Incarceration and Generation, Volume I: Multiple Faces of Confinement

by Silvia Gomes (Editor), Maria João Leote de Carvalho (Editor), Vera Duarte (Editor)

Overview

This two-volume, edited collection lays the groundwork for an international exploration of incarceration and generation, cover a range of geographic, judicial and administrative contexts of incarceration from contributors across a range of subjects. Volume I explores an array of experiences, dynamics, cultures, interventions and impacts of incarceration in specific generations: childhood, youth and emerging adulthood, adulthood and older age. It covers topics such as: the expansion of the penal landscape; deprivation of liberty regarding children, the problem of unaccompanied migrant children; the incarceration of young adults and adults, exploring its impacts within and beyond incarceration and the consequences of imprisoning older populations. Volume II examines intergenerational relations issues within different contexts of incarceration. This collection discusses public policies and the role of the state and the citizen deprived of liberty. It speaks to academics in criminology,sociology, psychology, and law, and to practitioners and policymakers interested in incarceration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030822675
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/20/2021
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Silvia Gomes is Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK, and researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), Portugal, and at the Critical Crimininology Research Group at NTU, UK.

Maria João Leote de Carvalho is researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH), Portugal.

Vera Duarte is Assistant Professor at University of Maia (ISMAI) and researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), Portugal.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Incarceration and Generation: Mapping a conceptual, theoretical and empirical field of research (Sílvia Gomes, Maria João Leote de Carvalho and Vera Duarte).- Chapter 2. Generations of penality: On prison, immigration detention and their intersections (Cristina Fernández-Bessa and José A. Brandariz).- Chapter 3. Global Child and Youth Imprisonment: histories, human rights standards, distributions, impacts, outcomes and replacements (Barry Goldson and Silvia Randazzo).- Chapter 4. Unaccompanied Migrant Children: Reality and perspective in Spain (Maria Inmaculada Ruiz Fincias).- Chapter 5. European justice systems and a developmental approach to young adults’ incarceration (Kirti Zeijlmans, Take Sipma and André van der Laan).- Chapter 6. Goldies’, ‘Birdies’ and ‘Oldies’: An Exploratory Analysis of Young Adults in Portuguese Prisons (Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Cláudia Urbano and Vera Duarte).- Chapter 7. Adults in the Brazilian prison system (Fernando Salla, Luiz Lourenço and Marcos César Alvarez).- Chapter 8. Gender, Incarceration and Reentry: An analysis of the barriers to reentry of male and female adult prisoners in Portugal (Silvia Gomes and Dixie Rocker).- Chapter 9. ‘Same content in new bottles’ in the immigration detention system in Canada: Impacts on young adult and adult undocumented migrants (Ana Ballesteros Pena).- Chapter 10. The consequences of imprisoning older males in prison in England and Wales (Claire de Motte).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Long underdeveloped and overlooked, the intense generational effects and relations of incarceration take center stage in this two-volume tour de force. International, comprehensive, rigorous, and engaged, this contribution gives the study of punishment a vital framework from which to conceptualize a new form of generation studies in critical relation to an expanding penal landscape.” (Michelle Brown, University of Tennessee, USA)“In the face of the pervasive use of detention as a form of management and control of a variety of populations, and given the persistent reality of penal and non-penal incarceration in the lives of many people over the years and across generations, this is a timely edited collection. Covering several jurisdictions and cultural contexts, and combining different disciplinary perspectives, the two volumes offer an illuminating angle to assess the impacts of incarceration by examining how it is lived in diverse life stages and how it becomes present in intergenerational and intragenerational relations.” (Manuela Ivone Cunha, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)

“Incarceration impacts not only the individual, but also their families and society. Because incarceration rates are so high, it is vital to understand the impact of incarceration. This book presents a well-rounded perspective on the impact of incarceration on our society, from intergenerational transmission to the impact of criminalising migrants, in countries around the world, including Cameroon, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries in Latin America, Norway, Spain, Portugal, England, and Canada. It’s an excellent source for anyone interested in the impact of prisons in several ways, especially from a more international and multidisciplinary perspective.” (Sytske Besemer, expert on intergenerational transmission, currently a UX researcher for the integrity team at Facebook, USA)

“Incarceration and Generation is the result of a truly international and interdisciplinary cooperation, with a broad comparative scope, pluralist in methodology, and strongly motivated by the commitment of contributing to the effectiveness of human rights in situations of detention. It makes us rediscover the reality of imprisonment by inquiring its impact on that essential characteristic of humans as living beings: the fact that they grow and age. Scrutinizing the consequences of imprisonment on people at different moments through their lifespan, and on the relationship between different generations, this work enriches the scholarship about prisons, and, at the same time, takes part in a broader and indispensable reflection about the human condition nowadays.” (Pierre Guibentif, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Université Paris-Saclay, France)