Powell, C;
Marzano, L;
Ciclitira, K;
(2016)
Mother-infant separations in prison. A systematic attachment-focused policy review.
The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
, 28
(2)
pp. 274-289.
10.1080/14789949.2016.1204465.
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Abstract
Mothers in prison separated from their young children are an overlooked group. Attachment theory could provide a useful model to underpin interventions and better support women affected by separation from their infants. Current policy draws on a limited body of evidence and research has developed considerably since its first design. This review systematically searched all relevant UK prison policy and government documents with regards to mother and child separation in prison and analysed the extent to which these documents draw on attachment theory. Following initial searches, 58 documents were thematically analysed. Attachment was implicitly referred to in most documents but only explicitly mentioned in four. Global themes identified included ‘separation as trauma’. However, document groups varied in focusing either on the mother or the child and there were no joint perspectives. Developing and researching specific attachment-informed interventions might be one way forward as would further attachment-based research in this area.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mother-infant separations in prison. A systematic attachment-focused policy review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14789949.2016.1204465 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2016.1204465 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Criminology & Penology, Psychiatry, Women offenders, prison, child, human attachment, CHILD-DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL-HEALTH, IMPRISONED MOTHERS, YOUNG-CHILDREN, PREGNANCY, ASSOCIATIONS, STRESS, UNITS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080252 |
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