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Better addressing the needs of incarcerated mothers and their children: Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives
Thu, September 4, 8:00 to 9:15am, Communications Building (CN), CN 2114Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel
Abstract
Maternal incarceration causes a variety adverse outcomes for both mothers and their children. Despite this, there is little robust evidence on what works in programs and supports for mothers affected by imprisonment, and a similar lack of evidence on the needs of their families. Further, a complex, siloed and fragmented service delivery system can impede rather than promote effective and integrated service delivery to meet the complex and often interdependent needs of mothers and their children.
Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives is an innovative collaboration that has co-created a new model of service aimed at breaking intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and offending. This involves both a new program delivering individually tailored, long-term support to mothers and families, and system-level interventions designed to overcome identified barriers to effective service delivery. A comprehensive program of research and evaluation is accompanying this trial, being conducted in Queensland, Australia.
Panel sessions will focus on a systems-led approach to reducing the effects of maternal incarceration (papers 1 & 2), understanding teenage childbirth and its risks for offending and other adverse outcomes (paper 3), a conceptual framework for child wellbeing in the context of maternal incarceration (paper 4), and a research protocol for assessing change over time in the lives of both mothers and their children (paper 5).
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A multi-level systems approach to reducing the effects of maternal incarceration - Janet Ransley, Griffith University; Lorena Rivas, Griffith University; Leane Francia, Griffith University; Brian Jenkins, Griffith University; Krystal Lockwood, Griffith University; Tara Renae McGee, Griffith University; Susan Dennison, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Falling through the cracks: mapping system responses for incarcerated mothers and their children - Lorena Rivas, Griffith University; Brian Jenkins, Griffith University; Janet Ransley, Griffith University; Tara Renae McGee, Griffith University; Susan Dennison, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Teenage childbirth and risk of mental illness, substance misuse and offending during young adulthood - Diksha Sapkota, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; Carleen Thompson, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; James Ogilvie, Griffith University; Susan Dennison, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
A Conceptual Framework for Child Well-Being in the Context of Maternal Incarceration: A Meta-Narrative Synthesis - Corrie Williams, Griffith University; Krystal Lockwood, Griffith University; Diksha Sapkota, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; Robyn Garland, Griffith University; Tara Renae McGee, Griffith University; Brian Jenkins, Griffith University; Carleen Thompson, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; Janet Ransley, Griffith University; Susan Dennison, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Assessing change over time in the lives of incarcerated mothers and their children: Designing a protocol of research and evaluation for the Transform Lives Program Trial - Tara Renae McGee, Griffith University; Corrie Williams, Griffith University; Carleen Thompson, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia; Krystal Lockwood, Griffith University; Janet Ransley, Griffith University; Susan Dennison, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia