When the innocent are punished
Subtitle: the children of imprisoned parents
By: Peter Scharff Smith, senior research fellow, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology; Palgrave studies in prisons and penology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781137414281
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Children of prisoners; Psychology; Children's rights
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Scenes from family life; title: When the innocent are punished; title: Prison and society; title: Children of imprisoned parents in numbers; title: The problems and reactions of prisoners' children: a review of research; title: Children of imprisoned parents and their human rights; title: The arrest of parents through the eyes of children, police and social services / Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen; title: Remand imprisonment: a stressful phase of transition; title: After the sentence: the family's way of dealing with the children and the surroundings; title: Visiting in prisons: staff, children, conditions and practice / Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen; title: Home leave and other ways of maintaining contact; title: When visits do not take place: opting out of visits and discontinuing contact; title: When contact is undesirable; title: When Dad or Mum returns: re-entry and release; title: With Mum or Dad in prison: children who live with their imprisoned parent; title: Penal populism and children of imprisoned parents; title: When the innocent are punished: prison, society and the effects of imprisonment.