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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Prison, Society and Prisoners’ Children
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Front Matter
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Children of Imprisoned Parents: Their Numbers, Problems and Human Rights
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Prisoners’ Children: From Arrest to Release of Their Imprisoned Parents
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About this book
Reviews
“This book is a compelling account of the processes through which parental imprisonment is consequential for children and makes three broad contributions to the literature. … This book contributes to the growing literature on the consequences of parental imprisonment for children. The focus on children’s human rights, as well as the careful attention to the various stages of the imprisonment process, distinguishes this book from others on the topic.” (Kristin Turney, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, May, 2015)
"This is a compassionate and gripping account of the impact of arrest, imprisonment and release of parents on children, written from a human rights perspective. For the children, 'always the losers', these experiences constitute a major life crisis, leaving deep traces. Criminal justice professionals are often moved by these realities in their work. Peter Scharff Smith's careful and poignant analysis shows how the prison, families and society interact, and how much collateral damage is done along the way, particularly during times of punitive sentiment and legislation. His book represents applied research at its best, changing levels of awareness, proposing reforms, and adding powerfully to the theoretical literature on the modern techniques, technologies and effects of penal power." - Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, UK"Peter Scharff Smith has produced a deeply sensitive and powerful look at an extremely important, widespread, but little examined human rights crisis the consequences of mass incarceration on the children of the imprisoned. Of course, these children are innocent of wrongdoing, but placed at grave risk nonetheless by aggressive policies of incarceration that have been pursued worldwide. Smith's insightful analysis is based on a truly impressive number of diverse and corroborating sources of data that enable him to provide both a compelling portrait of this critical problem and offer a number of practical yet urgent and humane solutions. A magnificent achievement." - Craig Haney, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Authors and Affiliations
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Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
Peter Scharff Smith
About the author
Peter Scharff Smith is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark. He has published books and articles in Danish, English and German on prisons, punishment and human rights, including works on prison history, children of imprisoned parents, and the use of solitary confinement in prisons.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: When the Innocent are Punished
Book Subtitle: The Children of Imprisoned Parents
Authors: Peter Scharff Smith
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137414298
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41428-1Published: 18 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49020-2Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-41429-8Published: 18 June 2014
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 298
Topics: Crime and Society, Children, Youth and Family Policy, International Relations, Prison and Punishment, Family, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general