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Getting Out - Early Release in England and Wales, 1960 - 1995 (Hardcover)
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Getting Out - Early Release in England and Wales, 1960 - 1995 (Hardcover)
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
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Getting Out offers the first systematic account of the evolution of
early release as a public policy concern in England and Wales
between 1960 and 1995. At a time when public discourse on crime has
focused, to a significant degree, upon the powers of the police and
the sentence of the court this book seeks to turn current debate on
its head and examine the circumstances in which policy makers have
found it desirable to reduce the custodial element of a prison
sentence and return prisoners to the community. Drawing upon an
extensive period of archival research, and interviews with key
decision-makers, this book considers three defining periods of
reform that illuminate the complex ideas, trade-offs, and moments
of political controversy that have shaped this secretive and little
understood area of penal policy. The book argues that early release
is inherently bound up with prevailing societal justifications for
punishment and the appropriate use of imprisonment within our
liberal democratic system. It draws attention to the uneasy
constitutional balance of power between the judiciary and the
executive, and reflects upon the administrative task of governing
large captive populations where the hopes and expectations of
inmates do not always align with the interests of prison
authorities or the community at large. In so doing, Getting Out
challenges widespread assumptions about penal change and shows how
government policy has been shaped by the legacy of past political
choices, the organisation of central government departments and the
fluid balance of power within Whitehall.
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