Penal Reform in a Society in Transition: An Institutional Analysis of Penal Reform in the Republic of Armenia

ISBN-13: 9783836490641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 184 str.

Satenik Margaryan

Opis

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet countries have become enmeshed in the processes of democratization, moder­nization, and overall institutional reform. New ideas about punish­ment that filled the voids left by the demise of the socialism and Marxist-Leninist ideology have been influenced by international hu­man rights standards and international organizations. This book explicates the process of penal reform under these conditions in a post-Soviet country in transition - Armenia. It provides an overview of penal reform efforts in Armenia from 1991 to 2005. In particular, it focuses on the creation and development of a Public Monitoring Board, a prison and jail oversight committee composed of represen­tatives from non-governmental groups. Overall, the book highlights the pivotal role of a number of international organizations in man­dating and assisting the Armenian government in transforming the penal system in accord with international human rights standards.This book should be especially useful to all those concerned with pri­son systems in societies in transition, or anyone else interested in Armenia during its first fifteen years of independence.

O autorze

Margaryan, Satenik Satenik Margaryan, Ph.D: Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Studied Criminal Justice at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Received MPA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), and Diploma in Sociology from Yerevan State University (1998).