RT Article
T1 Designing Prison-Based Parenting Programs to Maximize Their Outcomes
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 7
SP 975
OP 992
A1 Butler, Michelle
A1 Percy, Andrew
A1 Hayes, David
A1 Devaney, John
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1670616339
AB Parenting programs are increasingly being offered in prison as governments seek to reduce the negative consequences of parental imprisonment and encourage desistance from crime. However, little is known about the design and delivery of such programs and how this may shape program effectiveness. This article seeks to address this gap by examining how the design and delivery of the Families Matter program for imprisoned adult fathers in Northern Ireland affected its ability to achieve its goals of improving family relationships and fathers' parenting skills. Examples of good practice are offered, as well as challenges that remain to be overcome. It is argued that more attention needs to be paid to the design and delivery of these programs if their ability to achieve long-term improvements in family relationships and parenting skills are to be improved.
K1 Corrections
K1 Parenting programs
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 Treatment effectiveness
K1 Program design and implementation
K1 Strafvollzug
K1 Resozialisierung
DO 10.1177/0306624X18811590