Eurochips Resarch News
Ireland -
10th December 2009
Effects of parental imprisonment on children
The Centre for Social and Educational Research, DIT, was commissioned by the Management Committee of the Visitors’ Centre in the Mountjoy Prison Complex to carry out research into the effects of parental imprisonment on children
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20th November 2009
Research on Imprisonment and Family Ties
The Limerick-based Bedford Row Family Project has launched "Voices of Families Affected by Imprisonment," a research report carried out by Kelleher Associates that focuses on the needs of families attending the project.
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Norway -
September 2009
Effects of parental imprisonment
The number of children with parents in prison is increasing in many countries worldwide. Theory and qualitative research suggest that parental imprisonment might contribute to child antisocial behaviour and mental health problems, because of the trauma of separation, strained child-care arrangements during parental imprisonment, loss of family income, other stressful life events such as moving home and school, and the stigma of parental imprisonment.
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United Kingdom -
16th June 2006
An Evaluation of the Safer Locals Programme
A report by researchers at the Cambridge Cambridge Institute of Criminology Prisons Research Centre in England demonstrates how maintaining family ties and contact during imprisonment can help prevent suicide and self harm.
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16th May 2006
Parental Imprisonment : effects on boys' anti-social behaviour
A new study by Joseph Murray and David P. Farrington of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology in England explores the long-term adverse impact that the imprisonment of a parent can have on children.
Read more about this study... United Kingdom -
5th January 2006
Dads and Kids; The Inside Story
It is well documented that the effects on family life when someone is in prison can be enormous, so it is vital to enable prisoners and their families to develop and maintain positive relationships during a prison sentence.
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Canada -
15th June 2003
Exploratory study on the impact of maternal incarceration on children
The Ontario-based Center for Children & Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic has just published an exploratory study on the impact of maternal incarceration on children. Relying on a sample of 45 women and 90 children and adolescents in Ontario, "Waiting for Mommy: Giving a Voice to the Hidden Victims of Imprisonment" includes surveys of incarcerated mothers and mothers after release and interviews with children and adolescents, as well as a literature review, a hypothetical model of impact for children from four age groups, and recommendations. The study emphasizes the practical and emotional consequences of a mother's imprisonment on a child-the incarceration prompted a change in residence for 43 percent of the children in the sample, for example-and underscores the need for more concerted action, particularly in certain regions of Canada , to meet the special needs of prisoners' children. Only 18 percent of mothers surveyed said their children had been to visit them. For additional information: www.lfcc.on.ca
