De Onzichtbare Noden van Kinderen met een Gedetineerde Ouder

Samenvatting

Children of prisoners are often called the “forgotten victims” of crime (Murray & Farrington, 2008). Detention is always harming, and not only for the prisoners, but also for their children. They end up in a situation they did not choose, but often bear the negative consequences of it (Eddy & Poehlmann-Tynan, 2019). In order to mitigate these negative consequences, it is important to gain insight into their needs. This master's thesis offers an answer to the question "What are the needs of children with an incarcerated parent given the impact they experience due to parental detention." The research was focused, on the one hand, on the impact they experience due to parental detention and, on the other hand, their specific needs resulting from it. In the first part, existing scientific insights are explained based on a literature review. This shows a lot of international research on the effects of parental detention exists, but national empirical research on the impacts and needs of children with an incarcerated parent is lacking. To address this research gap, the second section presents the results of the qualitative empirical research that was conducted. In this part, children with a detained parent are speaking about their experiences. The conducted research confirms that parental detention has mainly negative impacts and to a lesser extent positive impacts. The impact of parental detention is always determined by a complex combination of risk factors and protective factors. The needs experienced by children with a detained parent depend strongly on their individual situation. In the future, it is important to gain a better understanding of these specific needs in order to minimize the harm of parental detention. This thesis contributes to making these invisible needs more visible.

Datum prijs	2024
Originele taal	Dutch