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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.

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163. Problem-solving courts: An evidence review

This report from the Centre for Justice Innovation, 'Problem-solving courts: an evidence review', analyses the evidence on whether and why problem-solving courts work. The paper was written to inform development of government policy as well as to help shape practice within pilots in England and Wales. The paper defines problem-solving courts and then considers the evidence on whether they work, why they work, and the problems with them. Chapters of particular interest to...

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164. Bridging the Gap: A review of the Pact Family Engagement Service

This is the latest independent evaluation of Pact's Family Engagement Service (FES), a specialist casework service operating in 30 prisons across England and Wales which aims to build and maintain contact between prisoners and their family members in order to 'achieve the very best outcomes for offenders and their families, to reduce re-offending and to safeguard and improve the life chances of offenders' children'. Commissioned by Pact and funded by NOMS and Amey, the team...

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165. Weighing in the balance: Reflections on the sentencing process from a children's rights perspective

You will need a subscription to Probation Journal to access this article in full. This article is focused on the Irish criminal justice system but the analysis and conclusions are relevant to a wider context. Taking a children's rights perspective throughout, the researchers explore case law from South Africa and England and Wales which demonstrates how courts have taken the impact on children into account when sentencing offenders with parenting responsibilities. It looks at how child...

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166. Home truths: Housing for women in the criminal justice system

This comprehensive briefing from the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) and Women in Prison (WiP) examines the accommodation needs of women involved with the criminal justice system and the complexities around their accessing safe and suitable housing. From the beginning, the briefing highlights the particular shortage of housing for female offenders with children, and the difficulties a lack of housing brings for women with caring responsibilities. It goes on to consider lack of housing as a...

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167. Children on the Edge - Children affected by maternal imprisonment

This report combines a wide-reaching literature review with small scale data collection to highlight the impact of maternal imprisonment on children. The literature review draws on key research to develop a broad understanding of the emotional and physical effects of having a mother in prison, whilst identifying the lack of both research and service provision in this area. The review is supported by outcomes data gathered from Re-Unite children's workers, combined with feedback from...

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168. Waiting for Mommy: Giving a Voice to the Hidden Victims of Imprisonment

This article is an exploratory study of the impact of maternal imprisonment on children and adolescents. Using a comprehensive literature review and preliminary data collection the authors construct a developmental framework to examine the diverse impact of maternal imprisonment on children at differing stages of development. The article presents a number of observations relating to the impact of maternal imprisonment, outlining the implications of these findings and proposing a number of...

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