Overview

Does parole have a future? If it does, can we begin to imagine a different path? Is progressive penal reform possible, or has the time come to consider more radical alternatives in a context where there is little, if any, consensus on the underlying aims and techniques of contemporary prison release? What does this all mean for the prisoners, families, victims and publics upon whose confidence the parole system ultimately depends? This book brings together a world-leading panel of 27 experts who draw upon insights from law, sociology, criminology and political science to explore these pressing questions. At a time when many parole systems are experiencing considerable strain, the aims of this collection are twofold: first, to encourage systematic and critical reflection on the rationalities, institutions and practices of parole. Second, to think big, and pose ambitious ‘what if’ questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release. Offering novel insights from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, this collection builds the case for, and then showcases, a ‘way of doing’ parole research that is global in outlook, interdisciplinary in approach and unapologetically normative in character.

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Author:   Dr Harry Annison (University of Southampton, UK) ,  Dr Nicola Carr (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Thomas Guiney (University of Nottingham, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
ISBN:  

9781509982172

ISBN 10:   1509982175
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

1. The Future of Parole: Ideas, Institutions and Practices, Harry Annison, Nicola Carr and Thomas Guiney Part One: Ideas 2. Conditional Release from Life Imprisonment: Applying Procedural Justice Principles to the Life Release Decision-Making Process, Doris Schartmueller 3. Transparency and Legitimacy in the Future of Parole Release, Ebony Ruhland 4. Parole as Penal Closure, Nathaniel Dagan 5. The Future of Parole in France: How old Age Defies Parole’s Temporality, Marion Vannier 6. You be the Parole Board: Public Attitudes and Mock Parole Board Decision-Making, Arie Freiberg and Lorana Bartels Part Two: Institutions 7. Parole for Life Sentenced Prisoners in the New South Africa: Promise and Performance, Dirk van Zyl Smit 8. Parole in Cases of Chronic of Life Limiting Illness, Chris Seeds 9. Exceptionally Complicated: The Interplay Between the Purpose, Institutions, and Conditions of Conditional Release in the Slovenian Landscape of 'Penal Exceptionalism', Jasmina Arnež and Mojca M. Plesnicar 10. Conditional Release in Spain: More Incapacitation and Less Reintegration? A Balance of Two Decades of Legal Reforms, Mikel Anderez Belategi 11. The Political and Legal Boundaries of Release, Recall and Risk: a UK Perspective, Nicola Padfield Part Three: Practices 12. The Unintended Consequences of Discretionary Conditional Release in Belgium, Kristel Beyens and Lars Breuls 13. The Therapeutic and Working Alliances: Qualities, Barriers, and Supports, Rosemary Ricciardelli 14. Parole in Chile, Carolina Aurora Villagra and Catalina Sofia Droppelmann Roepke 15. Parole Operations in Japan: Progress, Challenges and a Possible Way Forward, Saori Toda

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Harry Annison is Professor of Criminal Justice at Southampton Law School, University of Southampton, UK. Nicola Carr is is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Thomas Guiney is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK.

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