“Yes, I can still parent. Until I die, he will always be my son”: Parental responsibility in the wake of child incarceration

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...

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1. VerfasserIn: McCarthy, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Adams, Maria
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Punishment & society
Jahr: 2019, Band: 21, Heft: 1, Seiten: 89-106
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Zusammenfassung: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).
ISSN:1741-3095
DOI:10.1177/1462474517745892