Children of prisoners : passive victims or humans with rights?

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Over the past few decades, the phenomenon of children of prisoners has produced a small but growing body of literature, much of which focuses on the lack of affirmative action by governments in Western countries (including Australia) to support the children. There are a number of key areas where appropriate levels of intervention are deficient ‚ÄövÑvÆ resulting in there being no clear lines of accountability and specific state agencies have not been identified and given a mandate to respond to the needs of this very vulnerable population. They are consistently 'falling through the cracks'. This study asks whether the rights of the children are being met as assessed in relation to relevant articles of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). Historically these children have been overlooked, especially by the criminal justice system, resulting in them being labelled as an invisible population, forgotten victims of crime, and collateral damage of the legal system ‚Ä

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