Introduction: The Sociology of Punishment and the Effects of Imprisonment on Families / Rachel Condry and Peter Scharff Smith
Part I. Prisoners' Families and Social Inequality
2. Prisoners' Families and the Problem of Social Justice / Rachel Condry
3. Parental Incarceration and Family Inequality in the United States / Joyce A. Arditti
4. How Much Might Mass Imprisonment Affect Childhood Inequality? / Sara Wakefield and Christopher Wildeman
5. 'I'm the man and he's the woman!': Gender Dynamics among Couples During and After Prison / Megan Comfort
6. Missing and Missing Out: Social Exclusion in Children with an Incarcerated Parent / Susan M. Dennison and Kirsten L. Besemer
7. Are the Children of Prisoners Socially Excluded? A Child-Centred Perspective / Helene Oldrup and Signe Frederiksen
Part II. Penal Power and Human Rights
8. Prisoners' Families, Public Opinion, and the State: Punishment and Society from a Family and Human Rights Perspective / Peter Scharff Smith
9. 'The sins and traumas of fathers and mothers should not be visited on their children': The Rights of Children When a Primary Carer is Sentenced to Imprisonment in the Criminal Courts / Shona Minson
10. 'Someone should have just asked me what was wrong': Balancing Justice, Rights, and the Impact of Imprisonment on Children and Families in Scotland / Nancy Loucks and Tania Loureiro
11. Eroding Legitimacy? The Impact of Imprisonment on the Relationships between Families, Communities, and the Criminal Justice System / Cara Jardine
12. Prisoners' Families, Penal Power, and the Referred Pains of Imprisonment / Caroline Lanskey, Friedrich Lösel, Lucy Narkson, and Karen Souza
13. Rights and Security in the Shadow of the Irish Prison: Developing a Children's Rights Approach to Prison Visits in Ireland / Fiona Donson and Aisling Parkes
Part III. The Lived Experiences of Prisoners' Families in Europe, North America, and Australia
14. 'Everyone is in damage control': The Meanings and Performance of Family for Second and Third Generation Prisoners / Mark Halsey
15. The Legally Sanctioned Stigmatization of Prisoners Families / Marie Hutton
16. Time, the Pains of Imprisonment, and 'Coping': The Perspectives of Prisoners' Partners / Anna Kotova
17. Sharing Imprisonment: Experiences of Prisoners and Family Members in Portugal / Rafaela Granja
18. Betwixt and Between: Incarcerated Men, Familial Ties, and Social Visibility / Shenique S. Thomas and Johnna Christian
19. The Systemic Invisibility of Children of Prisoners / Else Marie Knudsen.
