The Life Sentence and Parole
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Griffin (0009-0005-2462-6010), Darren K Griffin (0000-0001-7595-3226), Ian O’donnell (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 611-629 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azr097 |
| OpenAlex | W2032949101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 33 |
Taking the life sentence as the new ‘ultimate penalty’ for many countries, this paper explores the factors associated with the release of life-sentence prisoners on parole. The Republic of Ireland is selected as a case study because it is in the unusual position of being influenced by European human rights norms as well as by the Anglo-American drive towards increased punitiveness. As an apparent outlier to both the human rights and punitive approaches, or perhaps as a hybrid of sorts, the relative impact of the two models can be elucidated. The article also provides an example of how small penal systems can be resistant to broader trends and the value of directing the criminological gaze upon countries where it seldom falls.
Criminology · Economics · Human rights · Life imprisonment · Political science · Position (finance) · Prison · Punitive damages · Sentence · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law · Legal and Social Justice Studies · Psychology
Crime, justice and criminology in the Republic of Ireland
Gendered Perceptions of Child Sexual Abusers
Penality at the Periphery
Parole, parole boards and the institutional dilemmas of contemporary prison release
Entrapped in a penal time capsule’
Exceptional states
Pastoral penality in 1970s Ireland
Retributive Whisper
Life imprisonment
Does Europe Need a Constitution? Demos, Telos and the German Maastricht Decision
Violence risk assessment and risk communication
Going Home for Christmas
Stagnation and Change in Irish Penal Policy
Parole and its Problems
Penal policy and political economy
Victims, Punishment, and Parole
Prisoners' Rights in the Context of the European Convention on Human Rights
Capital punishment and American culture
Coercive confinement in the Republic of Ireland
Abolishing Life Imprisonment
Resisting punitiveness in Europe
Penal Policy and Practice in Belgium
Parole in Transition
Listening to the Crime Victim
Parole and Prisoner Reentry in the United States
Public Opinion and the Governance of Punishment in Democratic Political Systems
Disproportionate Sentences as Human Rights Violations
Scandinavian Exceptionalism in an Era of Penal Excess
From Dangerousness to Precaution
Crime, Shame, and Recidivism. The Case of Iceland
Prisoners, Politics and the Polls
Sex Offenders Emerging from Long-Term Imprisonment. A Study of Their Long-term Reconviction Rates and of Parole Board Members' Judgements of Their Risk
The Politics of Intolerance--Irish Style
Scandinavian Exceptionalism in an Era of Penal Excess
The Death Penalty in Post-Independence Ireland
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |