| Description | The main objectives of the study were to identify the length of time life sentence prisoners spend in custody under Scottish criminal justice arrangements. |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | May 10, 1999 |
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LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS IN SCOTLAND
DIANE MACHIN
NICOLA COGHILL
LIZ LEVY
CONTENTS
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS (page 2)
Discretionary life sentence prisoners
Mandatory life sentence prisoners
CHAPTER ONE: HISTORICAL USE OF LIFE SENTENCES (page 3)
Introduction
Historical use of discretionary life sentences
Historical use of mandatory life sentences
The length of time served in prison under life sentences
Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO: RESEARCH ON LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS (page 4)
Research in England and Wales
Focus of the present study
Data sources
CHAPTER THREE: DISCRETIONARY LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS (page 5)
Characteristics of discretionary life sentence prisoners
Consideration of release
Judges' Decisions on 'relevant part'
Consideration by a Discretionary Lifers Tribunal
Status of discretionary life sentence prisoners at the time of the research
Time served by discretionary life sentence prisoners
Recall of discretionary life sentence prisoners
Offending careers (page 6)
Previous convictions
Reconvictions in custody (page 7)
Reconvictions on licence
Circumstances of offence
CHAPTER FOUR: MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS (page 8)
Characteristics of mandatory life sentence prisoners
Status of mandatory life sentence prisoners
Consideration of cases by the Preliminary Review Committee (PRC)
Review by the Parole Board
Release on licence
Summary of time spent on licence (page 9)
Recalled mandatory lifers as a proportion of the total number of mandatory life sentence prisoners in custody
Trial Judge's recommendation
Twenty year policy
Recall of mandatory life sentence prisoners
Offending careers (page 10)
Previous convictions
Reconvictions in custody (page 11)
Reconvictions on licence
Total length of offending career
Circumstances of offence
REFERENCES (page 12)
ANNEX A: PROGRESS OF DISCRETIONARY LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS TOWARDS RELEASE (page 13)
ANNEX B: CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES AND OFFENCES (page 14)
ANNEX C: PROGRESS OF MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS TOWARDS RELEASE (page 15)
ANNEX D: RECALL OF MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS TO CUSTODY (page 16)
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