Dangerous Politics: Risk, Political Vulnerability, and Penal Policy
brings together relevant literature in law, criminology, and
politics to provide insights into the nature of British penal
politics, the role of the judiciary and pressure groups, and the
interrelation between risk, the 'public voice', and penal politics.
It presents a detailed case study of the IPP story: the creation
and eventual demise of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
sentence. Drawing on over 60 in-depth interviews with key
policymakers, the author investigates the beliefs, traditions, and
political processes that propelled developments in the 'IPP story',
namely the creation, contestation, amendment, and demise of the IPP
sentence. An indeterminate sentence modelled upon the existing life
sentence but targeted far more broadly, the IPP sentence has been
described as 'one of the least carefully planned and implemented
pieces of legislation in the history of British sentencing'
(Jacobson and Hough, 2010) and has dramatically increased the
indeterminate-sentenced prison population, from approximately 3,000
in 1992 to over 13,000 in 2014. Though abolished in 2012, it
remains a pressing issue: over 5,000 IPP prisoners remain, with
ongoing campaigns pressing for their release. Standing as one of
the most striking examples of the expansion of preventive goals in
sentencing policy, this study of the IPP story stands as a
cautionary tale, with important lessons for Australia, Canada, the
United States, and other nations that continue to pursue preventive
goals. This book argues that the IPP story demonstrates the need to
be cautious of equating substance with process - while on one view
the IPP sentence constitutes a penal manifestation of the risk
society, its development refutes the 'evolutionary growth' of such
policies as implied by the 'new penology' thesis. Dangerous
Politics makes an original contribution to our understanding of the
genesis and demise of the IPP sentence, and to our broader
understanding of the nature of penality in early 21st century
Britain. It will be of interest to academics and students in the
fields of criminology, criminal law, politics and policymaking, as
well as sentencing and criminal justice policymakers.
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