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All research and evidence on NICCO is reviewed using a Quality Assessment Tool (QAT) developed by the University of Huddersfield and Barnardo's.

Research and evidence is assessed in four key areas: Methodological Quality, Child-Centredness, Relevance to Policy and Strategy, and Relevance to Practice with offender's children. This ensures that items on the NICCO website are as useful as possible to academics, practitioners, commissioners and other professionals. For more information about the development of the QAT or to review research in order to list it on NICCO, please see the QAT webpage where you can download the Tool, Guidebook and a short step-by-step 'How To' document. Please contact us to submit quality assessed research on to NICCO.

Click on the icons to see a full list of items which have been awarded a standard icon or icon+ (for items which have scored particularly highly) in each key area:

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91. 'It was just like we were a family again': play as a means to maintain family ties for children visiting an imprisoned parent

You will need access to Taylor & Francis Online Journals to read the full article. This peer-reviewed paper reports on research into supervised play visits to fathers at HMP Leeds. The study took place in light of the fact that visiting a prison can be traumatic for children and having an imprisoned parent can lead to negative outcomes for them. Further, positive experiences of visits as a means of maintaining family ties can limit those negative outcomes. Data was collated from...

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92. The significance of 'the visit' in an English category-B prison: views from prisoners, prisoners' families and prison staff

You will need to become a member of Taylor & Francis Online Journals to access the full article. In light of the fact that the prison service more regularly encourages family visits and understands that maintaining good family ties reduces reoffening, this research explores the views and experiences of 30 prisoner's families, 16 prisoners and 14 prison staff around visits to a particular local Category B prison. Qualitative information was collected as part of a wider evaluation of...

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93. When the Innocent are Punished - The Children of Imprisoned Parents

This book discusses the situation, problems and human rights of prisoners' children - and how they are treated throughout the justice process from the arrest of a parent through to their imprisonment and then release. Based on extensive research from across Europe, the book argues that it is a paradox that the family is hailed as a fundamental unit in our societies, regarding children as an especially valuable and vulnerable group of citizens, but at the same time families are broken...

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94. Disentangling the Risks: Parent criminal justice involvement and children's exposure to family risks

This peer reviewed American article looks at the relationship between parental involvement in the criminal justice system and children's likelihood of experiencing family risks. The study is based on data from a longitudinal study of young people from 11 rural counties in North Carolina. The study found that parent risk factors (i.e. substance abuse, mental illness, and lack of education) had a significant direct effect on children's exposure to family risks - and these parent risk...

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95. Resettlement provision for adult offenders: Accommodation and education, training and employment

This inspection report which aims to inform the upcoming changes to prisons and probation as part of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda, confirms the importance of the family's role in the resettlement of ex-prisoners. The report focuses on reducing reoffending. Research was conducted with offenders prior to imprisonment, during imprisonment and six months after release. Fieldwork was also carried out with supervisors. Key findings of note to NICCO users include: -...

ResettlementthematicforprintSept2014.pdf

96. Just Visiting: Experiences of children visiting prisons

This report includes a call for action from Parliament to select a Minister to take account for children who have a parent in prison. It firstly outlines key research into the benefits and challenges of children visiting loved ones in prisons and their experiences of this including travel, prison rules, finances and environment. The report also contains information obtained by Barnardo's through a freedom of information request: that 506,694 visits were made by children to public...

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