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This book provides an up-to-date, accessible introduction to the relationship between families, prisons and penal policies in the United Kingdom. It explores current debates in relation to prisoners and their families, and introduces the reader to relevant theoretical approaches. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book incorporates perspectives drawn from criminology, sociology, social work and law. The book includes: a current exploration of key aspects of the consequences of imprisonment for prisoners and their families an assessment of the role of current prison policies and practices in promoting and maintaining family relationships a summary of the current law in relation to prisoners and their families, with reference to the relevant legislation and recent case law.
This book provides an up-to-date, accessible introduction to the relationship between families, prisons and penal policies in the United Kingdom. It explores current debates in relation to prisoners and their families, and introduces the reader to relevant theoretical approaches. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book incorporates perspectives drawn from criminology, sociology, social work and law. The book includes: a current exploration of key aspects of the consequences of imprisonment for prisoners and their families an assessment of the role of current prison policies and practices in promoting and maintaining family relationships a summary of the current law in relation to prisoners and their families, with reference to the relevant legislation and recent case law.
""This book is something of a 'call to arms'... Towards the end of
this carefully-researched and well-argued book there is an
exhortation to 'step out', 'be brave', and Scott and Codd have,
indeed, written a brave book which deserves to be read widely; not
only for the detailed analysis it unfolds on the toxic effects of
prison, but also for the energy and passion they bring to bear in
exploding the many myths which support its continued use." ""Scott and Codd's "Controversial Issues in Prison" is a
passionate plea for academics to be 'be brave' and 'step out', and
thus to acknowledge that the idea of, for example, an 'healthy
prison' being (p.170) 'an oxymoron. Prisons are places of sadness
and terror, harm and injustice, secrecy and oppression'. Set over
ten chapters, eight of which deal with a 'controversial issue' -
mental health problems in prison, women in prison, children and
young people in custody, race and racism, self-inflicted deaths,
the treatment of people who sexually offend, and prisoners and
their families - Scott and Codd frame their argument to demonstrate
that these issues raise fundamental concerns (p. ix) 'about the
legitimacy of the confinement project and the kind of society in
which it is deemed essential'." This textbook is designed to explore eight of the most controversial aspects of imprisonment in England and Wales. It looks at the people who are sent to prison and what happens to them when they are incarcerated. Each chapter examines a different dimension of the prison population and makes connections between the personal troubles and vulnerabilities of those confined. The book investigates controversies surrounding the incarceration of people with mental health problems, women, children, BME and foreign nationals, offenders with suicidal ideation, sex offenders and drug takers, as well as looking at the consequences of incarceration on prisoners' families. Each chapter addresses key questions, such as: How have people conceptualised this penal controversy? What does the official data tell us and what are its limitations? What is its historical context? What are the contemporary policies of the Prison Service? Are they legitimate and, if not, what are the alternatives? The book concludes that the eight penal controversies highlighted in the text collectively provide a damning indictment of the current state of imprisonment in England and Wales and points to the need for radical alternatives for dealing with human wrongdoing rooted in the principles of human rights and social justice. "Controversial Issues in Prisons" is key reading for students and academics in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, as well as those studying crime and punishment on courses in social policy, sociology, social work and addiction studies.
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