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050 00 $aHV8885$b.S64 2014
100 1 $aSmith, Peter Scharff,$d1971-$eauthor.
245 10 $aWhen the innocent are punished :$bthe children of imprisoned parents /$cPeter Scharff Smith, senior research fellow, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark.
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $aviii, 298 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aPalgrave studies in prisons and penology
500 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index.
505 0 $aScenes 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aChildren of prisoners$xPsychology.
650 0 $aChildren's rights.
830 0 $aPalgrave studies in prisons and penology.