Parole Board Personality and Decision Making Using Bias-Based Reasoning

Hancock, Katy; Brown, Payton; Hadgis, Antoinette; Hollander, Markus; Shrider, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91467-1_21

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“…Research has shown that board member's personality type as assessed by the Myers Briggs Typology Inventory, can affect parole decisions. Using simulated cases, the study found that board members with certain types of personalities were more likely to grant or deny parole (Hancock et al, 2018).…”

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Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members

Ruhland

2020

The Prison Journal

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Parole boards have discretion to make prison release decisions by applying a number of factors. While prior research has identified factors that are important, little is known about how parole board members interpret the factors and the degree to which members’ characteristics affect decision making. Using board transcripts, this study explored: (1) how members’ philosophies influence factors used in release decisions and; (2) how board members define and frame factor meanings. The findings provide insights into decisions that may create release disparities.

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Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members

Ruhland

2020

The Prison Journal

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“…Social psychological research on the relationship between internal and external factors affecting a decision‐maker (Hancock, Brown, Hadgis, Hollander, & Shrider, 2018; Rothstein, Huber, & Gaskell, 2006) includes the interaction between conscious and unconscious decision‐making (Greene & Dalke, 2020; Soon, Brass, Heinze, & Haynes, 2008), and the role of ‘heuristics’ or mental short‐cuts (Fiedler & Sydow, 2015) as applied to decisions in the courts (Dhami & Belton, 2017) and criminal justice more broadly (Peer & Gamliel, 2013).…”

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How do parole board members in England and Wales construct decisions about whether to release perpetrators of intimate partner violence from prison?

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Rivas

2020

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background: Existing research explores Parole Board decision-making, but not specifically for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV), a special case due to the gendered and secretive nature of IPV and the role of control in predicting reoffending. Aim: To identify associations between case variables in England and Wales Parole Board decisions regarding perpetrators of IPV and explore how these variables help construct the decision. Methods: Logistic regressions regarding decisions in a sample of all 137 male prisoners who had abused women and applied for release or progression to open conditions in England and Wales from April 2018 to September 2019, developed into latent class analyses. Thematic analyses of six interviews with Parole Board members about decision-making in IPV cases. Results: Release decisions were strongly predicted by the recommendations of offender managers, offender supervisors and psychologists, mediated by the Parole Board's confidence in their ability. Decisions were also significantly associated with custodial behaviour and attendance on courses, mediated by the Board's confidence in the prisoner's insight and honesty. Thematic analysis was both consistent with these findings and provided a context in which the associations could be understood.

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Non-monotonic Bias-Based Reasoning Under Uncertainty

Hancock

2020

Augmented Cognition. Theoretical and Technological Approaches

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Parole Board Personality and Decision Making Using Bias-Based Reasoning

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members

Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members

How do parole board members in England and Wales construct decisions about whether to release perpetrators of intimate partner violence from prison?

Non-monotonic Bias-Based Reasoning Under Uncertainty

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