The treatment of “dangerousness” in Belgium: internment and placing at the government’s disposal
(2012) Champ pénal — (2012)
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- (en) Ever since 1930, two mechanisms have existed in Belgium which permit either the prolongation of certain kinds of punishment, or of imposing punishment without any date for its expiry. On the one hand these concern the confinement of mentally disordered offenders and, on the other hand, placing recidivists and habitual offenders under the control of the Executive (la mise à la disposition du gouvernement). As a complement to the other national presentations to the GERN seminar « Long-term punishments and punishments of indeterminate length – punishing dangerousness » the purpose of the present contribution is twofold: to set out the normative framework of these mechanisms, underlining what is seriously at stake, as has been shown in the debates between jurists and the medical profession; and to estimate the efficacy of these mechanisms by examining, so far as is possible, the use that has been made of them.
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Kaminski, D., Mary, P., Maes, E., & Vanhamme, F. (2012). The treatment of “dangerousness” in Belgium: internment and placing at the government’s disposal. Champ pénal. Published. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/206840 (Original work published 2012)