Roundtable: The International Prisoners' Families Research Group: New and Emerging Research

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

This roundtable will provide a forum for the discussion of research being undertaken by scholars from a number of different countries and continents who are part of an international network of prisoners’ families researchers. The participants will discuss their current research projects which cover a wide range of topics within the field of prisoners’ families. In 2018 the group published an edited book (Condry, R. and Smith, P. eds. (2018) Prisons, Punishment, and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment, Oxford University Press) and are now working on further individual and collaborative projects. The discussion will not be limited to the named participants - other members of the network will also be in attendance and will contribute to the discussions.

Sub Unit

• Area XI. Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• A holistic approach to prisoners' families - Peter Scharff Smith, University of Oslo; Rachel Condry, University of Oxford

• Resilience Processes in the lives of Youth Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Implications for Intervention and Policy - Joyce A. Arditti, Virginia Tech

• Generations through Prison - Mark Halsey, Flinders University

Discussants

• Megan Comfort, RTI International

• Johnna Christian, Rutgers University - Newark

• Keren Gueta, Bar-ilan university

• Caroline Lanskey, University of Cambridge

• Daniel McCarthy, University of Surrey

• Maria Adams, University of Surrey