NCJ Number
95789
Journal
Criminal Law Review Dated: (March 1983) Pages: 137-151
Date Published
1983
Length
16 pages
Annotation
The academic consensus seems to be that parole requires either radical reformulation of abolition. Rather than focusing on particular aspects of the system such as its 'unfairness,' this article attempts an overview of the factors and policies which have shaped the introduction and development of parole.
Abstract
Part One suggests that the introduction of parole cannot be simply attributed to problems of prison administration such as overcrowding, discipline or expenditure; ideological factors both promoted and shaped the system. Part Two suggests that since 1967 the relative importance of these factors has altered and that parole is now little more than a rather bureaucratic method of reducing the prison population and, consequently, expenditure. Seventy-seven footnotes are provided. (Author abstract modified)