Published by University of Huddersfield
SUMMARY
This European Union-funded report studied the effect of having a parent in prison on children in four countries: the UK, Germany, Sweden and Romania. The research team gathered evidence from more than 1,500 children and adults through surveys and face-to-face interviews. They also consulted with stakeholders in each country, mapped the services available to prisoners and their families, and carried out a literature review. As well as looking at the impact an imprisoned parent had on children's mental health, the researchers investigated the coping strategies children use, and what factors enable some children to emerge from the experience relatively unscathed while others do not. In the UK, 67 children from 47 families were interviewed while 163 children and 125 parents were surveyed.
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