When the Innocent are Punished

PART I: PRISON, SOCIETY AND PRISONERS CHILDREN 1. Scenes from Family Life 2. When the Innocent are Punished 3. Prison and Society – a Historical Perspective PART II: CHILDREN OF IMPRISONED PARENTS - THEIR NUMBERS, PROBLEMS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS 4. Children of Imprisoned Parents in Numbers 5. The Problems and Reactions of Prisoners Children – a Review of Research 6. Children of Imprisoned Parents and their Human Rights PART III: PRISONER'S CHILDREN - FROM ARREST TO RELEASE OF THEIR IMPRISONED PARENTS 7. The Arrest of Parents – through the Eyes of Children, Police and Social Services; Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen 8. Remand Imprisonment - a Stressful Phase of Transition 9. After the Sentence – the Family's Way of Dealing with the Children and the Surroundings 10. Visiting in Prisons – Staff, Children, Conditions and Practice; Peter Scharff Smith and Janne Jakobsen 11. Home Leave and Other Ways of Maintaining Contact 12. When Visits do not Take Place – Parents Who Cut Off or MinimizeContact 13. When Contact is Undesirable and not in the Child's Best Interest 14. When Mum or Dad Returns – Re-entry and Release 15. With Mum or Dad in Prison – Children who Live with their Imprisoned Parent 16. Penal Populism and Children of Imprisoned Parents PART IV: CONCLUSION 17. When the Innocent are Punished – Prison, Society and the Effects of Imprisonment