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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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13. Evaluation of the Integrated Family Support Programme in the North East

This report evaluates NEPACS Integrated Family Support (IFS) Programme that works in prisons and in the community across the North East of England. NEPACS currently has Family Support Workers in four prisons in the North East and two Integrated Family Support Advocates working across 12 North East local authority areas. The evaluation explores the outputs and impact of this work and provides details of the support delivered. It also includes case studies of the families the programme has...

NEPACS Evaluation of Integrated Family Support Programme.pdf

NEPACS Integrated Family Support Evaluation Briefing.pdf

14. The Voice of a Child

This report draws on interviews with children to document the impact that the imprisonment of their mother has had on their lives: including long term emotional, social, material and psychological damage, with little or no dedicated support. The Howard League were the first to ask children what they thought about having a mother in prison in the 1990's. This revised edition demonstrates the ongoing importance of hearing children's voices. The demographic information about women...

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15. Improving prisoners' family ties, Piloting a shared measurement approach

This research was conducted in light of the fact that charities help facilitate contact and visits to family members inside, who are 39% less likely to re-offend as a result, but measuring the difference charities make can be difficult due to poor recording and lack of available funds for evaluation purposes. Think NPC worked with 6 charities (Action for Prisoners' Families, Kids VIP, pact, POPS, Safe Ground and Storybook Dads) to identify common frameworks of understanding and key...

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16. EVERY FAMILY MATTERS: Offenders' Children and Families in Bolton

This POPS report is the result of a mapping exercise of offenders' families and support services available to them which was funded by Sure Start Children's Centres and Bolton Council in 2010. The report explores the issues and barriers these families face in accessing needs appropriate services. Research was undertaken in Sure Start Children's Centres with contributions from local schools, prison visitor centres and family forums. Findings reveal replicable models of good...

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17. Transforming Rehabilitation: a summary of evidence on reducing reoffending

This Ministry of Justice (MOJ) report summarises the approaches to offender management and evidence of how they reduce reoffending. Chapter 4.8 focuses on Developing and Enhancing Family Relationships and notes that there is insufficient but promising evidence with regard to reducing reoffending in adult, young and female offenders. See MoJ's Transforming Rehabilitation below:

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18. Reducing re-offending by ex-prisoners

This policy analysis report, published under the previous administration, looks at the factors that can reduce re-offending. Chapter 15 explores how maintaining family relationships can help to prevent re-offending and support resettlement after release - yet there is no official responsibility within prisons for ensuring relationships are maintained, and families are rarely consulted regarding sentence planning. The chapter also discusses support for families, commenting that this is very...

Reducing reoffending by exprisoners.pdf

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