Leave of Absence for West German Prisoners

Bibliographic Data

ID8401100
AuthorsDirk Van Zyl Smit (0000-0002-5540-2897, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume28
Issue1
Pages1-18
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047698
OpenAlexW2587868492
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Over the past two decades, the principles and practices entailed in the granting of leave of absence to prisoners in West Germany have undergone a series of important changes. The reformulation of the law to make resocialisation the key criterion for leave of absence to be granted was challenged when several ex-Nazi war criminals applied for leave. Despite the general success of the policy, successive reinterpretations of the new laws to preclude such cases have progressively weakened its basis. The character of the tensions involved in the relations between legal principle and administrative practice are documented and analysed in the context of this controversy

Archaeology · Character (mathematics) · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · German · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law

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