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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