Screen LibraryWhen the innocent are punished : the children of imprisoned parents /
"Tells the story of prisoner's children - of their situation, problems and human rights - and how they are treated throughout the justice process from the arrest of a parent to imprisonment and release. Based on extensive research from across Europe, Scharff Smith argues that it is a parad...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in prisons and penology
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| Summary: |
"Tells the story of prisoner's children - of their situation, problems and human rights - and how they are treated throughout the justice process from the arrest of a parent to imprisonment and release. Based on extensive research from across Europe, Scharff Smith argues that it is a paradox that we hail the family as a fundamental unit in our societies, and insist on regarding children as an especially valuable and vulnerable group of citizens, but at the same time break up families on a massive scale as a result of a conscious, planned and generally unquestioned policy of using imprisonment as a key sanction in the repertoire of punishments. Shedding light on various reform initiatives, this book assists in promoting good practice and improving the experience of children of imprisoned parents."--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 298 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137414281 (hardback) : 1137414286 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HV8885 |
| CLC: |
C913.5 B844.14 |
| Call Number: | B844.14/S656 |
| Contents: | Scenes from family life -- When the innocent are punished -- Prison and society -- Children of imprisoned parents in numbers -- The problems and reactions of prisoners' children: a review of research -- Children of imprisoned parents and their human rights -- The arrest of parents through the eyes of children, police and social services / Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen -- Remand imprisonment: a stressful phase of transition -- After the sentence: the family's way of dealing with the children and the surroundings -- Visiting in prisons: staff, children, conditions and practice / Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen -- Home leave and other ways of maintaining contact -- When visits do not take place: opting out of visits and discontinuing contact -- When contact is undesirable -- When Dad or Mum returns: re-entry and release -- With Mum or Dad in prison: children who live with their imprisoned parent -- Penal populism and children of imprisoned parents -- When the innocent are punished: prison, society and the effects of imprisonment. |