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100			_aDagan, Netanel and Rennie, Ailie _960416
245			_a Imagining freedom: Lifers, liberty and the meaning of parole
260			_aSocial & Legal Studies
300			_a35(2), Apr, 2026: p.273-294
520			_aBridging criminological and philosophical discourses, this article builds upon Berlin's ‘concepts of liberty’ to theorise the meaning of parole release. Through qualitatively analysing 130 Israeli lifers’ Parole Board hearings, we found that lifers focused more heavily on their loss of – and potential to regain – positive liberty than on negative liberty. Here, we detail how lifers progressed beyond reflecting upon their past and their current state of imprisonment (‘release from’), towards thinking about their present (‘realising release’) and their future (‘release to’). The findings, therefore, demonstrate the normative importance of the parole process in assisting lifers’ constructions of identity, agency, and hope.-Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09646639251346949?_gl=1*1m3fhz4*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTU4MDM5NTgxNy 4xNzc4MTM3NjE0*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3NzgxMzc2MTQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzgxMzc2ODYkajUzJGwwJGg2MDIyMTY4Mg..
650			_aParole, Lifers, Liberty, Qualitative analysis, Penal theory. _960417
773			_aSocial & Legal Studies
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