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One would hope so, but I suspect that they don't care about public perception, and a surprisingly large slice of the public would actually be supportive of puni
by felixc 12y ago
One would hope so, but I suspect that they don't care about public perception, and a surprisingly large slice of the public would actually be supportive of punitive treatment of prisoners' families.
- jMyles 12y ago> large slice of the public would actually be supportive of punitive treatment of prisoners' families. I refuse to believe this.
- jackvalentine 12y ago> "Specifically, the stigma' of incarceration and the accusation of shamelessness are not reserved for offenders; as recent empirical and ethnographic research confirms, the families of convicted and incarcerated persons experience a significant stigma as well." AUSTIN, R. 2004. Shame of It All: Stigma and the Political Disenfranchisement of Formerly Convicted and Incarcerated Persons, The. Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev., 36, 173.