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Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child

Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child

Minson, Shona

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies

CriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 303032737X
ISBN13: 9783030327378
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 25 2020
Pages: 279
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book brings to life the experiences of children affected by maternal imprisonment, and provides unique, in-depth analysis of judicial thinking on this issue. It explores the experiences of children whose mothers are sentenced to imprisonment in England and Wales and contrasts their state-sanctioned separation from their mothers in the criminal courts (where the court may not even be aware of the existence of a child) to the state-sanctioned separation of children from their parents in the family courts, where the child has legal representation and their best interests are the court's paramount consideration. Drawing on detailed empirical research with children, caregivers, and Crown Court judiciary, Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child brings together relevant literature on law, criminology, and human rights to provide insight into the reasons for the differentiated treatment and its implications for children, their caregivers, and wider society.

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