EAN: 9783319726663

KILLING TIME - DIARMUID GRIFFIN GEBUNDEN

Little is known about life imprisonment and the process of releasing offenders back into the
community in Ireland. Addressing this scarcity of information  Griffin's empirical study
examines the legal and policy framework surrounding life imprisonment and parole. Through an
analysis of the rationales expressed by parole decision-makers in the exercise of their
discretionary power of release  it is revealed that decision-makers view public protection as
central to the process. However  the risk of reoffending features amidst an array of other
factors that also influence parole outcomes including personal interpretations of the purposes
of punishment  public opinion and the political landscape within which parole operates. The
findings of this study are employed to provide a rationale for the upward trend in time served
by life sentence prisoners prior to release in recent times. With reform of parole now on the
political agenda  will a more formal process of release operate to constrain the increase in
time served witnessed over the last number of decades or will the upward trajectory continue
unabated?

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