Companion Guide to Life Sentences (2ed)

Offers a comprehensive account of life sentencing, from pre-sentence to release on licence:

• Covers mandatory life for murder, HMP sentences for juvenile murderers
• Explains the principles governing discretionary life sentences
• Looks at lifer “career” planning, the “life system” and the psychological experience of indeterminate loss of liberty
• Goes through the process of review and the role of the Parole Board, life licence demands and recall
• Includes illustrative case examples, revealing the experiences of lifers and those who work with them