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Parental Imprisonment and Children’s Rights

Ais I in g Parkes and Fiona Dons on ‘I just used to say “I haven’t got a mum” because that was the best thing for me to say’Conclusion Living with the pains of confinement The experiences of children with parents in prison in Northern Ireland The pains of imprisonment: the impact on children and families Deprivations experienced by family members The impact of parental imprisonment on children The rights of children with incarcerated parents Imprisonment in Northern Ireland The research project Children’s experiences of familial imprisonment in Northern Ireland: the research findings Discussion Conclusion Notes Making children visible Children’s rights and their role in parent-child contact within the prison system Children’s rights: competing understandings Children’s rights in the context of prison visits Children’s rights and the reality of child-imprisoned parent contact The lost or invisible child Paternalism The family/carer Tokenism and inconsistent practice Children as rehabilitative interventions Recommendations for action A right to be protected in visiting prison Equality of treatment in prison visits A right to privacy’ in the context of visits Evaluating progress Notes Children first Putting the rights of children visiting prisons at the heart of policy and practice Conclusion Notes Starting life in prison Reflections on the English and Irish contexts regarding pregnancy, birth, babies and new mothers in prison, through a children’s rights lens Pregnancy, birth and babies in prison The Irish and English experience of pregnancy in prison Discussion Notes Framing and children’s rights in Europe Exploring policy processes for children with an incarcerated parent Framing processes and policies for children with imprisoned parents in Ireland5 Problematising children with imprisoned parents in Ireland Strategic framing Development and evolution of the issue: the role offraming integration Discussion Opening onto the future: replicability within other contexts Notes Prisons, families and human rights From prisoners’ rights to the rights of prisoners’ children Human rights and prisoner rights Children’s rights The fundamental human l ights of children with an incarcerated parent The best interests of the child The right to have regular contact with parents Children who live with their parents in prison When contact is not in the child’s best interests The right to be heard Recent developments: are the rights of children with imprisoned parents strengthened?From prisoners’ rights to the rights of prisoners’ children Notes Re-imagining the Paramountcy Principle Sentencing mothers The rights of the child Dependent children The human rights framework: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UNCRC)A landmark case: South African Constitutional Court The UNCRC in the UK Supreme Court The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 A leading case in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales Research on sentencing practice in England and Wales The rights of the child restated Proposals for change New developments Conclusion Every child matters? Global perspectives on incarcerated mothers and their children Incarcerated mothers and their children: a global issue The international context of prison mothering Mothering ‘from ’ inside the prison Mothering within the prison Child-centred approaches and children’s rights in a global context International standards Putting children first?Conclusions

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The impact of parental imprisonment on children
The impact of imprisonment on families has particularly profound consequences for children. As noted by Murray (2007, p. 55), children with parents in prison are “vulnerable to multiple types of social exclusion, including pre-existing deprivation; loss of material and social capital following imprisonment;...
(Parental Imprisonment and Children’s Rights)
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Parental involvement in children’s academic success
Researchers find that South Korean students’ academic success is driven from home, specifically' parental support and involvement (Hwang, 2001; Grove, 2017; Kim, 2016; Kim and Bang, 2016). South Korean parents’ enthusiasm and involvement in their children’s education is commonly' described as education...
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Marcus William Hunt thinks that the answer to the question posed in the title of this section is affirmative. He argues that parents have good reasons for not raising their children on a vegan diet because “a vegan diet bears a risk of harm to both the physical and the social well-being of children.”1...
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