The Future of Parole: Commentaries on Systems in Britain and U.S.A.Donald James West How long offenders should be kept in prison, and what supervision they should receive after release, are matters of increasing public concern. In this book, the part played by parole systems in described by a series of experts and former Parole Board members. Some of them write from experience of America, where parole systems are long-established, others deal with the recent development of parole in England. The purposes and effectiveness of the different systems are discussed critically from the standpoints of law, justice, social control, and rehabilitation. |
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Contributors | 6 |
some comments on the system | 21 |
The Local Review Committee J P Martin | 32 |
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adjustment administrative Adult after-care American Law Institute assessment behaviour Borstal C. H. Rolph case-loads commit concern confined consideration considered correctional crime criteria custody Delinquency eligible England ex-prisoner experience factors favourable findings granted parole Home Office Home Secretary Ibid important imprisonment individual infractions inmate's inmates interview involved judgement large number legislation less licence Local Review Committees major ment methods Model Penal Code months offenders panel parole board members parole decisions parole officers parole outcome parole period parole supervision parole system Parole Unit parole violation parolee's persons possible post-release prediction Prison and Parole prison education prison staff prisoner's probably probation officer problem programmes reasons recall recidivism recommendations reconviction record rehabilitation relationship release on parole reports Review Committees revocation risk selection sentence social statistical success supervisor Table Takagi term tion treatment types unfavourable violation rates violence Welfare Officer