Overview
- Focuses on the under-researched topic of life after prison
- Draws on the forgotten perspectives of those subject to imprisonment, not just practitioners
- Questions the aims, role, and problems relating to the probation system
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)
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About this book
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.
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.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“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)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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).
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Parole and Beyond
Book Subtitle: International Experiences of Life After Prison
Editors: Ruth Armstrong, Ioan Durnescu
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95118-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95117-8Published: 03 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95733-0Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95118-5Published: 21 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 319
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Crime and Society, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice, Critical Criminology, Criminological Theory