Can family–prisoner relationships ever improve during incarceration?: examining the primary caregivers of incarcerated young men

How incarceration affects the lives of prisoners’ family members has received a growing level of interest amongst scholars during the past decade. The majority of research has pointed to the negative affects that incarceration wreaks on family lives. Yet, far less attention has been paid to the coun...

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1. VerfasserIn: McCarthy, Daniel J. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Adams, Maria
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 59, Heft: 2, Seiten: 378-395
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Schlagwörter:
Imprisonment
Families
Young offenders
Adversity
Justizvollzugsanstalt
Familien von Strafgefangenen
Jugendliche Straftäter
Beziehung
Familiäre Sozialisation
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Zusammenfassung:How incarceration affects the lives of prisoners’ family members has received a growing level of interest amongst scholars during the past decade. The majority of research has pointed to the negative affects that incarceration wreaks on family lives. Yet, far less attention has been paid to the countervailing effects of incarceration, and in particular, cases where prisoner–family relations may improve during the sentence. Focusing on primary caregivers maintaining relations with young men in prison, we examine how and why these improvement dynamics exist, and consider what role incarceration may play in helping some families to rebuild relationships with prisoners in the restricted physical context of the prison.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azy039