"This book revisits the important question of whether the prison harms its inhabitants, its employees, prisoners' families, and others, and aims to redirect the conversation among academics, policy-makers and professionals on the effects of imprisonment. It brings together a group of leading scholars to examine the social, psychological, behavioural and emotional impacts of the incarceration experience on prisoners and their families (during and after their captivity) and on society. The Effects of Imprisonment will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in this field."--BOOK JACKET.