Restauration et détention en Belgique : genèse de la circulaire ministérielle du 4 octobre 2000 ; Restorative Prisons: New Public Policvy in Belgieum

peer reviewed ; With the Ministerial Circular of 4 October 2000, Belgium’s Minister of Justice Marc Verwilghen sought to re-orient his nation’s prisons toward “restorative detention.” This circular is a rare and significant example of agenda-setting in the field of penitentiary policy in Belgium. In trying to understand the circular’s genesis, we examine three currents of thought – restorative justice, victimology, and the humanization of detention – which have nourished both a research program and a public action program. The Ministerial Circular stems from these programs. We shall focus on t... Mehr ...