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All research and evidence on NICCO is reviewed using a Quality Assessment Tool (QAT) developed by the University of Huddersfield and Barnardo's.

Research and evidence is assessed in four key areas: Methodological Quality, Child-Centredness, Relevance to Policy and Strategy, and Relevance to Practice with offender's children. This ensures that items on the NICCO website are as useful as possible to academics, practitioners, commissioners and other professionals. For more information about the development of the QAT or to review research in order to list it on NICCO, please see the QAT webpage where you can download the Tool, Guidebook and a short step-by-step 'How To' document. Please contact us to submit quality assessed research on to NICCO.

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151. Parenting education for young fathers in prison

This paper explores the effectiveness of delivering an intensive parenting class to groups of young fathers in prison. Evaluation was based on course feedback from a total of 75 participants. Results demonstrate that even within a group of young prisoners of similar ages there were diverse parenting educational requirements, indicating a need for courses to remain flexible and participant-led. In considering parenting support needs, three-quarters of all course participants highlighted the...

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152. 'Unsung Heroines': Celebrating the care provided by grandmothers for children with parents in prison

You will need to become a member of Sage Publications to access the full article. This article looks at the challenges associated with the common occurrence of grandmothers caring for children whose parents are in prison. It firstly gives a brief over view of the literature around children separated from their parents by imprisonment and the numbers of grandparents who care for them. There is then a simple report on the thematic findings from a small number of interviews with grandmother...

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153. Supporting incarcerated mothers in Ireland with their familial relationships; a case for the revival of the social work role

This paper focuses on imprisoned mothers in Ireland but is relevant to practitioners and policy-makers in the UK. Examining the particular situation of imprisoned mothers in Ireland the authors explore current provision within the Irish Prison System to support them in their efforts to maintain relationships with their children and wider family members. Deficits in provision are highlighted and a case for reviving the role of supportive social work practitioners to work alongside...

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154. Children's Family Environments and Intellectual Outcomes During Maternal Imprisonment

You will need to subscribe to the Wiley Online Journal to access this article. Though the research is based in the USA, the findings are relevant to the UK. This mixed-methods study considered how the situations of kinship carers and home / family environments mitigated the effect of maternal imprisonment on the intellectual outcomes of children. 60 children between the ages of 2 and 7 years were involved in the study during their mothers' incarceration. Data was collected from the...

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155. 'Who's the Daddy?' Ideas about Fathers from a Young Men's Prison

This article draws on a wider ethnographic study into men's identities in prison to consider the ways that young men's identities and social relations are formulated, deployed and personally experienced in relation to fatherhood. The article firstly outlines the criminological theory around imprisonment and identity. Then the author draws upon and presents some data from interviews and participant and non participant observations in a young offender institution's visits hall,...

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156. Prisons without walls

This short, accessible, children's rights focused article outlines the University of Huddersfield's 2013 COPING study into the mental health and resilience of children of prisoners across Europe. There is an initial introduction to some of the challenges children with parents in prison face and consideration of how this differs across Europe. The author, who took part in the study, includes insights from the children that he conducted interviews with and includes images of pictures...

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