judges value their independence. Most believe in the desirability of individualized sentencing and resent intrusions on their autonomy. Although many continue to hold classsical views about the purposes of sentencing, new practices and laws, triggered partly by several decades of rising imprisonment rates and recent efforts by policy makers and correctional officials to contain it, have change…
Encounters of a different kind: Social enquiry and sentencing in Belgium
This article draws on the results of multi-method research studying the discourse of Belgian sentencing judges and report writers in relation to the use and evaluation of social reports. To understand the Belgian context, the legal framework and its underlying assumptions, as well as the institutional and cultural background to the use and evaluation of social reports, are explained. Social reports focus on the social background of the offender. …
Les juges belges face à l'(in)exécution des peines
En Belgique, l’inexécution totale ou partielle des peines d’emprisonnement fait depuis quelque temps déjà l’objet de nombreux mécontentements, notamment de la part des magistrats. Sur la base d’une recherche empirique menée auprès des magistrats belges (francophones et néerlandophones), cet article propose un aperçu des divergences de position de la magistrature belge face à l’ (in) exécution supposée de « leurs » peines et face à l’adoption de c…
Encounters of a different kind: Social enquiry and sentencing in Belgium
This article draws on the results of multi-method research studying the discourse of Belgian sentencing judges and report writers in relation to the use and evaluation of social reports. To understand the Belgian context, the legal framework and its underlying assumptions, as well as the institutional and cultural background to the use and evaluation of social reports, are explained. Social reports focus on the social background of the offender. …
Les juges belges face à l'(in)exécution des peines
En Belgique, l’inexécution totale ou partielle des peines d’emprisonnement fait depuis quelque temps déjà l’objet de nombreux mécontentements, notamment de la part des magistrats. Sur la base d’une recherche empirique menée auprès des magistrats belges (francophones et néerlandophones), cet article propose un aperçu des divergences de position de la magistrature belge face à l’ (in) exécution supposée de « leurs » peines et face à l’adoption de c…
Encounters of a different kind: Social enquiry and sentencing in Belgium
This article draws on the results of multi-method research studying the discourse of Belgian sentencing judges and report writers in relation to the use and evaluation of social reports. To understand the Belgian context, the legal framework and its underlying assumptions, as well as the institutional and cultural background to the use and evaluation of social reports, are explained. Social reports focus on the social background of the offender. …
Les juges belges face à l'(in)exécution des peines
En Belgique, l’inexécution totale ou partielle des peines d’emprisonnement fait depuis quelque temps déjà l’objet de nombreux mécontentements, notamment de la part des magistrats. Sur la base d’une recherche empirique menée auprès des magistrats belges (francophones et néerlandophones), cet article propose un aperçu des divergences de position de la magistrature belge face à l’ (in) exécution supposée de « leurs » peines et face à l’adoption de c…
Belgian Sentencing as a Bifurcated Practice
Belgian sentencing is in a period of turmoil. Belgian judges value their independence. Most believe in the desirability of individualized sentencing and resent intrusions on their autonomy. Although many continue to hold classsical views about the purposes of sentencing, new practices and laws, triggered partly by several decades of rising imprisonment rates and recent efforts by policy makers and correctional officials to contain it, have change…
Recall to prison in Belgium: Back-end sentencing in search of reintegration
In recent years, the United States and England and Wales have witnessed growing re-incarceration rates. This growth is not only due to the courts sending more people to prison (‘front-end sentencing’), but also due to an increasing number of revocations of early release measures, mainly following technical violations of licence conditions (so called ‘back-end sentencing’). However, it is unclear whether the same phenomenon exists in other (Europe…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Prison (2 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (2 works) · Sanctions (2 works)