Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781447321545
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9781447321552
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1447321553
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9781447321569
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1447321561
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9781322881249
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1322881243
Content:
Every day children exiled to prison are exposed to abusive and neglectful treatment, yet their plight is hidden. Based on wide-ranging research and first-person interviews, this passionately argued book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human rights legislation and progress in the care and treatment of vulnerable children elsewhere, it outlines the harsh realities of penal child custody including hunger, denial of fresh air, cramped and dirty cells, strip-searching, segregation, the authorised infliction of severe pain, uncivilised condi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Intro -- Contents -- List of tables -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 'Things were not right at home' -- 3. 'They just don't listen' -- 4. 'I think it's quite like rape' -- 5. 'I can't breathe' -- 6. 'What gives them the right to hit a child in the nose?' -- 7. 'We should be able to hug our families' -- 8. 'Every night I'm starving' -- 9. Children were 'given bags to urinate in' -- 10. 'The violence is unbelievable' -- 11. 'Listen to the kids' -- 12. They shouldn't be there -- Notes -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Willow, Carolyne Children behind bars : why the abuse of child imprisonment must end Bristol, England : Polity Press, ©2015 ISBN 9781447321538
Language:
English
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