The parole dossier and its negative impacts on prisoner identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12900596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B C Read (0009-0008-6177-089X, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 271-287 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17488958231222875 |
| OpenAlex | W4390639178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article suggests that the parole dossier may be working to damage prisoners’ sense of their identity through the creation of a carceral script which describes a person whom they do not recognise as themselves, and which leads to an increased narrative labour. Prisoners struggle, therefore, under that labour to form a post offence identity with which to navigate a complex process such as parole. As identity, and its repair, appear instrumental to desistance, elements of the process, such as the dossier, could be putting hopes of rehabilitation at risk. Using the analysis of 15 prisoner interviews, this article explores a parole process described as undermining agency. A process where risk assessment is perceived poorly and where ultimately the experience can lead to negative impacts on an already fragile self-identity. In conclusion, this article attempts to offer some solutions, to mitigate the negative effects, with a view to maximising the potential impact of the dossier process on future desistance, through the more meaningful involvement of the prisoner at its centre
Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Identity (music · Narrative · Prison · Process (computing · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
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Offending and Desistance
Soft power in prison
On Writing Qualitative Research
Prisons and their Moral Performance
A desistance paradigm for offender management
The Second Sentencing”
Depth, weight, tightness
Tightness’, recognition and penal power
Always gotta be two mans’
Insider Research’ in the Study of Youth Cultures
Walking on ice’
Populism, Conservatism and the Politics of Parole in England and Wales
Desistance and Identity Repair
Building Public Confidence in Parole Boards
Two conceptions of the self
My Three Selves
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Asylums
Between Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |