Cara Jardine
Biographic Data
| ID | 5238454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cara Jardine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cara |
| FAMILY NAME | Jardine |
| SIGNATURE | JARDINE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5970-2248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
We Live in the Shadows”
Drawing on the accounts of 49 women, we argue that supporting a family member in custody drives women deeper into poverty, whilst shame, stigma and caring burdens diminish their social networks. This resonates with a growing evidence base that imprisonment imposes considerable financial burdens upon families, the weight of which are disproportionately shouldered by women, yet little action has been taken to address this issue. Consequently, we su…
Punishment and citizenship
This article explores the limitations of prison social work in addressing the citizenship challenges faced by prisoners’ families. While research highlights incarceration's impact on relatives – restricted rights, marginalisation and resource extraction – no studies to date have examined their interactions with prison social workers and treatment staff. Based on 27 interviews with female relatives in Spain, the study reveals systemic failures in …
Citizenship on probation
The significance of employment to desistance and social integration is well established, yet 62% of those subject to a Community Payback Order in Scotland are unemployed (Scottish Government, 2022). This paper reports on the findings from a small-scale survey conducted with 29 people subject to community supervision in Scotland, to shed light on the various enablers and barriers they encounter in seeking, starting and sustaining employment, and t…
Prison ethnography by correspondence
Prison ethnography offers researchers a unique vantage point from which to explore the relationships, power dynamics, degradations, solidarities and sensory assaults which occur within the prison walls. Yet, despite the valuable insights to be gained from this methodological approach, prison ethnographies can be extremely challenging to conduct. Institutional pressures arising from both the prison and the contemporary University pose considerable…
ECR collective response
First paragraph: We were delighted to be asked to respond to Richard Spark’s paper. We are encouraged by the themes and issues highlighted, and feel passionately about many of the areas of future research identified in the piece. Indeed, many of the areas of scholarship (such as research with the Global South, practices and experiences of crime and punishment, violence in all its forms, crime and technology, socio-legal research, and political di…
Families, Imprisonment and Legitimacy
This book examines what it means to be a family within the restrictive, disruptive, and often distressing context of imprisonment. Drawing on original qualitative data, it looks beyond traditional models of the family to examine the question of which relationships matter to individuals affected by imprisonment, and demonstrates how family relationships are actively constructed and maintained through family "practices" and "displays" such as visit…
Eroding Legitimacy? The Impact of Imprisonment on the Relationships between Families, Communities, and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter attempts to address the issues about the role of criminal justice agencies within prisoners’ families and communities, and how social inequalities consequently become heightened and entrenched, through the conceptual lens of legitimacy. It considers the idea that prison officers cannot simply impose their authority. Rather, the terms of these power relations should be defined by clear rules, consented to by prisoners, and also justif…
Constructing and Maintaining Family in the Context of Imprisonment
For many families affected by imprisonment, the prison can become a central and damaging force in their lives. Yet, to fully understand the impact of imprisonment upon families, there is a need for greater critical engagement with the concept of the family, and how this is defined and operationalised. Utilising Finch’s theory of family practices, this article will argue that the family relationships affected by imprisonment are not only highly in…
Peter Scharff Smith, When the Innocent Are Punished
Constructing and Maintaining Family in the Context of Imprisonment
For many families affected by imprisonment, the prison can become a central and damaging force in their lives. Yet, to fully understand the impact of imprisonment upon families, there is a need for greater critical engagement with the concept of the family, and how this is defined and operationalised. Utilising Finch’s theory of family practices, this article will argue that the family relationships affected by imprisonment are not only highly in…
Prison ethnography by correspondence
Prison ethnography offers researchers a unique vantage point from which to explore the relationships, power dynamics, degradations, solidarities and sensory assaults which occur within the prison walls. Yet, despite the valuable insights to be gained from this methodological approach, prison ethnographies can be extremely challenging to conduct. Institutional pressures arising from both the prison and the contemporary University pose considerable…
We Live in the Shadows”
Drawing on the accounts of 49 women, we argue that supporting a family member in custody drives women deeper into poverty, whilst shame, stigma and caring burdens diminish their social networks. This resonates with a growing evidence base that imprisonment imposes considerable financial burdens upon families, the weight of which are disproportionately shouldered by women, yet little action has been taken to address this issue. Consequently, we su…
Peter Scharff Smith, When the Innocent Are Punished
Eroding Legitimacy? The Impact of Imprisonment on the Relationships between Families, Communities, and the Criminal Justice System
This chapter attempts to address the issues about the role of criminal justice agencies within prisoners’ families and communities, and how social inequalities consequently become heightened and entrenched, through the conceptual lens of legitimacy. It considers the idea that prison officers cannot simply impose their authority. Rather, the terms of these power relations should be defined by clear rules, consented to by prisoners, and also justif…
Constructing and Maintaining Family in the Context of Imprisonment
For many families affected by imprisonment, the prison can become a central and damaging force in their lives. Yet, to fully understand the impact of imprisonment upon families, there is a need for greater critical engagement with the concept of the family, and how this is defined and operationalised. Utilising Finch’s theory of family practices, this article will argue that the family relationships affected by imprisonment are not only highly in…
Families, Imprisonment and Legitimacy
This book examines what it means to be a family within the restrictive, disruptive, and often distressing context of imprisonment. Drawing on original qualitative data, it looks beyond traditional models of the family to examine the question of which relationships matter to individuals affected by imprisonment, and demonstrates how family relationships are actively constructed and maintained through family "practices" and "displays" such as visit…
ECR collective response
First paragraph: We were delighted to be asked to respond to Richard Spark’s paper. We are encouraged by the themes and issues highlighted, and feel passionately about many of the areas of future research identified in the piece. Indeed, many of the areas of scholarship (such as research with the Global South, practices and experiences of crime and punishment, violence in all its forms, crime and technology, socio-legal research, and political di…
Citizenship on probation
The significance of employment to desistance and social integration is well established, yet 62% of those subject to a Community Payback Order in Scotland are unemployed (Scottish Government, 2022). This paper reports on the findings from a small-scale survey conducted with 29 people subject to community supervision in Scotland, to shed light on the various enablers and barriers they encounter in seeking, starting and sustaining employment, and t…
Prison ethnography by correspondence
Prison ethnography offers researchers a unique vantage point from which to explore the relationships, power dynamics, degradations, solidarities and sensory assaults which occur within the prison walls. Yet, despite the valuable insights to be gained from this methodological approach, prison ethnographies can be extremely challenging to conduct. Institutional pressures arising from both the prison and the contemporary University pose considerable…
Punishment and citizenship
This article explores the limitations of prison social work in addressing the citizenship challenges faced by prisoners’ families. While research highlights incarceration's impact on relatives – restricted rights, marginalisation and resource extraction – no studies to date have examined their interactions with prison social workers and treatment staff. Based on 27 interviews with female relatives in Spain, the study reveals systemic failures in …
We Live in the Shadows”
Drawing on the accounts of 49 women, we argue that supporting a family member in custody drives women deeper into poverty, whilst shame, stigma and caring burdens diminish their social networks. This resonates with a growing evidence base that imprisonment imposes considerable financial burdens upon families, the weight of which are disproportionately shouldered by women, yet little action has been taken to address this issue. Consequently, we su…
Criminology (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Imprisonment (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Prison (3 works)