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Prisoners' understanding and experiences of parole

BACKGROUND: In Scotland, as elsewhere, there has been growing political and public interest in the function and process of parole accompanied by a lack of empirical research on the operation and effectiveness of parole. AIMS: Against the backdrop of a Scottish Government review of parole aimed, amon...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Lynn, McIvor, Gill, Richard, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7756460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33205501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2178
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description BACKGROUND: In Scotland, as elsewhere, there has been growing political and public interest in the function and process of parole accompanied by a lack of empirical research on the operation and effectiveness of parole. AIMS: Against the backdrop of a Scottish Government review of parole aimed, among other things, at improving the transparency of the process, the aim of the study was to explore the experiences of prisoners seeking early release on licence. METHODS: In conjunction with the Scottish Prison Service a national survey was conducted of 197 long‐term prisoners who had experience of seeking early release on parole. FINDINGS: The survey revealed that prisoners did not have a clear understanding of parole and often did not feel fully engaged in the process. CONCLUSIONS: It is argued that better support for prisoners prior to, during and following parole hearings might foster their increased engagement and alleviate some of the anxiety associated with the parole process.
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spelling pubmed-77564602020-12-28 Prisoners' understanding and experiences of parole Kelly, Lynn McIvor, Gill Richard, Karen Crim Behav Ment Health Original Articles BACKGROUND: In Scotland, as elsewhere, there has been growing political and public interest in the function and process of parole accompanied by a lack of empirical research on the operation and effectiveness of parole. AIMS: Against the backdrop of a Scottish Government review of parole aimed, among other things, at improving the transparency of the process, the aim of the study was to explore the experiences of prisoners seeking early release on licence. METHODS: In conjunction with the Scottish Prison Service a national survey was conducted of 197 long‐term prisoners who had experience of seeking early release on parole. FINDINGS: The survey revealed that prisoners did not have a clear understanding of parole and often did not feel fully engaged in the process. CONCLUSIONS: It is argued that better support for prisoners prior to, during and following parole hearings might foster their increased engagement and alleviate some of the anxiety associated with the parole process. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-17 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7756460/ /pubmed/33205501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2178 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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