{"title":"Optimal development for the children of prisoners? How children with a parent in prison are supported and why it matters","authors":"Jane Payler, Victoria Cooper, Stephanie Bennett","doi":"10.1111/chso.12925","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the need and types of support for children with a parent in prison, the measures in place to know who they are and the consequences of associated policies for their development. These are discussed within a cultural-historical child development framework and, within that, questions are raised about optimal development and children's rights. The article is grounded in a mixed-methods study of a support service for children of prisoners in Worcestershire. Parental imprisonment can impact negatively on societal, institutional and personal aspects of children's development. However, when children are supported through family-centred, relationship-focused, strengths-based services, they can engage more fully in the institutions and social situations of their daily lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":47660,"journal":{"name":"Children & Society","volume":"39 2","pages":"512-531"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/chso.12925","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Children & Society","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chso.12925","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"SOCIAL WORK","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article examines the need and types of support for children with a parent in prison, the measures in place to know who they are and the consequences of associated policies for their development. These are discussed within a cultural-historical child development framework and, within that, questions are raised about optimal development and children's rights. The article is grounded in a mixed-methods study of a support service for children of prisoners in Worcestershire. Parental imprisonment can impact negatively on societal, institutional and personal aspects of children's development. However, when children are supported through family-centred, relationship-focused, strengths-based services, they can engage more fully in the institutions and social situations of their daily lives.
期刊介绍:
Children & Society is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high quality research and debate on all aspects of childhood and policies and services for children and young people. The journal is based in the United Kingdom, with an international range and scope. The journal informs all those who work with and for children, young people and their families by publishing innovative papers on research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics, including: theories of childhood; children"s everyday lives at home, school and in the community; children"s culture, rights and participation; children"s health and well-being; child protection, early prevention and intervention.