DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468017310379929<Go
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Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Parents as prisoners: A study of parent-child relationships in the Children's Court of Victoria
Other Titles:	Journal of Social Work
Authors:	Sheehan, R
Year:	2011
Citation:	No 4 Vol.: 11
Notes:	This article reports on a study funded by the Criminology Research Council, Australia, investigating the intersection between the child protection and criminal justice systems and the extent to which children before the Melbourne Children's Court on child protection matters, during the study period June to December 2006, had a parent currently in prison, awaiting sentencing or previously in prison. This article focuses on what associations there might be between parental imprisonment and its impact on family life and the care of children. Findings: Magistrates identified 156 children as meeting these criteria during the study period for whom there were concerns about physical and emotional harm, child development, or the parent's incapacity to provide care for the child; concerns about parental substance abuse, mental health, family violence and transience. The instability in these children's lives was linked to the parents' offending and was reflected in the reasons why the children came to the attention of the court, and the child protection concerns expressed about them. Yet, there was no co-ordinated response by the child protection and justice systems to managing these children's situations. Application: Early intervention for children affected by parental offending, and the development of child protection service protocols with the corrections system about children when their parents enter prison is essential, to better address the instability and disruption in care these children experience, their vulnerability as adults to mental health and relationship problems, and their reduced education and employment outcomes. Electronic Resource Number: 10.1177/1468017310379929 Times Cited: 0Cited References: CADDLE D, 1997, MOTHERS PRISON FARRELL A, 1997, AUSTR NZ J CRIMINOLO, V31, P101 Glaser D, 1998, CHILD ABUSE REV, V6, P315, DOI 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199712)6:5<315::AID-CAR361>3.0.CO;2-A Grbich C, 2007, QUALITATIVE DATA ANA Grinnell R. M., 1997, SOCIAL WORK RES EVAL GURANSKY D, 1998, WHOS MINDING KIDS HAGAN J, 1995, NEXT GENERATION CHIL HANNON T, 2006, CHILDREN UNINTENDED Healy K, 2000, PARENTS PRISON THEIR Humphries C., 2001, CHILD ABUSE REV, V10, P183, DOI 10.1002/car.686 KINGI V, 2000, WOM CORR STAFF CLIEN McGuigan WM, 2001, CHILD ABUSE NEGLECT, V25, P869, DOI 10.1016/S0145-2134(01)00244-7 Mumola C. J., 2000, INCARCERATED PARENTS Murray J., 2007, CRIMINOLOGY CRIMINAL, V7, P55, DOI DOI 10.1177/1748895807072476 Phillips S, 1998, CHILD WELFARE, V77, P531 Quilty S, 2004, AUST NZ J PUBL HEAL, V28, P339, DOI 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00441.x Reed D. F., 1997, SOCIAL JUSTICE, V24, P152 SHEEHAN R, 2004, 15 ISPCAN C 19 22 SE SHERMAN A, 2005, CHILDREN PRISONERS STANLEY E, 2001, WOM CORR STAFF CLIEN STANLEY J, 2004, CHILD ABUSE REV, V13, P246, DOI 10.1002/car.855 STONE W, 2001, FAM STRENGTHS C FAM TUDBALL N, 2000, DOINT IT HARD STUDY Warner J., 2003, J SOCIAL WORK, V3, P339, DOI 10.1177/146801730333005 Woodward R, 2003, 10 AUSTR GOV DEP FAM Young DS, 2000, FAM SOC-J CONTEMP H, V81, P130 *CHILD WELF LEAG A, 2003, OV STAT *CHILDR COURT VICT, 2004, ANN REP CHILDR COURT *CORR VICT, 2004, MOTH CHILD INT POL *DEP HUM SERV VICT, 2003, PUBL PAR REV HOM BAS *DEP JUST, 2001, ANN GEN REP 1999 200 *GOV S AUSTR, 2005, CHILDR PRIS PROJ *OFF CORR SERV COM, 1996, WOM PRIS VICTSheehan, Rosemary
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16065
ISSN:	14680173
Physical description:	Pages 358-374
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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