Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
ביטחון סוציאלי
Angaben zur Quelle:
115 (תשפב) 67-92
Keywords:
Human rights
;
Prisoners Deinstitutionalization
;
Prisoners Legal status, laws, etc.
Abstract:
Early release of seriously ill and ageing prisoners (hereinafter:“compassionate release”) can be granted based on criteria specified by law inmany penal systems. The aim of this paper is to present the views andexperiences of 20 Israeli Parole Boards’ Chairpersons on compassionaterelease using qualitative semi-structured interviews. The interviewees arguedfor compassionate release on the grounds of illness and old age, citingdifferent humanitarian, utilitarian, and retributive justifications. Theinterviewees also indicated tensions in their decision-making process:compassionate release may be in conflict with retributive justice (and publicopinion); the legal criterion for such release is vague and its process may bemanipulated by unqualifying prisoners.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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