Non-Compliance in France: A Human Approach and a Hair Splitting Legal System
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This article reviews the French system of recall: paradoxically, for a system tightly bound by complex rules, a great deal of discretion is left to judges (particularly those responsible for sentence enforcement). Building on the initial findings from her current research, the author argues that juges d'application des peines generally have a rehabilitative approach to sanctioning non-compliance, for example, taking offenders' personal circumstances and individual ‘merit’ seriously. She fears that non-compliance may soon become a political issue.
Source: European Journal of Probation
Author: Martine Herzog-Evans
Institution: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2111142233