What are the factors of parental incarceration that may increase risk of poor emotional and mental health in children of prisoners?

What are the factors of parental incarceration that may increase risk of poor emotional and mental health in children of prisoners? Matthew Charles Thorne, Nick de Viggiani, Emma Plugge International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Globally millions of children have a parent who is imprisoned. Research suggests that this has an adverse impact on the child and imprisonment of a parent is considered to be an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Parental incarceration will not only affect the child but the entire household and may result in further ACEs such as household dysfunction and parental separation making this group of children particularly vulnerable. This scoping review aims to adopt an international perspective to comprehensively examine the extent range and nature of literature both published and grey relating to parental incarceration and the potential impact on children’s emotional and mental health.In this scoping review, the five stages identified by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) were used including identifying the research question, identifying relevant studies, study selection, charting data, collating, summarising and reporting results. In addition, the included studies were appraised for quality using methodology-specific tools. A critical narrative synthesis was adopted to present findings and discussion.Nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Of the included studies, eight were retrieved from peer-reviewed journals...

Source: International Journal of Prisoner Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Matthew Charles Thorne Nick de Viggiani Emma Plugge Source Type: research