Why are the children of imprisoned parents often penalised the most? The abuse, stigma and neglect experienced by many of these children raise serious questions about the nature of criminal justice. First published in 1992, this title provides an in-depth look at these hidden victims of crime and examines ways in which harm can be reduced.
Justice, it is said, is about acquitting the innocent and punishing the guilty. Why then, asks Roger Shaw, are the children of imprisoned parents often penalised the most? The abuse, stigma and neglect experienced by many of these children raise serious questions about the nature of criminal justice. Originally published in 1992, Prisoners Children provides the first in-depth look at these hidden victims of crime and examines ways in which the harm can be reduced.
The contributors a wide range of leading practitioners and academics in the field address such diverse issues as the psychological impact of parental incarceration on children, the added problem of racism facing black children and their families, and the particular needs of mothers and babies in prison.
Prisoners Children
is a major resource for anyone who needs to know what can be done to confront these and other issues within prisons, the probation service, and schools.
List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: Defining
and Addressing the Issues Roger Shaw. Introduction: Theory, Practice, and an
Example Nigel Walker. Part I: The Impact of Parental Imprisonment Upon
Children
1. The Separation of Children and Parents: Some Issues and Problems
Martin Richards
2. Infants with Mothers in Prison Liza Catan
3. Mothers
Inside, Children Outside: What Happens to the Dependent Children of Female
Inmates? Jane Woodrow
4. Imprisoned Fathers and the Orphans of Justice Roger
Shaw
5. Prison Rule 102: Stand by Your Man: The Impact of Penal Policy on
the Families of Prisoners Kathleen McDermott and Roy D. King
6. Mens
Imprisonment: The Financial Cost to Women and Children Ann Davis
7. We Are
Not the Problem: Black Children and Their Families Within the Criminal
Justice System Yael Amira Part II: The Response of Society
8. The Child, the
Imprisoned Parent and the Law Richard Vogler
9. Prisoners Children: The Role
and Responsibility of the Prison Service in England and Wales Fiona Clarke,
Tim Newell and Alan Rayfield
10. Health, Social, and Educational Needs of
Parents and Children Affected by Imprisonment in Scotland Dan Anderson, John
Basson, Kay Blackstock, Tom Buyers, Angus Creighton, Kate Gill, Roisin Hall,
Moira Maclean, Margaret McTaggart, John Pearce. Edited with an Introduction
by Ian Thompson
11. The Northern Ireland Troubles: Long-Term Prisoners and
their Children W. James Hughes
12. Prisoners Families: Should the Probation
Service have a Role? Linda Wilson-Croome
13. A Link with Normality: The Role
a School Could Play to Help a Prisoners Child in Crisis Stephen Moore
14.
Prisoners Children: The Role of Prison Visitors Centres Eva Lloyd
15.
Conclusion: Politics, Policy, and Practice Roger Shaw. Name Index. Subject
Index.
