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Generations Through Prison - Experiences of Intergenerational Incarceration (Hardcover)
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Generations Through Prison - Experiences of Intergenerational Incarceration (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Justice and the Family
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Around one in five prisoners report the previous or current
incarceration of a parent. Many such prisoners attest to the
long-term negative effects of parental incarceration on one's own
sense of self and on the range and quality of opportunities for
building a conventional life. And yet, the problem of
intergenerational incarceration has received only passing attention
from academics, and virtually little if any consideration from
policy makers and correctional officials. This book - the first of
its kind - offers an in-depth examination of the causes,
experiences and consequences of intergenerational incarceration. It
draws extensively from surveys and interviews with second-, third-,
fourth- and fifth-generation prisoners to explicate the personal,
familial and socio-economic contexts typically associated with
incarceration across generations. The book examines 1) the
emergence of the prison as a dominant if not life-defining
institution for some families, 2) the link between
intergenerational trauma, crime and intergenerational
incarceration, 3) the role of police, courts, and corrections in
amplifying or ameliorating such problems, and 4) the possible means
for preventing intergenerational incarceration. This is undeniably
a book that bears witness to many tragic and traumatic stories. But
it is also a work premised on the idea that knowing these stories -
knowing that they often resist alignment with pre-conceived ideas
about who prisoners are or who they might become - is part and
parcel of advancing critical debate and, more importantly, of
creating real change. Written in a clear and direct style, this
book will appeal to students and scholars in criminology,
sociology, cultural studies, social theory and those interested in
learning about more about families in prison.
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