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Current Comment AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March 1978) 11 (61-63) 61 The Problems of Some Families of Prisoners. Allen A Bartholomew" and Kerry L Miltet ... the wives felt the various welfare authorities were primarily concerned with the "Tell-being of the husbands, only secondarily with that of the wives and families. A Crosthwaite (1975) Today much time is expended on the problems of the imprisoned offender. Who is he? How may he be reformed and rehabilitated? What should be the criteria for granting him parole? And what may be his needs in terms of after-care? Even while he is imprisoned much concern is expressed by both the prison administration, and various active groups in the community, as to the standard of care received by the prisoner. In no way do we condemn the interest in, and concern for, the prisoner, but we are much perturbed at the considerable lack of research into the plight of the prisoner's family. As a general proposition, when the matter of the family comes up for discussion the two major topics tend to be the geographical siting of the prison in relation to routine visiting, and the vexed question of conjugal visiting. Quite recently http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March 1978) 11 (61-63) 61 The Problems of Some Families of Prisoners. Allen A Bartholomew" and Kerry L Miltet ... the wives felt the various welfare authorities were primarily concerned with the "Tell-being of the husbands, only secondarily with that of the wives and families. A Crosthwaite (1975) Today much time is expended on the problems of the imprisoned offender. Who is he? How may he be reformed and rehabilitated? What should be the criteria for granting him parole? And what may be his needs in terms of after-care? Even while he is imprisoned much concern is expressed by both the prison administration, and various active groups in the community, as to the standard of care received by the prisoner. In no way do we condemn the interest in, and concern for, the prisoner, but we are much perturbed at the considerable lack of research into the plight of the prisoner's family. As a general proposition, when the matter of the family comes up for discussion the two major topics tend to be the geographical siting of the prison in relation to routine visiting, and the vexed question of conjugal visiting. Quite recently

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1978

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