FAIR Conference 2019
25 June 2019
The Families and Imprisonment Research Conference 2019 will present key findings from the FAIR Study, alongside a range of expert contributors to the field of families and imprisonment.
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe
Professor Friedrich Lösel
Dr Caroline Lanskey
Keynote Speech - Lord Michael Farmer
Putting family and significant relationships at the heart of justice and other social policy.
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Dr Caroline Lanskey and Dr Lucy Markson
What does resilience mean for families who have experienced paternal imprisonment?
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Karen Souza
A longitudinal perspective on women’s experiences of their partner’s imprisonment, release and resettlement.
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Dr Daniel McCarthy and Dr Maria Adams
Prison visitation as Kafkaesque: The experiences of family members navigating penal bureaucracy.
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Professor Peter Scharff-Smith
Children of imprisoned parents: Prison regimes, contact, and family relationships.
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Dr Susie Hulley
‘I just wanted to be with my family’: The pain of familial dislocation among young lifers.
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Keynote Speech - Professor Nancy Loucks
‘Not waving but drowning’: Opportunities and challenges in supporting families when someone goes to prison.
Dr Shona Minson
Judging mothers: The implications for children of maternal imprisonment.
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Kirsty Deacon
"Stressful" and "homely": Young people's experiences of inter- and intra-prison family relationships.
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Sophie Ellis
Families affected by paternal imprisonment in the UK: Ethnic and cultural perspectives.
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