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Brief title
Health condition
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Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
internalizing and externalizing problem behavior of children of imprisoned fathers
Secondary outcome
father-child relationships, father-caregiver relationships, recidivism risk, parenting skills, detention experience, internalizing and externalizing problem behavior of imprisoned fathers, internalizing and externalizing problem behavior of caregivers of children
Background summary
The family approach is a family intervention carried out in two all-male prisons in Veenhuizen and Leeuwarden. The project is aimed at strengthening family ties in order 1) to reduce the negative influence of paternal imprisonment on problem behaviour of children of prisoners, 2) to tackle patterns of intergenerational transmission of criminal behaviour, 3) to disrupt criminogenic family situations and 4) to reduce recidivism rates of prisoners after release.
Study objective
Participation in the family approach strengthens father-child relationships and thereby reduces internalizing and externalizing problem behavior of children with an imprisoned father
Study design
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Intervention
The family approach consists of three elements:
1) child friendly prison visitation facilities and enhanced possibilities for parent-child contact (such as video calls)
2) an extensive support system by social workers (prisoners follow a specialized day program which includes parenting classes, and after release the participants have access to a re-integration support)
3) the placement of participants on a cell block which only houses fathers who participate in the family approach (the fathers’ wing)
Inclusion criteria
1) have at least one child
2) show good behavior in prison
3) have no criminal history which may be harmful for the child
4) be motivated to strengthen family relationships
Exclusion criteria
1) have no children
2) show bad behavior in prison
3) have a criminal history which may be harmful for the child
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL7650 |
| Other | Ethics Committee of the Department of Sociology, University of Groningen : ECS-181210 |