Supporting families, promoting desistance? Exploring the impact of imprisonment on family relationships
Jardine, Cara; Hart, Emily Luise and van Ginneken, Esther F.J.C., eds. (2017) Supporting families, promoting desistance? Exploring the impact of imprisonment on family relationships. In: New Perspectives on Desistance. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., London, pp. 163-186. ISBN 9781349951840 (https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95185-7_8)
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Abstract
Families affected by imprisonment are attracting growing research attention, inspired in no small part by the theorising of desistance scholars which suggests that families have a crucial role in reducing reoffending. Yet, these arguments have been critiqued by those who suggest that the prison has a damaging impact upon families, who therefore must be supported in their own right. This chapter will argue that adopting a more relational perspective, which recognises the central role of reciprocity in family life and desistance, can reveal new insights as to how both families and resettlement might be supported. However, given the high levels of social marginality experienced by many families, such approaches will always be limited. This calls into question models of desistance that suggest families can provide stocks of social capital, and gives cause to reflect on the true costs of imprisonment.
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Jardine, Cara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-2248; Hart, Emily Luise and van Ginneken, Esther F.J.C.-
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 62605 Dates: DateEvent4 June 2017PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Penology. Prisons. CorrectionDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 14 Dec 2017 10:12 Last modified: 12 Sep 2024 00:31 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62605