Dual Liminars: teenagers and Young People with a Family Member in Prison

Young people’s voices are rarely heard within research or policy discourse, including in respect of familial imprisonment. This article centralizes their voices and specific experiences of parental and/or sibling imprisonment by drawing on in-depth interviews with 17 young people aged 17-25 at the t...

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Main Author: Deacon, Kirsty (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 748-764
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Keywords:
familial imprisonment
parental imprisonment
sibling imprisonment
Liminality
dual liminality
children and young people
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Summary:Young people’s voices are rarely heard within research or policy discourse, including in respect of familial imprisonment. This article centralizes their voices and specific experiences of parental and/or sibling imprisonment by drawing on in-depth interviews with 17 young people aged 17-25 at the time of interview, though also reflecting back on when they were younger. Drawing on the concept of liminality, and specifically dual liminality, it argues that in order to fully recognize and understand these experiences, we must consider the interactions between the multiple forms of liminality they are subject to - in places, as people with a family member in prison and as adolescents - in order to understand their experiences as the family member of a prisoner and as young people.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 762-764
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azac055