Parole Futures
Rationalities, Institutions and Practices
Published on 10. July 2025
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-5099-8217-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-8217-2 (9781509982172)
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
1. Editors Introduction: Does Parole have a Future?, Harry Annison, Nicola Carr and Thomas Guiney
PART I: RATIONALITIES
2. You be a Parole Board Member: Public Attitudes and Mock Parole Board Decision-Making, Arie Freiberg and Lorana Bartels
3. Applying Procedural Justice Principles to the Life -Sentence-Release Decision-Making Process, Doris Schartmueller
4. Transparency and Legitimacy in the Future of Parole Release, Ebony L Ruhland
5. Old Age and Parole in France: Conflicting Temporalities, Marion Vannier
6. Parole as Penal Closure, Netanel Dagan
PART II: INSTITUTIONS
7. Parole for Life-Sentenced Prisoners in the New South Africa: Promise and Performance, Dirk van Zyl Smit
8. The Political and Legal Boundaries of Release, Recall and Risk: A UK Perspective, Nicola Padfield
9. Between Ideal and Practice: What's Wrong with Discretionary Early Release?, Kristel Beyens and Lars Breuls
10. Reconsidering Parole: The Interplay of Purpose, Expertise and Institutional Structure, Jasmina Arnez and Mojca M Plesnicar
11. Conditional Release in Spain: More Incapacitation and Less Reintegration? A Balance of Two Decades of Legal Reforms, Mikel Anderez Belategi
PART III: PRACTICES
12. Prison Release in Cases of Old Age and Chronic or Life-Limiting Illness, Christopher Seeds and Delaney Mosca
13. Paradox of Parole Practices in Japan: Progress, Challenges and a Possible Way Forward, Saori Toda
14. The Future of Parole in Chile: Reconciling Social Reintegration and Public Safety, Carolina Villagra, Catalina Droppelmann and Sergio Faundez
15. What if We Better Valued Therapeutic Alliances and Working Relationships in Parole Officer Work? Rosemary Ricciardelli and Micheal P Taylor
16. Generative Justice: Exploring its Reintegrative Possibilities and the Implications for Parole Reform, Mary Corcoran, Beth Weaver and Fergus MCNeill
PART I: RATIONALITIES
2. You be a Parole Board Member: Public Attitudes and Mock Parole Board Decision-Making, Arie Freiberg and Lorana Bartels
3. Applying Procedural Justice Principles to the Life -Sentence-Release Decision-Making Process, Doris Schartmueller
4. Transparency and Legitimacy in the Future of Parole Release, Ebony L Ruhland
5. Old Age and Parole in France: Conflicting Temporalities, Marion Vannier
6. Parole as Penal Closure, Netanel Dagan
PART II: INSTITUTIONS
7. Parole for Life-Sentenced Prisoners in the New South Africa: Promise and Performance, Dirk van Zyl Smit
8. The Political and Legal Boundaries of Release, Recall and Risk: A UK Perspective, Nicola Padfield
9. Between Ideal and Practice: What's Wrong with Discretionary Early Release?, Kristel Beyens and Lars Breuls
10. Reconsidering Parole: The Interplay of Purpose, Expertise and Institutional Structure, Jasmina Arnez and Mojca M Plesnicar
11. Conditional Release in Spain: More Incapacitation and Less Reintegration? A Balance of Two Decades of Legal Reforms, Mikel Anderez Belategi
PART III: PRACTICES
12. Prison Release in Cases of Old Age and Chronic or Life-Limiting Illness, Christopher Seeds and Delaney Mosca
13. Paradox of Parole Practices in Japan: Progress, Challenges and a Possible Way Forward, Saori Toda
14. The Future of Parole in Chile: Reconciling Social Reintegration and Public Safety, Carolina Villagra, Catalina Droppelmann and Sergio Faundez
15. What if We Better Valued Therapeutic Alliances and Working Relationships in Parole Officer Work? Rosemary Ricciardelli and Micheal P Taylor
16. Generative Justice: Exploring its Reintegrative Possibilities and the Implications for Parole Reform, Mary Corcoran, Beth Weaver and Fergus MCNeill