Fathering behind Bars in English Prisons: Imprisoned Fathers' Identity and Contact with Their Children

Clarke, Lynda; O’Brien, Margaret; Day, Randal D.; Godwin, Joanne L.; Connolly, Jo; Leeson, Tim

doi:10.3149/fth.0303.221

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“…Naser and Visher, 2006;Clarke et al, 2005). Non-imprisoned parents/carers willingness to facilitate contact rarely presented an issue for the present sample, but then most families had experienced positive relationships prior to parental imprisonment.…”

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“…Clarke et al, 2005). As a consequence of the pressures placed on the parent-child relationship during the course of imprisonment, both parties have reported feelings of alienation from each other and difficulties communicating (Nesmith and Ruhland, 2008;Arditti and Few, 2006;Clarke et al, 2005).…”

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“…The child's non-imprisoned parent/carer has often been described as the primary "gatekeeper" to contact, accompanying the child to visits and facilitating telephone calls and letter writing (e.g. Poehlmann, 2005;Clarke et al, 2005).…”

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Children’s experiences of contact with imprisoned parents: A comparison between four European countries

Sharratt

2014

European Journal of Criminology

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Across the European Union an increasing number of children are experiencing parental imprisonment and the adverse emotional, behavioural and social outcomes that it entails. Separation due to imprisonment also places strain on parent-child relationships, with children reporting feelings of abandonment and alienation, and difficulties communicating with their imprisoned parent. This paper presents findings from interviews with a total of 135 families in the UK, Germany, Romania and Sweden. There were noticeable country differences in the practical and financial barriers to maintaining contact and the suitability of prison visiting environments. This had important implications for children's emotional health and the extent to which contact was conducive to supporting parentchild relationships.

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Children’s experiences of contact with imprisoned parents: A comparison between four European countries

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2014

European Journal of Criminology

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“…In interviews with incarcerated fathers, a frequent theme concerns role displacement as breadwinners, protectors, and sources for family order. Ousted from these roles, fathers can perceive themselves as uninvolved and of little use to their children, worrying that their children are not receiving appropriate supervision and discipline or that their children will forget them altogether (Arditti, Smock, & Parkman, 2005;Clarke et al, 2005;Magaletta & Herbst, 2001). In addition, fathers are more likely to be convicted for violent and serious offenses, leading to longer sentences and subsequent greater separation (Sabol & Couture, 2008).…”

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Parenting Stress, Alliance, Child Contact, and Adjustment of Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers

Loper

Carlson

Levitt

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Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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The present study contrasted the parenting stress and adjustment patterns of 100 mothers and 111 fathers incarcerated in one of 11 U.S. prisons. In comparison to inmate mothers, fathers had less contact with children, higher levels of parenting stress, and poorer alliance with caregivers. For inmate mothers, higher levels of contact with children-particularly letter writing-was associated with reduced parenting stress. For both mothers and fathers, there was an association between heightened parenting stress and increased levels of self-reported in-prison violent and aggressive behaviors. For women, increased parenting stress as well as lower levels of parenting alliance with caregivers was associated with heightened depressive symptoms. Results imply the importance of recognizing the impact of separation from children on parents in prison, and support the need for prison parenting interventions that directly address ways of coping with parenting stress.

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“…Echoing Clarke et al (2005), responsible parenting meant ensuring that children were kept away from a risky environment. Prisoners sentenced for sexual offences are generally accommodated on separate prison wings for 'vulnerable prisoners' (VPs), and under normal circumstances would not mix with other prisoners.…”

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‘Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear’: carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering

Moran

Hutton

Dixon

et al. 2016

Children's Geographies

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'Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear': carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering Advocating greater engagement between children's and carceral geographies, this paper explores the spaces of parenting as they exist within a UK male prison, building upon criminological research on the effects of imprisonment on prisoners' families and children. Focusing primarily on the visiting room, it extends discussion of the specificities of everyday material spaces and practices of parenting currently under scrutiny within children's geographies and geographies of parenting, and brings these subdisciplines into dialogue with carceral geography. Concerned specifically with the intimate, embodied and sometimes banal practices of parenting in this constrained and highly surveilled context, it draws attention to previously overlooked spaces and identities of situated fathering.

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Fathering behind Bars in English Prisons: Imprisoned Fathers' Identity and Contact with Their Children

Cited by 61 publications

References 12 publications

Children’s experiences of contact with imprisoned parents: A comparison between four European countries

Children’s experiences of contact with imprisoned parents: A comparison between four European countries

Parenting Stress, Alliance, Child Contact, and Adjustment of Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers

‘Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear’: carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering

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