RT Article
T1 “Yes, I can still parent. Until I die, he will always be my son”: Parental responsibility in the wake of child incarceration
JF Punishment & society
VO 21
IS 1
SP 89
OP 106
A1 McCarthy, Daniel
A2 Adams, Maria
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743490089
AB This paper examines what parental responsibility means when an adolescent child is sent to prison, where the traditional parenting relationship seemingly ends and parens patriae or penal control comes into full force. Paradoxically, we argue that even in these restricted spaces of contact, parenting continues, albeit in a form which runs into frequent tension with the care/control modalities of the prison itself. Our data further demonstrate the importance of addressing a constellation of social adversities experienced by caregivers, in conjunction with the collateral consequences of offending and incarceration. Data are drawn from interviews with primary caregivers with young men in prison (n = 61).
K1 Family
K1 Imprisonment
K1 Parenting
K1 Responsibility
K1 Young Offenders
DO 10.1177/1462474517745892