Who to Release?
Who to Release? by Nicola Padfield, published by Routledge on May 17, 2012, is a comprehensive examination of the evolving responsibilities of the Parole Board. This 288-page book delves into critical aspects such as risk prediction and the decision-making process regarding the release or continued detention of recalled prisoners and those with indeterminate sentences. It addresses the often-overlooked concept of back door sentencing, where the actual duration of a sentence is influenced by release decisions rather than initial court rulings.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of significant changes to the Parole Board’s role, particularly following the Criminal Justice Act 2005, which introduced an early release scheme. The book discusses the implications of these changes, focusing on determinate sentence prisoners, lifers, and recalled prisoners. Contributions from leading authorities in law, criminology, and social science provide a thorough exploration of the complex issues and case law that have emerged in this area.
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This book is concerned to explore the changing role of the Parole Board across the range of its responsibilities, including the prediction of risk and deciding on the release (or continued detention) of the growing number of recalled prisoners and of those subject to indeterminate sentences. In doing so it aims to rectify the lack of attention that has been given by lawyers, academics and practitioners to back door sentencing (where the real length of a sentence is decided by those who take the decision to release) compared to front door sentencing’ (decisions taken by judges or magistrates in court). Particular attention is given in this book to the important changes made to the role and working of the Parole Board as a result of the impact of the early release scheme of the Criminal Justice Act 2005, with the Parole Board now deciding in Panels concerned with determinate sentence prisoners, lifers and recalled prisoners. A wide range of significant issues, and case law, has arisen as a result of these changes, which the contributors to this book, leading authorities in the field, aim to explore.
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