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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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31. Children Need Dads Too: Children with Fathers in Prison

This research comes from an International Children's Rights Perspective and considers the gender specific issues for children when a father is imprisoned. The research was conducted in light of the fact that the majority of imprisoned parents are fathers but also because a large amount of previous research from Quaker United Nations Office had been focused on mothers in prison. The research looks at aspects such as Children around the world who live with their fathers in prison,...

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32. Every Night You Cry: The realities of having a parent in prison

This report looks at and aims to raise awareness of the realities of having a parent in prison. In-depth interviews were conducted with Mothers and Children with a Father in prison. The findings are analysed within the five Every Child Matters outcomes which include economic achievement, enjoying and achieving, being healthy, staying safe and making positive contributions. Challenges around maintaining family ties are also found and discussed here. The report holds many quotes from the...

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33. She just cries and cries: Case studies of Devon families with a father in prison

This report presents the case studies of 15 families in Devon where the father is in prison. The report aims to raise awareness of the emotional and practical impact that the imprisonment of a father has on his children and family, and also seeks to influence other agencies about the needs of these children. Based on in depth interviews with mothers and children, the report draws out some of the main impacts associated with having a father in prison - impact on the mother, impact on the...

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34. Hidden Children, A study into services for Children of Incarcerated Parents in Sweden and the United States

This is an overview of best practice in provision of services for children and families of offenders in Sweden and the United States. The report reviews case studies which reflect on different apsects and stages of the countries' respective criminal justice systems (e.g. arrest, remand, court, sentencing, visits, support of children in women's prisons, parenting programmes, support for children of prisoners in the community and release) and how they might affect children of...

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35. Prison based family support

This report is an evaluation of the effectiveness of the family support worker (FSW) role (which evolved from a partnership between Pact, who offer prison based support and Safe Ground who offer family relationships programmes to prisoners and families), which was piloted within 4 English prisons between 2009 and 2010. The aim of this was to test the potential for developing a viable responsive casework service to prisoners, their children, families and supporters, the programme was funded...

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36. Experiences of Younger Siblings of Young Men in Prison

You will need a log in to Wiley Online Library to access the full article. In light of the extensive research into parent-child relationships in the context of imprisonment of either and knowledge of the negative effects this can have on both, this peer-reviewed article reports on the under researched social and psychological effects of having a sibling in custody. This research in particular was conducted to enhance understanding of the needs and experiences of children who have a sibling...

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