All Alone in the World

Children of the Incarcerated

von Nell Bernstein

303 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

An award-winning journalist’s “heart wrenching” (The San Antonio Observer) look at children with parents in prison—a Newsweek “Book of the Week” and an East Bay Express bestseller“An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.” —Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random FamilyIn this “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families” (Parents’ Press), award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children—over two million of them—torn apart by our current incarceration policy. Described as “meticulously reported and sensitively written” by Salon, the book is “brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change” (Orlando Sentinel ); Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it “a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.”

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziale Dienste und Sozialwesen, Kriminologie Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik) Sanktionsforschung (Pönologie) und Strafen
• ISBN: 9781595581853
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2007
• Größe: 211 x 136 mm
• Verlag: New Press