Families shamed : the consequences of crime for relatives of serious offenders / Rachel Condry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Condry, Rachel.

Series:

Crime ethnography series.

Crime ethnography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Family relationships.

Criminals.

Crime.

Crime--Psychological aspects.

Victims of crimes--Psychology.

Victims of crimes.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cullompton ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offences. A broader literature exists on prisoners' families, but few studies have looked specifically at those related to serious offenders, or considered their experience other than as prison visitors. Many of the difficulties faced by 'mundane' prisoners' families are magnified for the relatives of serious offenders, first by the length of sentence, and secondly by the seriousness and stigmatizing impact through association of the offence itself. <BR

Contents:

Cover

Families Shamed

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Discovering the offence

2 Life after discovery

3 Secondary stigma, shame and blame

4 Making sense of the offence

5 Relatives' own accounts

6 Self-help for families of serious offenders

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Notes on methodology

Appendix 2 Interviewee characteristics

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-212) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Condry, Rachel., Families shamed : the consequences of crime for relatives of serious offenders

ISBN:

1-134-01302-7

1-282-08998-6

1-283-96998-X

1-134-01295-0

9786612089985

1-84392-606-7

9781843926061

OCLC:

609842562