On 10 March 2023, John Vervaele retired as professor of Economic and European criminal law at Utrecht University. On the occasion of that farewell, this liber amicorum was presented to him. It comprises 85 contributions, written in a variety of languages by friends, colleagues and former colleagues from all over the world.

In keeping with the tradition of the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, the contributions are arranged around the following themes, which have also be...

Dit Tekst & Commentaar-deel baant een pad door de grote massa van rechtsbronnen die van belang zijn voor het achterhalen van het geldende strafprocesrecht, inclusief het niet-gecodificeerde strafprocesrecht. Een selectie van voor de praktijk belangrijke bepalingen uit andere wetten, verdragen en regelingen maken de uitgave compleet. Tekst & Commentaar Strafvordering vormt dé kennisbron bij uitstek voor een korte en overzichtelijke uitleg van de geldende wettekst. Inclusief de belangrijkste r...

Dit Tekst & Commentaar-deel levert een handzame bundeling van de voor de Nederlandse strafrechtspraktijk belangrijkste bronnen van het internationale (waaronder het Europese) straf(proces)recht. De wetgeving en commentaren in deze 10e druk zijn over de gehele linie geactualiseerd. Uitgebreide commerciële shoptekst Tekst & Commentaar Internationaal strafrecht en strafrechtelijke samenwerking vormt dé kennisbron bij uitstek voor een korte en overzichtelijke uitleg van de geldende wettekst. In...

The Good Lives Model is an upcoming theoretical rehabilitation framework that is used increasingly in juvenile offender rehabilitation. This book provides in-depth knowledge about the Good Lives Model, its underlying theories, and how it differs from traditional rehabilitation methods. Furthermore it helps to gain a better understanding of the underlying causes of criminal behavior in juveniles, and the challenges they face in reintegrating into society. It combines state-of-the art theoretic...

Emotions such as guilt and shame motivate us to keep our actions in line with normative expectations and are therefore essential in regulating our social and moral lives. Guilt, Shame and Juvenile Delinquency provides a compelling argument for the importance of considering guilt and shame as part of the etiological underpinnings of juvenile delinquency. It presents a comprehensive review of the criminological literature on the relationship between shame, guilt and offending, and it integrates...

Minors can be involved in judicial proceedings of a different Member State when they have – allegedly – committed an offence within the EU. Whereas the EU has developed instruments to facilitate cooperation between Member States in criminal matters, no specific instruments exist to deal with cross-border youth justice cases. This book assesses to what extent it is possible and feasible to develop EU cooperation in youth justice matters.

In EU youth justice: The personal scope of EU crimin...

All over the world, governments impose punishments on their citizens for transgressions of the criminal law. Consensus exists that this sanctioning should be in accordance with the principle of legality and the rule of law. However, governments around the world struggle with providing foreseeability and non-arbitrariness in their sentencing systems. This continuous struggle raises the question how - and to what extent - foreseeability and non-arbitrariness must be guaranteed. Not only in rela...