TY - BOOK ID - 86046253 TI - Prosecuting and punishing multi-offenders in the EU : a comparative analysis of the legal frameworks regarding offenders of a multitude of offences AU - Audenaert, Nele AU - De Bondt, Wendy AU - Gompel&Svacina PY - 2021 SN - 9789463713153 9463713158 PB - Antwerp 's-Hertogenbosch Gompel & Svacina DB - UniCat KW - Comparative law KW - Droit comparé KW - Criminal procedure KW - Procédure pénale KW - Criminal law KW - Droit pénal KW - Recidivists KW - Recidivism KW - Punishment KW - Sentences (Criminal procedure) KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Offenses, Repeat KW - Repeat offenses KW - Crime KW - Chronic offenders KW - Habitual criminals KW - Habitual offenders KW - Offenders, Chronic KW - Offenders, Habitual KW - Offenders, Repeat KW - Offenders, Serial KW - Repeat offenders KW - Repeaters (Crime) KW - Serial offenders KW - Criminals KW - Ex-convicts KW - Administration of criminal justice KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Sentencing KW - Correctional law KW - Judgments, Criminal KW - Law and legislation KW - Penalties (Criminal law) KW - Penology KW - Corrections KW - Impunity KW - Retribution KW - Comparative law. KW - Law KW - Human rights. KW - Compound offenses. KW - Droit comparé. KW - Procédure pénale KW - Droit KW - Droits de l'homme. KW - Pluralité d'infractions. KW - Comparative studies KW - Études comparatives. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86046253 AB - This book elaborates on the rules governing the prosecution and sentencing of multi-offenders. The term 'multi-offender' is used for an offender that has committed a series of offences (either in one single act or in different acts); hence the addition of 'multi' in 'multi-offender'. A crucial element thereto is that the whole series of offences - which make the offender a multi-offender - has been committed before being subject to a final conviction. A comparative EU-study was conducted, focussing on the rules governing multi-offenders within different EU Member States (Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece). It reveals that this type of offenders challenge both the legislator and the prosecution and judges: when the offences are prosecuted in one go, the challenges are linked to finding an appropriate way to assess the severity of the criminal behaviour; if however the offences are prosecuted in several simultaneous or consecutive proceedings, the challenges are linked to taking account of the simultaneous or past proceeding. These challenges only grow if proceedings take place in different EU Member States. The analysis presented in this book is essential reading for EU policy makers, national policy makers, academics and defence lawyers throughout the EU working with multi-offenders. Undoubtedly, it will be an asset to their work in both mere national as well as in cross-border cases. -- ER -