Effects of parental incarceration on children : cross-national comparative studies / by Joseph Murray ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Joseph, 1976- author.

Series:

Psychology, crime, and justice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of prisoners.

Prisoners--Family relationships.

Prisoners.

Parent and child.

Family Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Prisoners.

Family Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"The book opens up a neglected new frontier in this area of psychology. Psychologists have long been interested in the psychological consequences of imprisonment (good or bad, but usually bad!) on prisoners. The best of these studies, like Zimbardo's famous Stanford Experiment, also recognize that prison staff are also "doing time" and so will look at the impact of this work on their own lives as well. However, forgotten in most of this work is the fact that, despite the individual-based language of the justice process, the effects of imprisonment are felt far beyond the prison walls. The parents and grandparents, children and grandchildren, spouses and lovers, and even whole communities left behind when individuals are imprisoned are also doing time. They experience the loss of a potential provider and supporter, may suffer shame and ostracization, and have to negotiate difficult interactions with police, courts, and prisons because of a criminal act that they did not commit. This manuscript is unique in presenting the most rigorous, systematic, and sophisticated analysis, to date, of the crucially important problem of the impact of parental incarceration on the children of prisoners. Murray and his colleagues ask all of the right questions, and they answer them with clarity and precision, utilizing some of the most innovative and sophisticated research studies available in criminology. In a model of comparative cross-cultural research, Murray and colleagues compare and contrast the findings of studies based in the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and the differences in outcome are explored in dialogue with a rich array of theory in psychology and criminology"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Children's experiences of parental incarceration

Theories

Key questions and research methods

Findings from England

Findings from Sweden

Findings from the Netherlands

Findings from the United States

Cross-national comparisons

Systematic review

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781433817434

1433817438

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.