Generations Through Prison

Experiences of Intergenerational Incarceration

Mark Halsey, Melissa de Vel-Palumbo

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English

Routledge
22 January 2020

Society & culture: general; Sociology: family & relationships; Prisons; Criminology: legal aspects; Criminal justice law

Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Justice and the Family

Around one in five prisoners report the previous or current incarceration of a parent. Many such prisoners attest to the long-term negative effects of parental incarceration on one’s own sense of self and on the range and quality of opportunities for building a conventional life. And yet, the problem of intergenerational incarceration has received only passing attention from academics, and virtually little if any consideration from policy makers and correctional officials.

This book – the first of its kind – offers an in-depth examination of the causes, experiences and consequences of intergenerational incarceration. It draws extensively from surveys and interviews with second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-generation prisoners to explicate the personal, familial and socio-economic contexts typically associated with incarceration across generations. The book examines 1) the emergence of the prison as a dominant if not life-defining institution for some families, 2) the link between intergenerational trauma, crime and intergenerational incarceration, 3) the role of police, courts, and corrections in amplifying or ameliorating such problems, and 4) the possible means for preventing intergenerational incarceration. This is undeniably a book that bears witness to many tragic and traumatic stories. But it is also a work premised on the idea that knowing these stories – knowing that they often resist alignment with pre-conceived ideas about who prisoners are or who they might become – is part and parcel of advancing critical debate and, more importantly, of creating real change.

Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in criminology, sociology, cultural studies, social theory and those interested in learning about more about families in prison.

By: Mark Halsey, Melissa de Vel-Palumbo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780815375166
ISBN 10: 0815375166
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Justice and the Family
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 22 January 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Halsey is a Professor of Criminology, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University, Australia. His recent books include Tackling Correctional Corruption: An Integrity Promoting Approach (co-authors Andrew Goldsmith and Andrew Groves) and Young Offenders: Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance (co-author Simone Deegan). Melissa de Vel-Palumbo is a Lecturer in Criminology at the Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University. Her work focuses on offender needs, rehabilitation, and community responses to crime. She has also trained as a forensic psychologist.

Reviews for Generations Through Prison: Experiences of Intergenerational Incarceration

"""Generations through Prison is an important book that challenges common-sense understandings of the relationship between crime, imprisonment and the family… (it) is empirically rich and written accessibly enough for both academics and professionals. Criminologists working in the fields of prisons and crime and the family will find in Generations through Prison a much-needed complex interpretation of intergenerational incarceration beyond the view that criminality and imprisonment are passed down from one generation to the next… This book will undoubtedly inspire further study and hopefully encourage future scholars to gather dense empirical data and use it for both a rigorous theoretical examination of the deleterious effects of imprisonment, as well as a rethink about the justifiability of prison itself."" Jasmina Arnez, University of Oxford, UK, Criminology and Criminal Justice"