RT Article
T1 Parole Revoked: Justifying Rerelease for Juvenile Lifers
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 49
IS 5
SP 619
OP 637
A1 Kokkalera, Stuti S.
A1 Marques, Beatriz Amalfi
A2 Marques, Beatriz Amalfi
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1799692647
AB A juvenile lifer’s parole can be revoked and justified for technical or new crime violations of supervision conditions. We analyze narratives contained in revocation decisions issued to juvenile lifer candidates by one state parole board. Our qualitative content analysis reveals that most parole revocations stem from technical violations rather than any new criminal activity. In addition, decision statements qualify aspects of a juvenile lifer candidate’s case in opposite ways, where identified themes are presented as accomplishments to grant parole, but as claims made by the candidate to deny rerelease. In categorizing candidates as deserving or undeserving of parole, suitability for rerelease is represented in the parole board’s interpretation of risk in terms of a candidate’s moral responsibility. By doing so, parole revocation review decisions avoid acknowledging the obstacles in juvenile lifer reentry.
K1 juvenile lifers
K1 Parole Board
K1 parole violations
K1 rerelease
K1 Revocation
DO 10.1177/00938548221079254