Families shamed : the consequences of crime for relatives of serious offenders / / Rachel Condry

• Autore: Condry Rachel
• Pubblicazione: Cullompton ; ; Portland, Or., : Willan Pub., 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.253
• Soggetto topico: Criminals - Family relationships; Crime; Crime - Psychological aspects; Victims of crimes - Psychology; Families
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Families Shamed -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Discovering the offence -- 2 Life after discovery -- 3 Secondary stigma, shame and blame -- 4 Making sense of the offence -- 5 Relatives' own accounts -- 6 Self-help for families of serious offenders -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Notes on methodology -- Appendix 2 Interviewee characteristics -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offences. A broader literature exists on prisoners' families, but few studies have looked specifically at those related to serious offenders, or considered their experience other than as prison visitors. Many of the difficulties faced by 'mundane' prisoners' families are magnified for the relatives of serious offenders, first by the length of sentence, and secondly by the seriousness and stigmatizing impact through association of the offence itself. <BR
• Titolo autorizzato: Families shamed
• ISBN: 1-134-01302-7; 1-282-08998-6; 1-283-96998-X; 1-134-01295-0; 9786612089985; 1-84392-606-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808918603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Crime ethnography series.