5/18/2023 0 Comments Legacy by Hannah McBride![]() ![]() ![]() I - Houses for the poorĢIt would be an act of honesty to rename prison institutions as houses for the poor. Finally, a sketch is provided of contemporary contributions that reveal how and to what extent the legacy of abolitionism has been handed down to radical reformers. It then examines the main analytical components of abolitionism as expressed by the founders of this school of thought in the European context. This paper sets off with some general observations around imprisonment in Europe. Penal abolitionism challenges conventional definitions of crime and the law, while defying official views of the meanings and effects of punishment. This is exactly what makes it relevant today. 1Abolitionism is not only a strategy or a set of demands aimed at the reduction (or suppression) of custody, it is also a perspective, a philosophy, an approach. ![]()
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