Criminal justice

Here you can find resources related to the criminal justice system's relationship with social work and child welfare.

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You can find resources related to the criminal justice system's relationship with social work and child welfare.

Criminal justice

The probation service often collaborates with people from social work and child welfare.

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Justitia is the goddess of justice in Roman mythology.

The Prison and Probation Service often collaborates with people from social work and child welfare services. This is because many inmates may have had difficult childhood conditions or other problems that social workers and child welfare staff can help with.

Before someone is sentenced, professionals can help to establish what may have been a factor in the person committing the offence. This can help them to address any issues. During their sentence, they can provide counselling and support to inmates to help them cope with challenges and learn new skills.

After release, they can help find work, housing and family support to prevent the person from reoffending. Through this co-operation, they can try to reduce recidivism and help former inmates become part of society again.

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Parents in prison and children's attachment style

Here you will find resources related to parenting in prison and children's attachment style

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Here you will find resources related to parenting in prison and children's attachment style

Attachment experiences in childhood have a lasting impact on how people form relationships and navigate emotional contexts throughout their lives. Secure attachment promotes healthy relationships, while insecure attachment can lead to problems with trust and intimacy. Witnessing stressful events, such as parental criminal activity, parental arrests and poorly managed parental visitation in prison, further impacts attachment style. For children with incarcerated parents, managing visitation becomes crucial to maintaining a secure attachment and supporting the emotional wellbeing of both the child and the parent.

Hearing our voice: Ethiopian mothers feeling judged after release from prison

In this episode, Professor Sarah Hean talks to PhD candidate and research fellow Eden Begna Gobena from the University of Stavanger about her work with mothers in contact with the criminal justice system in Ethiopia.

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Children who commit crime

Here you will find resources related to children who commit crime.

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Her finner du ressurser knyttet til barn som begår kriminalitet.

Children can commit crimes, but what are the consequences and how do different countries deal with this problem? Different countries have different views on how old children who commit criminal offences are. What should happen to a child who has committed a crime? This may depend on what we believe is the purpose of punishment. As a social worker, what do you think is the purpose of punishment?

Hard childhood experiences and future criminal activity

Social workers should be aware that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are often factors that influence future criminal behaviour.

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Working interprofessionally

Here you will find resources related to interprofessional working

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Here you will find resources related to interprofessional working

As a social worker or child welfare worker, you need to work in an interdisciplinary way. It may be necessary to collaborate with professionals in the criminal justice system if children or their parents are in contact with the criminal justice system. Here are some podcasts and additional reading material to give you an insight into the world of people and professionals who are in contact with or work with the criminal justice system.

In this episode, Dr Tine Murphy from Absalon University College in Denmark talks to Dr Caroline Stevens, CEO of the Footprints Project in the UK. They are both members of COLAB. They discuss the importance of language in the way people communicate, no matter what their challenges, histories or professions.

The prison environment has several vulnerable conditions. For inmates, time in prison can be the most vulnerable period in their lives. At the same time, it can be challenging for professionals working in such a closed environment to recognise their own and others' vulnerability.

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