Impact of Youth Imprisonment on the Lives of Parents

This book focuses on the parents whose adolescent male children are sent to prison. Charting many of the adversities which parents face - from violence, severe psychological stress, to stigma and shame - the book provides one of the first empirical assessments of the ways parents manage the consequences of serious crime.

List of contents

1.Introduction 2.The Complexity of Youth-Parent Relationships 3.Parent-Child Lives Before Prison 4.The Challenges of Visitation 5.Adapting and Coping with Imprisonment 6.Conclusion

About the author

Daniel McCarthy is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK.
Maria Adams is Senior Lecturer of Criminology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK.

Summary

This book focuses on the parents whose adolescent male children are sent to prison. Charting many of the adversities which parents face – from violence, severe psychological stress, to stigma and shame – the book provides one of the first empirical assessments of the ways parents manage the consequences of serious crime.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Adams, Adams Maria, Daniel Mccarthy, Daniel (Department of Sociology Mccarthy, Daniel (University of Surrey Mccarthy, McCarthy Daniel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032559247
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255924-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Justice and the Family
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Social Work, Sociology: family & relationships, Social issues & processes, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Social and ethical issues, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sociology: family and relationships, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Medicine and Nursing, Social law and Medical law, Juvenile Criminal Law