Contents: Kury, Helmut & Shea, Evelyn: Punitivity and Insecurity - An Introduction; II.1. Insecurity, Politics and the Media: Larrauri, Elena & Varona, Daniel: Democracy at Work? Public Opinion and Penal Reforms in Spain Fortete, César & Cesano, José Daniel: The Role of Victimization, Punitive Attitudes and the Mass Media in Criminal Reforms in Latin America Mucchielli, Laurent: The Rise and Domination of the Law-and-Order Ideology in France (1990 - 2010): Some of its Consequences on the Criminal Justice System and on Social Control; Mosconi, Giuseppe: The Spectre of Insecurity and the "Prospering" of Prisons; Recasens, Amadeu: The Development of Punitiveness: The Case of the Police. II.2. Measuring Feelings of Insecurity and Punitive Attitudes: Kury, Helmut & Obergfell-Fuchs, Joachim: Punitiveness - How to measure it - The Effect of Punishment; Klaus, Witold, Rzeplinska, Irena & Wozniakowska-Fajst, Dagmara: Punitivity in Polish Law, Public Opinion, and Penal Policy; Zarafonitou, Christina: Punitiveness, Fear of Crime and Social Views; Varona Gómez, Daniel: Citizens and Punitive Attitudes: A pilot study of Spanish university students; Llobet Rodríguez, Javier: Punitiveness in Costa Rica; Saar, Jüri: 20 Years After: Crime, Crime Control and Fear of Crime of the Population in Estonia 1991 - 2010; Bacanovic, Oliver & Jovanova, Natasha: Punitiveness in the Republic of Macedonia; Nikolic-Ristanovic, Vesna, Dimitrijevic, Jelena & Stevkovic, Ljiljana: Feelings of Insecurity, Victimization Experience, and Student's Attitudes toward Punishment; Rozum, J., Kotulan, Petr & Tomasek, Jan: The Effectiveness of Parole in the Czeck Republic; Kovco Vukadin, Irma & Vukosav, Josko: Students' Attitudes towards Risk, Victimization and Punishment in Croatia. II.3. Has Criminal Legislation become more punitive? Yenisey, Feridun: Revised Punishments and Security Measures in Turkey; Yoshida, Toshio: Punitivity Today in Japan; Shestakov, Dmitrij A. & A. P. Danilov: Criminal Law and Punitivity in Modern Russia; Tournier, Pierre V:. Godot has arrived. French Parliament has finally voted on its Prison Law; Prinsloo, Johan: Punishment in South and Southern Africa.
