RT Article T1 Risk, Politics and the 'Scientification' of Political Judgement : Prisoner Release and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland JF The British journal of criminology VO 47 IS 5 SP 779 OP 797 A1 Dwyer, Clare D. LA English YR 2007 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639138536 AB Drawing on research in Northern Ireland into the process of release under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, this article explores the identification and classification of risk in relation to prisoners released early under the Sentences (NI) Act. The main argument is that conflict, post-conflict and transitional conditions expose more starkly the political underpinnings of risk-management strategy and the article demonstrates the particular variant of Politicized Risk Assessment (PRA) recently used in the release of prisoners in Northern Ireland K1 Politische Gefangene K1 Nordirland K1 Haftentlassung K1 Strafenpolitik K1 Risikoeinschätzung