Robin Fitzgerald is Associate Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is the Bachelor of Arts Criminology Major Convenor at the School of Social Science. Shannon Dodd (née Buglar) is a lecturer in criminology at the Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University. Lorana Bartels is Professor of Criminology at the Australian National University (ANU) and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra (UC) and University of Tasmania, Australia. She was previously the Criminology Program Leader at ANU and the Head of the School of Law and Justice at UC. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Arie Freiberg AM is Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Australia. He was Dean of the Faculty Law at Monash University between 2004 and 2012 and previously Chair of the Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Councils. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The present study.- Chapter 3 The practicalities of parole-board decision-making.- Chapter 4 Public opinion and parole board decision-making.- Chapter 5 Strategies for increasing public confidence in parole.- Chapter 6 Engaging with an emotional public in a precarious time.

Robin Fitzgerald is Associate Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is the Bachelor of Arts Criminology Major Convenor at the School of Social Science. Shannon Dodd (née Buglar) is a lecturer in criminology at the Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University. Lorana Bartels is Professor of Criminology at the Australian National University (ANU) and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Canberra (UC) and University of Tasmania, Australia. She was previously the Criminology Program Leader at ANU and the Head of the School of Law and Justice at UC. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Arie Freiberg AM is Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Australia. He was Dean of the Faculty Law at Monash University between 2004 and 2012 and previously Chair of the Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Councils. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The present study.- Chapter 3 The practicalities of parole-board decision-making.- Chapter 4 Public opinion and parole board decision-making.- Chapter 5 Strategies for increasing public confidence in parole.- Chapter 6 Engaging with an emotional public in a precarious time.