Sentencing and prison overcrowding

In this article it discussed how in many European countries there was overcrowding in many prisons. The problem is that the criminal population is increasing and the solution as put by author Sonja Snacken is simple. The prisons need to increase capacity. Snacken gives four factors of why the prison population is increasing. First is demographic and economic evolution. The. Second is criminality is influenced by both societal changes and criminal policy changes. Attitudes, decisions, and policies at the different levels of decision making within the criminal justice system. And finally the political context of the period considered and the way in which politicians interpret and react to contradictory tendencies in public opinion.

Title: Sentencing and Prison over crowding
Author. Sonja Snacken
Source: European journal in criminal policy and research vol 2 issue 1 of 84-99