TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting interventions for male young offenders
T2 - A review of the evidence on what works
AU - Buston, K.
AU - Parkes, A.
AU - Thomson, H.
AU - Wight, D.
AU - Fenton, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by core funding by the UK Medical Research Council as part of the Sexual Health and Families Programme (WBS U. 1300.00.005).
PY - 2012/6/1
Y1 - 2012/6/1
N2 - Approximately one in four incarcerated male young offenders in the UK is an actual or expectant father. This paper reviews evidence on the effectiveness of parenting interventions for male young offenders. We conducted systematic searches across 20 databases and consulted experts. Twelve relevant evaluations were identified: 10 from the UK, of programmes for incarcerated young offenders, and two from the US, of programmes for young parolees. None used experimental methods or included a comparison group. They suggest that participants like the courses, find them useful, and the interventions may improve knowledge about, and attitudes to, parenting. Future interventions should incorporate elements of promising parenting interventions with young fathers in the community, for example, and/or with older incarcerated parents. Young offender fathers have specific developmental, rehabilitative, and contextual needs. Future evaluations should collect longer-term behavioural parent and child outcome data and should use comparison groups and, ideally, randomization.
AB - Approximately one in four incarcerated male young offenders in the UK is an actual or expectant father. This paper reviews evidence on the effectiveness of parenting interventions for male young offenders. We conducted systematic searches across 20 databases and consulted experts. Twelve relevant evaluations were identified: 10 from the UK, of programmes for incarcerated young offenders, and two from the US, of programmes for young parolees. None used experimental methods or included a comparison group. They suggest that participants like the courses, find them useful, and the interventions may improve knowledge about, and attitudes to, parenting. Future interventions should incorporate elements of promising parenting interventions with young fathers in the community, for example, and/or with older incarcerated parents. Young offender fathers have specific developmental, rehabilitative, and contextual needs. Future evaluations should collect longer-term behavioural parent and child outcome data and should use comparison groups and, ideally, randomization.
KW - Evaluations
KW - Fatherhood
KW - Literature review
KW - Parenting interventions
KW - Young offenders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861343163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 22070988
AN - SCOPUS:84861343163
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 35
SP - 731
EP - 742
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 3
ER -