Carceral kinship and social sorting: A framework for analyzing differential punishment through kinship ties
Published online on March 04, 2026
Abstract
Punishment & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article develops the concept ofcarceral kinshipto show how familial presence, absence, and perceived “fitness” operate as informal technologies of governance within juvenile justice. Seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork in courts, prison, and ...
This article develops the concept ofcarceral kinshipto show how familial presence, absence, and perceived “fitness” operate as informal technologies of governance within juvenile justice. Seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork in courts, prison, and ...