Parole - The Fate of Prisoners in My Hands and the High-stakes Risks of Getting it Wrong – As Seen on TV

A ‘professional confessional’ of cases and stories from a Parole Board member, as seen on TV.

List of contents

PROLOGUE 
INTRODUCTION 
1. THE BANK ROBBERY 
2. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 
3. A FOLLOWER, NOT A LEADER 
4. A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF CAUSING SERIOUS HARM 
5. NARCISSISTIC TRAITS 
6. MORAL JUDGEMENT 
7. VICTIM IMPACT 
8. JOHN WORBOYS 
9. A TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS 
10. DOMESTIC HOMICIDE 
11. A SERIOUS FURTHER OFFENCE 
12. ‘THAT BAD PERSON ISN’T HERE ANYMORE’ 
13. LIFE IN PRISON 
14. THE NEW NORMAL 
15. FOUR PRISONERS, ONE DAY 
16. ‘YOU GAVE ME A CHANCE’ 
CONCLUSION 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About the author

Rob McKeon has been a member of the Parole Board for England & Wales since 2012, with an extensive understanding of the Criminal Justice System. He decides whether prisoners who are serving sentences for some of the most serious offences in the country are safe to be released.  His work was featured on a BBC 2 documentary series Parole and he regularly considers high profile cases, including murder, organised crime and serious sexual offending.  Rob has been a member of the Parole Board's Management Committee since 2016 and has worked on over 5,000 cases.  

Summary

A ‘professional confessional’ of cases and stories from a Parole Board member, as seen on TV.

Product details

• Authors: Rob McKeon
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780711297289
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-9728-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 500 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; True Crime, TRUE CRIME / General, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Prisons, Criminal justice law, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs