Incarceration and Generation, Volume I

This two-volume, edited collection lays the groundwork for an international exploration of incarceration and generation. Volume I explores an array of experiences, dynamics, cultures, interventions and impacts (in its different forms) of incarceration in specific generations: childhood, youth and emerging adulthood, adulthood and older age. It covers topics such as: the expansion of the penal landscape; the abolition of measures involving deprivation of liberty regarding children, the problem of unaccompanied migrant children; the incarceration of young adults and adults, exploring its impacts within and beyond incarceration; and the consequences of imprisoning older populations. Volume II examines intergenerational relations issues within different contexts of incarceration. Both volumes cover a range of geographic, judicial, and administrative contexts of incarceration from contributors across a range of subjects. This collection discusses public policies and the role of the state and the citizen, in particular when a citizen is deprived of liberty. It speaks to academics in criminology, sociology, psychology, and law, and to practitioners and policymakers interested in incarceration.

Silvia Gomes is Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Prior to this, she was a full-time researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), University of Minho, Portugal, and before then a postdoctoral research scholar at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, USA.

Maria João Leote de Carvalho is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH), Portugal. She is a former teacher working with young offenders in a custodial institution and with children and young people in social housing neighbourhoods’ state schools.

Vera Duarte is Assistant Professor at University Institute of Maia (ISMAI), Portugal. She is researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA) and at the Research Unit in Criminology and Behavioural Sciences (UICCC/ISMAI), Portugal.