Parental Imprisonment and Children’s Rights

Children whose parents have been incarcerated are often referred to as ＂invisible victims of crime and the penal system＂. Whereas the criminal justice system and wider human rights discourse around imprisonment predominantly focuses on the prisoner, the human rights of children and family members are habitually forgotten with sometimes long term devastating effects.

This book brings together internationally renowned academics and professionals from a variety of disciplines to develop a child rights approach to understanding the legal, conceptual and practical consequences of parental imprisonment for children. It explores transdisciplinary boundaries alongside established good practice and examines the practice and development of the rights of both children and their families within the wider dynamic of criminal justice and penology practice.