Parole and Beyond

International Experiences of Life After Prison

Ruth Armstrong, Ioan Durnescu

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Palgrave Macmillan
03 August 2017

Penology & punishment; Offenders

Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology

This book provides an assessment of contemporary international knowledge about the experiences of life after release from prison. For over 100 years people leaving prison have been supervised by probation services, but little has been written about how those who are supervised experience this process, or how this process influences experiences post-release. Research suggests that the success or failure of supervision in terms of reoffending may be related to how it is experienced, but little has been written about how supervision interacts with these experiences. Despite this lack of grounded knowledge, post-prison supervision continues to grow internationally. This book addresses issues relating to life after release through providing a vision of contemporary life after prison in different social and economic climates from those who are the subjects of this growing and changing form of penal power. An engaging and timely study, this book will be of particular interest to scholars of criminal justice and punishment.

Edited by: Ruth Armstrong, Ioan Durnescu
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 5.308kg
ISBN: 9781349951178
ISBN 10: 134995117X
Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Pages: 319
Publication Date: 03 August 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction.- 1. Experiencing Supervision in England.- 2. Released from Prison in Denmark.- 3. Looking Backwards to Move Forwards.- 4. Living in Faith on Parole in Bible Belt USA.- 5. Breaking the Rules the Right Way.- 6. Prisoner (Dis)Integration.- 7. The Law, Practice and Experience of ‘Conditional Freedom’ in Chile.- 8. Experiences of Parole in Scotland.- 9. Exacerbating Deprivation.- 10. Routes to Freedom

Dr. Ruth Armstrong is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK. Her research has focused on understanding experiences of life in prison and after release from prison. She co-created and directs the Learning Together programme of prison and university education partnerships, seeking to provide routes out of prison and into higher education. Dr. Ioan Durnecu is Professor of Sociology and Social Work in the Sociology and Social Work faculty at the University of Bucharest, Romania. He teaches and conducts research in the area of probation and prison fields. Ioan Durnescu is also co-editor of the European Journal of Probation and a board member of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP).

Reviews for Parole and Beyond: International Experiences of Life After Prison

Parole and Beyond' represents an invaluable work of scholarship that does not hold its punches. It makes it abundantly clear that `supervision risks demotivating the motivated in its hope of restricting the unmotivated', and the book offers practical and realistic solutions for reform. This collection merits wide readership amongst policymakers, academics, and students alike. (Mark Alexander, Prison Service Journal, Issue 236, March, 2018)