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"Stigma, shame and hardship---this is the lot shared by families whose young men have been swept into prison. Braman reveals the devastating toll mass incarceration takes on the parents, partners, and children left behind."
-Katherine S. Newman
"Doing Time on the Outside brings to life in a compelling way the human drama, and tragedy, of our incarceration policies. Donald Braman documents the profound economic and social consequences of the American policy of massive imprisonment of young African American males. He shows us the link between the broad-scale policy changes of recent decades and the isolation and stigma that these bring to family members who have a loved one in prison. If we want to understand fully the impact of current criminal justice policies, this book should be required reading."
-Mark Mauer, Assistant Director, The Sentencing Project
"Through compelling stories and thoughtful analysis, this book describes how our nation's punishment policies have caused incalculable damage to the fabric of family and community life. Anyone concerned about the future of urban America should read this book."
-Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute
In the tradition of Elijah Anderson's Code of the Street and Katherine Newman's No Shame in My Game, this startling new ethnography by Donald Braman uncovers the other side of the incarceration saga: the little-told story of the effects of imprisonment on the prisoners' families.
Since 1970 the incarceration rate in the United States 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 and three out of every four can expect to spend some time behind bars. But the numbers don't reveal what it's like for the children, wives, and parents of prisoners, or the subtle and not-so-subtle effects mass incarceration is having on life in the inner city.
Author Donald Braman shows that those doing time on the inside are having a ripple effect on the outside-reaching deep into the family and community life of urban America. Braman gives us the personal stories of what happens to the families and communities that prisoners are taken from and return to. Carefully documenting the effects of incarceration on the material and emotional lives of families, this groundbreaking ethnography reveals how criminal justice policies are furthering rather than abating the problem of social disorder. Braman also delivers a number of genuinely new arguments.
Among these is the compelling assertion that incarceration is holding offenders unaccountable to victims, communities, and families. The author gives the first detailed account of incarceration's corrosive effect on social capital in the inner city and describes in poignant detail how the stigma of prison pits family and community members against one another. Drawing on a series of powerful family portraits supported by extensive empirical data, Braman shines a light on the darker side of a system that is failing the very families and communities it seeks to protect.
- Sales Rank: #1478547 in Books
- Published on: 2004-05-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.07" h x 6.38" w x 9.40" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 280 pages
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"Braman reveals the devastating toll mass incarceration takes on the parents, partners, and children left behind."
--- Katherine S. Newman
"Anyone concerned about the future of urban America should read this book. "
---Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute
About the Author
Donald Braman holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and is currently in law school at Yale. This is his first book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Doing Time on the Outside debunks the culture of poverty arguement
By Beatriz Banuelos
In Doing Time on the Outside, Braman communicates the findings of a three year ethnographic study through a series of personal stories which detail the experiences of families and neighborhoods while one of its members is incarcerated. Using narratives from interviews coupled with statistical data, Braman argues that the current criminal justice system does not demand enough accountability from offenders. Instead, families and other members of the community are left to assume the inmate's responsibilities and the burden associated with his or her absence.
In his first chapter, "A Public Debate," Braman uses interview excerpts from black residents of Washington D.C.'s Eighth Ward to present the opposing sides to bringing a new correctional facility to their neighborhood. While the economic hardships associated with visiting inmates would be diminished for some, the stigma of having an institution of that sort in the neighborhood outweighed the benefits for others. In the remaining three chapters of the book's first part, he presents familiar information explaining how various, seemingly independent, formal and informal policies have systematically created an extreme disparity of opportunity in urban centers with a growing black population. He mentions that cut-backs in child welfare programs for working families, segregation, housing policies and urban renewal effectively devastated the inner city poor, forcing many to relocate to remote housing projects in D.C.'s periphery. Part One of Braman's book provides a useful context and background about the underlying causes of mass incarceration.
In the remaining three parts of the book, Braman examines material burdens as well as stigma and shame through the anthropological concepts of kinship, exchange, silence, and stigma. When an offender with children is incarcerated, someone must assume the role of care-taker. Most often, the incarcerated parent is a father which leads to the creation of numerous single family households. In some instances, co-parenting households are created, where grandparents or aunts and uncles assume the role of care-taker. Despite the fluidity of family structure and the reliance on kinship, a highly organized social institution of family connections, the absence of a father has devastating social effects. Often ignored is the understanding that the cost of incarceration adds up quickly and must be dealt with by those who are in the worst position to do so. When an offender is incarcerated, those in his or her social network are left to deal with much more than the rearing of abandoned children. The absence of an individual also means that families will miss out on his or her income, non-monetary assistance and face the cost of prison visits and expensive long distance phone calls.
Despite its few shortcomings, this book is still an outstanding tool for those who seek to further their understanding of how unintended consequences of mass incarceration impact communities of color. Too often, people of color are blamed for their inability to "pull themselves up from the boot-straps," the idea that hard work and self-motivation is all that is required to lead a successful life. Braman's book adds to the literature that debunk the culture of poverty argument, making it evident that humans are social animals unable to truly make rational choices, especially with mitigating forces influencing their ability to make decisions.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
excellent ethnography that validates idea that mass incarceration is baaaad...
By Shayla Norm
Braman's ethnography brings to light a dangerous fact about mass incarceration: it makes disadvantaged communities worse and damages the lives of those impacted--both the incarcerated and their families. Braman argues that removing an individual from the home and community absolves him/her from personal responsibilities to the family. An individual cannot be a responsible family member and provide for his/her kin while imprisoned. Families are negatively affected because of what Braman calls "collateral damages" that come in the form of lost household income and family support (for example, child care, house cleaning, emotional support). He also explains the damages to the community upon return of the incarcerated as a drain on family and community resources.
There are a number of other key issues that Braman brings to the forefront of his discussion on mass incarceration's effect on the family and community. Besides the importance of recognizing personal responsibility that is lacking in other studies on the subject matter, Braman also brings to light the importance of kinship and family ties, especially in the poor black community where common stereotypes belittle family values. The case studies in Braman's ethnography fight to keep their families intact against all odds. Another key idea discussed is the issue of shame and isolation in the community despite mass incarceration being commonplace. Many people are so blighted by the prison stigma that their interactions with others are limited and even devalued.
Braman's study is essential to understanding the perils of mass incarceration on poor urban communities. Reading this book will put into perspective theoretical and statistical analyses of mass incarceration that seem dehumanized and unfocused when trying to consider the actual effects on the family. By relying on actual stories instead of banal statistics and confusing sociological statistical graphs, Braman makes mass incarceration easy to understand and also puts a face to the victims that are left behind in the wake of the incarcerated.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
doing time on the outside
By preston lee
This book takes you right to the heart of families, real life not stats and charts. What famlies are really going though related to incarceration. How the famiy is effected spiritually emotionally and economically. Great imformation for the New program
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