Murderers and life imprisonment : containment, treatment, safety and risk / Eric Cullen and Tim Newell ; with a foreword by Stephen Shaw ; contributions by David Wilson and Roland Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cullen, Eric.

Contributor:

Newell, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life imprisonment--Great Britain.

Life imprisonment.

Murderers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winchester : Waterside Press, 2003, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides an examination of 'Who Are the Lifers?' (including a UK/USA comparison). This book covers topics such as: 'The Structure of a Life Sentence', 'The Psychology of the Murderer', 'Containment and Treatment', 'Discretionary Lifer Panels' and a range of ethical and human rights issues.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

1 The Scale and Nature of the Problem

I. MURDER HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN?

WHO ARE THE MURDERERS?

HOMICIDE IN AMERICA

11. LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE UK

NUMBERS AND PLACES

PROFILE OF THE LIFER POPULATION

'MYRA SYNDROME'

STRUCTURE OF A LIFE SENTENCE

THE VICTIM'S CHARTER

INDIVIDUAL CASES

TWO STRIKES AND YOU'RE IN

2 The Psychology of the Murderer

I. THEORIES OF VIOLENCE AND MURDER

Biological determinants

Socio-cultural determinants

Psychological determinants

Situational determinants of violence.

Psychiatric determinants

Political motivation

11. WHAT THE MURDERERS SAY

SIX CASE STUDIES

Ill. HOW TO KNOW AND HOW TO HELP

STRATEGIES FOR HELPING MURDERERS AND OTHER LIFERS TO CHANGE

THREE Delusions of Innocence

I. LIFERS, INNOCENCE AND HM PRISON SERVICE: THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM

II. MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE CASES

Ill. PRISON AND INNOCENCE: PROTESTS AND THE OFFICIAL SIDE

IV. THE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAMME AND THE PROBLEMS OF INNOCENCE

V. 'FALSE NEGATIVES'

4 Containment and Treatment

I. CONTAINMENT

Physical controls

Psychological controls

Loss of control

Lifers as a stabilising influence.

II. STAFF COMPETENCIES: SKILLS REQUIRED TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH LIFERS

Ill. TREATMENT

How the Prison Service 'manages' lifers

The Lifer Manual

THE ROLE OF PROBATION

PRISON SERVICE COURSES

SOTP

Cognitive Behavioural Programmes

MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS

HOW LIFERS (AND THE STAFF WHO WORK WITH THEM) MANAGE PRISON

5 Discretionary Lifer Panels

I. INTRODUCTION

THE DISCRETIONARY LIFE SENTENCE

CHANGES IN CULTURE

II. LEGAL BACKGROUND TO THE CHANGES

Ill. THE CHANGES

IV. HOW DLPs WORK

V. 'SECTION 2 DISCRETIONARY LIFERS'

VI. CONCLUSIONS

6 Lifer Risk Assessment.

I. WHAT IS RISK ASSESSMENT? (BRIEFLY)

II. THE NEED FOR RISK ASSESSMENT

Ill. HOW IS RISK ASSESSMENT DONE?

IV. THE ASSESSMENT OF RISK IN LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND AND WALES

V. MAJOR CRITICISMS AND WAYS FORWARD

IV. CONCLUSIONS

7 Beyond Criminal Justice

I. THE ETHICS OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT

II. DO LIFERS HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS?

Ill. THE NATURE OF EVIL

IV. NATURAL LIFE

V. CONCLUSION

8 Proposals

II. TREATMENT

Ill. PUBLIC SAFETY

Appendix A: Alex's Story. Secret Justice. An Extreme Illustration of Why Discretionary Lifer Panels Were Needed

Appendix B The Parole Board Rules 1997

Appendix C: Comparisons Between the Mandatory and Discretionary Life Sentence Systems

Bibliography

Subject Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786611124632

9781281124630

128112463X

9781906534332

1906534330

OCLC:

923509323