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Doing time on the outside : incarceration and family life in urban America / Donald Braman.

By: Publication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.Description: 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 047211381X (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.82/95/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV9950 .B7 2004
Contents:
PART I. WHAT WENT WRONG? : Ch. 1. A Public Debate -- Ch. 2. "It's a Mess What's Happened" -- Ch. 3. The Creation of the Ghetto -- Ch. 4. Incarceration as a Response to Public Disorder. PART II. KINSHIP : Ch. 5. On the Ropes: Londa & Derek -- Ch. 6. Extended Families: Charlene & Roberta -- Ch. 7. Falling Apart: Thelma & David -- Ch. 8. Pulling Families Apart. PART III. EXCHANGE : Ch. 9. Arrested: Edwina & Kenny -- Ch. 10. Doing Time: Lilly & Arthur -- Ch. 11. Cycling through the System: Zelda & Clinton -- Ch. 12. Material and Social Consequences. PART IV. SILENCE : Ch. 13. Missing the Mark: Louisa & Robert -- Ch. 14. Problems at Home: Constance & Jonathan -- Ch. 15. Work Worries: Tina & Dante -- Ch. 16. Depression and Isolation: Robin & Aaron -- Ch. 17. Coping: Murielle & Dale -- Ch. 18. Faith and Church: Dolores & Lawrence -- Ch. 19. Social Silence. Conclusion: Looking Ahead. Postscript. Appendix: Methodology and Data Sources.
Summary: Publisher description: In the tradition of the best-selling ethnographies No Shame in My Game by Katherine Newman and Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier, Doing Time on the Outside tells the other side of the incarceration saga: the little-told story of the effects of imprisonment on the families of the prisoners. Since 1970 the incarceration rate in the U.S. has more than tripled, and in many cities -- urban centers such as Washington, D.C. -- it has increased over five-fold. Today, one out of every ten adult black men in the District is in prison. This has caused a deep rupture in the lives of the prisoners and their families. Author Donald Braman shows that doing time on the inside has a ripple effect on the outside -- one that reaches far beyond the individual prisoner and deep into the family itself. Braman offers wrenching personal stories of the ordeals families face when one of their members is imprisoned. Citing major examples such as lost income and delayed parenting opportunities, he also uncovers seemingly innocuous details that nevertheless have a cumulatively adverse effect for example, the onerously large phone bills that often result when a family member goes to prison. This ground-breaking ethnography of modern urban America reveals a genuinely new argument: how misguided the commonly accepted ideas about supposed pride in prison time really are. Moreover, Braman brings to light the darker side of a system that is failing not only its criminals, but their families, too. Finally, the author argues that prisoners themselves must take more responsibility for their lives, as well as for their families. Donald Braman holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and is currently in law school at Yale.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-227) and index.

PART I. WHAT WENT WRONG? : Ch. 1. A Public Debate -- Ch. 2. "It's a Mess What's Happened" -- Ch. 3. The Creation of the Ghetto -- Ch. 4. Incarceration as a Response to Public Disorder. PART II. KINSHIP : Ch. 5. On the Ropes: Londa & Derek -- Ch. 6. Extended Families: Charlene & Roberta -- Ch. 7. Falling Apart: Thelma & David -- Ch. 8. Pulling Families Apart. PART III. EXCHANGE : Ch. 9. Arrested: Edwina & Kenny -- Ch. 10. Doing Time: Lilly & Arthur -- Ch. 11. Cycling through the System: Zelda & Clinton -- Ch. 12. Material and Social Consequences. PART IV. SILENCE : Ch. 13. Missing the Mark: Louisa & Robert -- Ch. 14. Problems at Home: Constance & Jonathan -- Ch. 15. Work Worries: Tina & Dante -- Ch. 16. Depression and Isolation: Robin & Aaron -- Ch. 17. Coping: Murielle & Dale -- Ch. 18. Faith and Church: Dolores & Lawrence -- Ch. 19. Social Silence. Conclusion: Looking Ahead. Postscript. Appendix: Methodology and Data Sources.

Publisher description: In the tradition of the best-selling ethnographies No Shame in My Game by Katherine Newman and Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier, Doing Time on the Outside tells the other side of the incarceration saga: the little-told story of the effects of imprisonment on the families of the prisoners. Since 1970 the incarceration rate in the U.S. has more than tripled, and in many cities -- urban centers such as Washington, D.C. -- it has increased over five-fold. Today, one out of every ten adult black men in the District is in prison. This has caused a deep rupture in the lives of the prisoners and their families. Author Donald Braman shows that doing time on the inside has a ripple effect on the outside -- one that reaches far beyond the individual prisoner and deep into the family itself. Braman offers wrenching personal stories of the ordeals families face when one of their members is imprisoned. Citing major examples such as lost income and delayed parenting opportunities, he also uncovers seemingly innocuous details that nevertheless have a cumulatively adverse effect for example, the onerously large phone bills that often result when a family member goes to prison. This ground-breaking ethnography of modern urban America reveals a genuinely new argument: how misguided the commonly accepted ideas about supposed pride in prison time really are. Moreover, Braman brings to light the darker side of a system that is failing not only its criminals, but their families, too. Finally, the author argues that prisoners themselves must take more responsibility for their lives, as well as for their families. Donald Braman holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and is currently in law school at Yale.

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