Killing Time Life Imprisonment and Parole in Ireland /

• Main Author: Griffin, Diarmuid (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Prisons.; Probation.; Criminals-Rehabilitation.; Recidivism.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Prison Policy.; Rehabilitation.; Crime and Society.

Little is known about life imprisonment and the process of releasing offenders back into the community in Ireland. Addressing this scarcity of information, Griffin's empirical study examines the legal and policy framework surrounding life imprisonment and parole. Through an analysis of the rati...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Same Crime, Different Time
• Chapter 2. The Rise of Life Imprisonment
• Chapter 3. The Cycle of Life
• Chapter 4. The Risk Factor
• Chapter 5. Punishment, Public Opinion and Politics
• Chapter 6. The Realities of the Situation
• Chapter 7. Different Process, Same Outcome? .