Children have to live within a society which views them as the children of a criminal. Research by Hung Chuen-chuen, who holds an MA from Soochow University's graduate institute of social work, indicates the most difficult problem for a family to overcome is the stigma of being branded as family of a criminal.
根據東吳大學社會工作研究所碩士洪娟娟的研究顯示，受刑人家屬所經歷的問題中，最難以回復的傷害是犯罪烙印所形成的影響。