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Revisiting Justice

The Moral Meaning of Parole

Expected online publication date:  12 December 2025

Netanel Dagan
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Expanding the boundaries of the 'moral turn' in criminology to the realm of punishment administration, this Element proposes reconceptualizing parole through a moral lens. Drawing from a mixed-method study of parole hearings for homicide cases in Israel, the author argues that during parole hearings, parole actors (Attorney General representatives, secondary victims, parole applicants, and parole board members) conduct complex forms of moral labor, specifically retributive-oriented. This moral labor goes beyond rehabilitation and risk assessment to 'do late justice.' In doing such moral labor, parole actors negotiate the moral meaning of crime, character, and deserved punishment with the passage of time. In conclusion, as demonstrated by the current study, Criminologists should engage to a greater extent with the moral meaning of punishment administration, and retributive theorists should aim to better understand the real experiences of punishment.

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Online ISBN: 9781009587709
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Revisiting Justice
  • Netanel Dagan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Online ISBN: 9781009587709
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Revisiting Justice
  • Netanel Dagan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Online ISBN: 9781009587709
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