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Children behind bars : why the abuse of child imprisonment must end /

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 r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willow, Carolyne (Autor)
Otros Autores: Zephaniah, Benjamin (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.