Contemporary Review of Parole: What's the Latest?

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

For the last four years, a group of scholars from across multiple disciplines have come together to present the latest research on virtually anything related to parole. Following the latest workshop conducted virtually in April, the workshop participants are putting together an edited volume on parole from a range of perspectives. The three presentations in this panel cover reentry challenges for the juvenile lifer population who are seeking or have received parole, the nuances in parole decision-making for individuals sentenced to life as emerging adults, a contemporary review of fines and fees for individuals under parole supervisions, and a dynamic understanding of parole board decision-making through the lens of juvenile lifer cases. Feedback from this panel will help contributors refine their work for the eventual volume.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 49. Community Corrections

Individual Presentations

• Hope for release among juvenile lifers - Heather Paterson, Northeastern University; Jeddie Dawson, Northeastern University; Stuti Kokkalera, Sam Houston State University; Carlos Monteiro, Suffolk University

• How blameworthy are they? Examining emerging adult culpability in parole decision-making through a developmental lens - Meghan Koza, Sam Houston State University; Victoria Rivera Laugalis, Loyola University New Orleans

• Reforming fines and fees in U.S. Parole Supervision (2010-2024) - Avril Diaz, Georgia Southern University; Sarah Batenko, Georgia Southern University; Leanne Confer, Georgia Southern University; Dragana Derlic, Georgia Southern University

• Juvenile lifers in the midst of bureaucratic zones of contention - Simon Singer, Northeastern University

Chair

• Stuti Kokkalera, Sam Houston State University

Discussant

• Ashley Marie Nellis, American University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Organized by the Division on Corrections and Sentencing Program Committee