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Families disconnected by prison: a scoping study in barriers to community engagement

因监狱而失去联系的家庭：社区参与障碍的范围界定研究

基本信息

批准号：
AH/J011827/1
负责人：
Lizzie Coles-Kemp
金额：
$ 3.72万
依托单位：
Royal Holloway University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2012 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ011827%2F1
关键词：
Families disconnected prison scoping study

项目摘要

On 5th November 2011, the prison population in England and Wales was 87,749 (Prison Population Statistics, Standard Note SN/SG 4334) and that population is set to increase. It is estimated that 160,000 children in England and Wales experience the imprisonment of a parent every year (Prison Reform Trust) and during their time at school 7% of children experience their father's imprisonment (Dept. of Education and Skills (2003)). Using the current prison population projections, the numbers of children with a parent in prison are set to rise to 200,000 by 2012. Home Office research has shown that family ties have a positive effect on prisoner rehabilitation (Niven, S and Stewart, D (2005)) However, despite this, there is no official agency catering specifically for the needs of prisoners' families and children and no information or support is routinely offered to them. Instead, voluntary sector organisations together with other families in this community, are the main providers of support to prisoners' families. It is perhaps not surprising that parts of this community are disconnected not only from family members through imprisonment but also from this community of people and institutions who can help and support them through the hardships that imprisonment brings. The primary question that our research asks is why some prisoners' families do not connect with the prisoner family community even when they are faced with severe emotional and practical burdens. There are clear examples of both physical and technological spaces being used by prisoners' families as community focal points. There are also examples of support services used by parts of this community. However, practitioners point out that only a small percentage of families in this position connect in this way (Salmon, 2005a). Many families remain unsupported and invisible to this community. This scoping study asks the questions: what factors influence the disconnection? Is it simply a question of not being aware such a community exists? Is it that the information about access to this community is inaccessible in some way? In order to address these questions, the scoping study will explore the nature of community identity in this particular context and tease out support needs and barriers to community engagement. These questions will be explored in two stages: 1) a review stage in which a review of key studies on prisoners' families is conducted and 2) an outreach stage which explores the themes emerging from the review with the parts of the community who form the focus of the study.Having teased out the themes relating to community engagement and notions of identity, the outreach part of the study will explore these themes using a participatory approach where co-exploration with parts of the community currently disconnected will be encouraged. The sessions will use specifically designed 'exploration packs' containing a variety of creative materials to work with and create physical representations around the participants' experiences. Participatory theatre techniques will be used to encourage engagement and to help participants develop the narratives into a deeper explanation of engagement issues. The end result will be a discussion document outlining an agenda for action in the words of the community, creative tools that can be used to further discussion and a report that presents the narrative of disconnection.

2011年11月5日，英格兰和威尔士的监狱人口为87,749人(监狱人口统计，标准说明SN/SG 4334)，而且这一数字还将增加。据估计，英格兰和威尔士每年有160,000名儿童经历父母的监禁(监狱改革信托基金)，在他们上学期间，7%的儿童经历了父亲的监禁(部)。教育和技能部(2003年))。根据目前的监狱人口预测，到2012年，父母一方在监狱服刑的儿童人数将增加到20万人。内政部的研究表明，家庭关系对囚犯改过自新有积极影响(尼文、S和斯图尔特，D(2005年))。然而，尽管如此，没有专门满足囚犯家庭和儿童需求的官方机构，也没有定期向他们提供信息或支持。相反，志愿部门组织与这个社区的其他家庭一起，是向囚犯家庭提供支助的主要机构。也许并不令人惊讶的是，这个社区中的一些人不仅因监禁而与家庭成员断绝联系，而且与这个能够帮助和支持他们度过监禁带来的困难的人和机构的社区也失去了联系。我们的研究问的主要问题是，为什么一些囚犯的家人即使面临严重的情感和实际负担，也不与囚犯家庭社区建立联系。有明显的例子表明，囚犯家属利用物质和技术空间作为社区协调中心。也有这个社区的一些人使用的支持服务的例子。然而，从业者指出，只有一小部分处于这种地位的家庭通过这种方式联系在一起(Salmon，2005a)。许多家庭仍然没有得到支持，对这个社区来说是看不见的。这项界定范围的研究提出了这样的问题：哪些因素影响脱节？这仅仅是一个没有意识到这样一个社区存在的问题吗？是不是关于访问这个社区的信息在某种程度上是不可访问的？为了解决这些问题，范围界定研究将探索社区认同在这一特定背景下的性质，并梳理出社区参与的支持需求和障碍。这些问题将分两个阶段进行探讨：1)检讨阶段，就囚犯家庭的主要研究进行检讨；2)外展阶段，与研究重点所在的社区部分探讨检讨所得的主题。研究的外展部分，在梳理出与社区参与和身份观念有关的主题后，将以参与式的方式探讨这些主题，鼓励与现时脱节的社区部分共同探讨。课程将使用专门设计的“探索包”，其中包含各种创造性的材料，以处理和创建围绕参与者经历的物理表现。参与式剧场技术将用于鼓励参与，并帮助参与者将叙述发展为对参与问题的更深层次解释。最终结果将是一份用社区的语言概述行动议程的讨论文件，可用于进一步讨论的创造性工具，以及一份提出脱节叙述的报告。