Contemporary research and analysis on the children of prisoners : invisible children / edited by Liz Gordon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Liz, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of prisoners--Research--Congresses.

Children of prisoners.

Children of prisoners--Effect of imprisonment on--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

In March 2017, researchers, advocates and NGOs from twelve countries came together in Rotorua, New Zealand, for the first conference of the International Coalition for the children of incarcerated parents. The Coalition had been formed the previous year to recognise that similar issues faced the children of prisoners all over the world. From the first arrest until release from prison, the system is stacked against the child. Justice systems are all about punishing individuals, and are, as one conference speaker noted, 'child blind'.The papers in this collection cover many of the themes in the wider literature on the children of prisoners. Advocacy themes include moving towards child-friendly prison systems, using mass incarceration to influence wider social change, the effects of pre-trial detention on families, the particular issues in Hawaii, and how arrest and detention procedures harm children. A set of papers reflect contemporary research and analysis on the children of prisoners. One paper sets out '12 guiding principles' for working with children and families of the incarcerated. Others look at how babies and young children react to parental imprisonment, as well as children who are resilient in the face of it. Two papers consider women: one on mothers involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital and the other examining the difficulties in maintaining family ties when a mother is sent to prison. Another contribution looks at an initiative between university and community set up to 'expand knowledge and inspire change' for the children of prisoners. One paper examines the difficult issue of supporting families where a parent has been convicted of a sexual offence. Also discussed in this volume are the Tyro programme that works to break the cycles of self-destruction for the children of prisoners and case studies of prison staff 'making a

difference' in child and family visiting.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Author Biographies

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Slipping Through the Cracks

Advocacy for Children's Rights

Punishing the Innocent

Crime and Punishment in the Land of Aloha

Kick in the Door, Wavin' the Four-Four

Responding to the Need of Children and Families of the Incarcerated

They Took My Parent Away

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Against All Odds

Maintaining Family Ties

Connecticut's Children with Incarcerated Parents (CIP) Initiative at Central Connecticut State University

Support for Families of People Convicted of a Sexual Offence

What Little we Know

TYRO® Dads

Prison Staff who Shape Child and Family Visits

List of Speakers at INCCIP Conference, March 2017.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-1194-4

OCLC:

1044734617