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On the Parole Board - Reflections on Crime, Punishment, Redemption, and Justice (Hardcover)
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On the Parole Board - Reflections on Crime, Punishment, Redemption, and Justice (Hardcover)
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Few people experience life inside of prison. Even fewer are charged
with the formidable responsibility of deciding whether inmates
should be released. In his twenty-four years on the Rhode Island
Parole Board, Frederic G. Reamer has judged the fates of thousands
of inmates, deciding which are ready to reenter society and which
are not. It is a complicated choice that balances injury to victims
and their families against an offender's capacity for
transformation. With rich retellings of criminal cases-some banal,
some brutal-On the Parole Board is a singular book that explains
from an insider's perspective how a variety of factors play into
the board's decisions: the ongoing effect on victims and their
loved ones, the life histories of offenders, the circumstances of
the crimes, and the powerful and often extraordinary displays of
forgiveness and remorse. Pulling back the curtain on a process
largely shrouded in mystery, Reamer lays bare the thorny
philosophical issues of crime and justice and their staggering
consequences for inmates, victims, and the public at large. Reamer
and his colleagues often hope, despite encountering behavior at its
worst, that criminals who have made horrible mistakes have the
capacity for redemption. Yet that hope must be tempered with a
realistic appraisal of risk, given the potentially grave
consequences of releasing an inmate who may commit a future crime.
This book will appeal to anyone interested in the complexities of
the criminal justice system, the need to correct its injustices,
and the challenges of those who must decide when justice has been
served.
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