Peter Wedge, Gwyneth Boswell

Imprisoned Fathers and Their Children

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

More than 125,000 children in the UK alone are 'sentenced' to separation from their imprisoned parents. This book draws on extensive research and experience to examine the effect this kind of separation can have on the emotional development of a child and on family relationships. They make suggestions for work with prisoners and families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 160mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781853029721
• ISBN-10: 1853029726
• Artikelnr.: 22472419

Autorenporträt

Gwyneth Boswell is Principal Lecturer in the Community and Criminal Justice Studies Unit at De Montfort University, Leicester and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Health at the University of East Anglia. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Probation Studies at UEA and Senior Probation Officer in Merseyside. Peter Wedge0 is Emeritus Professor in the School of Health at the University of East Anglia and Visiting Professor in the Department of Social and Community Studies at De Montfort University. He was previously Dean of the School of Economic and Social Studies and founding Dean of the School of Health and Social Work at UEA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Setting the Scene. 2. Characteristics and Perceptions of Prisoner
Fathers. 3. The Effects of Father Imprisonment upon Children. 4. Provision
for Father/Child Contact. 5. Families' Experiences Father/Child Contact. 6.
Formal and Informal Support Systems. 7. Strategies for Change. References.
Index.