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5 Eur. J. on Crim. Pol'y & Rsch. 5 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/eurjcpr5 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial
For the third time in the history of this journal you will find a selection of the
papers that were presented at the European Colloquium on Criminal policy
and Research. This (fifth) colloquium was organized in Bled, Slovenia, by the
Institute of Criminology and Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (professor
Alenka Selih) and the Max Planck Institut fUr auslindisches und inter-
nationales Strafrecht, Freiburg i. Br. The issue is opened by a detailed report by
Matti Joutsen on the colloquium. Consequently this editorial is different from
the usual ones. The report of Matti Joutsen can be read as an introduction to
the theme of this issue.
This situation provides the opportunity to draw special attention to two
important contributions to the new section Current issues. (This section
replaces the Varia-section.) Frangoise Tulkens gives an impressive judgement
on the actual problems in the Belgian criminal justice system. In addition,
John Braithwaite comments on the last issue of this journal, on the topic of
restorative justice and mediation. The author is pleasantly surprised regarding
the European developments in this alternative way of coping with criminal and
deviant behaviour.