The revolving door at the prison gate

Exploring the dramatic increase in recalls to prison

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12899992
AutoresNicola Padfield (0000-0002-4360-490X, autor de correspondencia), Shadd Maruna (0000-0002-4978-7073, Queen's University Belfast)
Año2006
Volumen6
Número3
Páginas329-352
Fecha de publicación2006-07-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCriminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748895806065534
OpenAlexW2134481838
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas16

In this article we draw attention to the recent and extraordinary increase in the number of people in England and Wales recalled to prison during the licence period of their sentence (by examining the published Parole Board and prison statistics). This is followed by a description of the existing law and the recent changes to it, which we suggest will exacerbate the current trend. We seek then to explain the increase by looking primarily at the US experience (which reveals a system which is costly, discriminatory and apparently ineffective at reducing crime) and at recent judicial review cases (which reveal a system which is increasingly acknowledged to be unfair), concluding that current sentencing law and practice puts inappropriate emphasis on ‘front door’ sentencing practices rather than the equally important ‘back door’ practices of release, supervision and recall. Unsurprisingly, the article ends with a call for much more research in this area

Criminology · Political science · Prison · Revolving door · Sentence · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending