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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Half Title -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Defining and Addressing the Issues -- Introduction: Theory, Practice, and an Example -- Part I: The Impact of Parental Imprisonment Upon Children -- 1 The Separation of Children and Parents: Some Issues and Problems -- 2 Infants with Mothers in Prison -- 3 Mothers Inside, Children Outside: What Happens to the Dependent Children of Female Inmates? -- 4 Imprisoned Fathers and the Orphans of Justice -- 5 Prison Rule 102: 'Stand by Your Man': The Impact of Penal Policy on the Families of Prisoners -- 6 Men's Imprisonment: The Financial Cost to Women and Children -- 7 We are Not the Problem: Black Children and their Families Within the Criminal Justice System -- Part II: The Response of Society -- 8 The Child, the Imprisoned Parent and the Law -- 9 Prisoners' Children: The Role and Responsibility of the Prison Service in England and Wales -- 10 Health, Social, and Educational Needs of Parents and Children Affected by Imprisonment in Scotland -- 11 The Northern Ireland Troubles: Long-Term Prisoners and their Children -- 12 Prisoners' Families: Should the Probation Service Have a Role? -- 13 A Link with Normality: The Role a School Could Play to Help a Prisoner's Child in Crisis -- 14 Prisoners' Children: The Role of Prison Visitors' Centres -- 15 Conclusion: Politics, Policy, and Practice -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

SUMMARY. Very little attention has been paid to the needs of prisoners' children, in spite of the large numbers involved. Whilst to some extent this is due to the hidden nature of the problem, it is also influenced significantly by the fact that the justice system ‐ based on concepts of acquitting the innocent and punishing the guilty ‐ cannot afford to accept publicly that many tens of thousands of children are punished more by the sentence than is their imprisoned parent. Often the prisoner's child may also suffer more than the victim of the parent's crime. Media attention to the sentencing of a mother by Judge Pickles brought into the open a subject which is mostly hidden or ignored. This article explores the issues and argues for a new approach