Abstract
This chapter examines the range of factors, other than risk, that parole decision-makers expressed as influencing their deliberative process. A positive assessment indicating that a life sentence prisoner is at a low risk of reoffending is not the only obstacle that must be overcome in order to secure release. Parole decision-makers appear to be trying to provide meaning to the life sentence through incorporating theories of punishment into their decision-making. How parole was perceived externally was also important when making decisions as well as the impact of the political nature of the process on individual decision-makers. Many of the factors identified by parole decision-makers provide understanding into the punitive shift in terms of parole outcomes for life sentence prisoners. The chapter also gives an insight into the perspectives of a number of former Ministers for Justice and the factors influencing their decision-making process.
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