15 results on '"Deacon, Kirsty"'
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2. 'Never mind, we can't help you': young people's experiences of the imprisonment of a sibling
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Deacon, Kirsty
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- 2022
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3. Families - inside prison and out : young people's experiences of having a family member in prison
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Deacon, Kirsty Evonne
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365 ,HM Sociology - Abstract
Despite the increased focus on families of prisoners within research, policy and practice, there has been a lack of recognition of the distinct experiences of young people affected by familial imprisonment. More specifically, there has also been a failure to consider experiences of sibling imprisonment. This thesis addresses both of these gaps in knowledge. It draws on qualitative data from two groups of participants: the first were young people from KIN, a project which creatively explores experiences of familial imprisonment; the second were a group resident within a Young Offenders Institution (YOI). Both were interviewed about their experiences of a family member's imprisonment, though their contrasting current situations created differences within the research process which are reflected upon in a specific 'methodology as finding' chapter. In respect of the substantive topic of familial imprisonment, I challenge the dominant narrative within academic literature and policy of a family member's imprisonment only being a disruptive force (one that creates distance) in relationships. Instead, narratives of closeness also emerged. These were mainly from the experiences of those within the YOI. The inclusion of this group of participants, along with an exploration of their inter / intra-prison relationships, represents a novel contribution to familial imprisonment literature. While the existing literature tends to assume an over-simplified binary between 'prisoners' family member' and 'prisoner', this thesis recognises that these terms are not exclusive; it is possible to hold both of these identities simultaneously. As well as questioning the assumption of the disruptiveness of imprisonment, where it does occur this thesis also challenges the idea that imprisonment is the only, or even the main, disruptive force within the lives of the young people it affects. While partly reinforcing and contributing to literature which says this disruption occurs and needs to be dealt with, this thesis also argues for the need to re-situate this experience within the wider set of disruptions experienced by some young people in their lives. I explore the range of issues a young person may be dealing with in their day-to-day lives and the various disadvantages they can experience. Therefore, this challenges the idea that prison is the only place in which this group's problems can be both located and resolved.
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- 2019
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4. The impact of trauma-awareness session on police officers’ trauma-informed attitudes in Scotland
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Brodie, Zara P., primary, Gillespie-Smith, Karri, additional, Goodall, Karen, additional, Deacon, Kirsty, additional, and Collins, Kimberley, additional
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- 2023
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5. The rapid development of a virtual Children's Hearings System in Scotland: A realist-inspired synthesis assessing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the participation and rights of children.
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Nixon, Catherine, Kurlus, Indiya, Hunt, Melissa, Deacon, Kirsty, McGarrol, Sarah, Lamb, Donald, Etchells, Helen, McNaughton, Lorna, and Henderson, Gillian
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LEGAL status of children ,HUMAN rights ,MATHEMATICAL models ,PUBLIC health ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,TELECONFERENCING ,COURTS ,THEORY ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,DATA analysis software ,CONTENT analysis ,THEMATIC analysis ,COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
Scotland's Children's Hearings System is a unique statutory system that makes decisions about the need for compulsory professional involvement in the lives of children who are maltreated, in conflict with the law or displaying alarming behaviours. It was designed to facilitate in-person, child-centred discussions about the measures needed to ensure the care and protection of children. The Covid-19 pandemic challenged the ability of the Hearings System to fulfil this role due to the physical closure of Hearings Centres and the need to rapidly develop a virtual system. In this paper we present a realist-influenced synthesis exploring how contextual factors such as public health guidelines, emergency legislation, technological challenges and wider structural inequalities interacted with the delivery of virtual hearings to affect the participation and rights of children during the pandemic. We also describe how learning from the experiences of the participants of hearings was critical to understanding how virtual technologies could be adapted to provide a more rights-respecting approach to participation. We conclude by arguing that there is a need to ensure that the voices of children, which are largely absent from discussions around the use of virtual technologies, are incorporated into decisions made about their continued use within Children's Hearings. Plain Language Summary: The Children's Hearings System is a legal system in Scotland that makes decisions about the care and protection of children and young people who are: being abused or neglected; in trouble with the police; or regularly truanting from school. At a Children's Hearing, specially trained members of the public decide whether to place the child or young person onto a Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO). This is a legal document that specifies what support should be provided to the child or young person, where they should live and who they can have contact with. Before the Covid-19 pandemic all hearings were held in person at specially designed Hearings Centres. All of these centres were closed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a virtual Children's Hearings System having to be set up quickly. In this paper we describe the challenges of using video-conferencing software to run Children's Hearings. We explore how rules enacted by the UK and Scottish Governments affected how hearings could be delivered, before moving on to discuss how technical difficulties, lack of access to appropriate technologies and other inequalities such as digital poverty affected how children and young people could participate in their hearings. The paper finishes by describing changes made to virtual hearings in order to try and ensure that children and young people were able to participate in their hearings. In doing so, we highlight the importance of involving children and young people in discussions around how their voices can be heard, even in the context of a global pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Dual Liminars: Teenagers and Young People with a Family Member in Prison
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Deacon, Kirsty, primary
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- 2022
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7. Dual Liminars: Teenagers and Young People with a Family Member in Prison.
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Deacon, Kirsty
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PARENT imprisonment , *PRISONERS , *FAMILY relations , *LIMINALITY , *PRISONERS' families - Abstract
Young people's voices are rarely heard within research or policy discourse, including in respect of familial imprisonment. This article centralizes their voices and specific experiences of parental and/or sibling imprisonment by drawing on in-depth interviews with 17 young people aged 17–25 at the time of interview, though also reflecting back on when they were younger. Drawing on the concept of liminality, and specifically dual liminality, it argues that in order to fully recognize and understand these experiences, we must consider the interactions between the multiple forms of liminality they are subject to – in places, as people with a family member in prison and as adolescents – in order to understand their experiences as the family member of a prisoner and as young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. Prisons, Prison Officers and Prisoners' Families, 2021
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Deacon, Kirsty
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The Families – Inside Prison and Out project at the University of Strathclyde involved research with prison officers in Scotland whose roles involved working with, or related to, families of people in prison. The project ran from October 2020 – December 2021 and the research took place between April and September 2021, involving ten semi-structured interviews with prison officers working across five prisons in Scotland. These prisons held male and female prisoners, young people, and those serving short, long and life sentences as well as the open estate. The interviews explored the prison officers' understanding and operationalisation of the Scottish Prison Service Family Strategy 2017-2022.
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- 2022
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9. Getting it right for families affected by imprisonment: lessons from ten years of research
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Barkas, Betsy, Deacon, Kirsty, Foster, Rebecca, Jardine, Cara, Primrose, Kirsty, and Troy, Vic
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This briefing paper draws on five PhD projects conducted in Scotland between 2011 and 2021, all of which explored how imprisonment impacts on families, mothers or children. PhD projects are unique in allowing researchers the luxury of time to form relationships with participants, arguably producing richer data than would otherwise be possible. As PhD theses and academic publications can be lengthy and inaccessible, this Briefing Paper draws together key learning from this substantial Scottish evidence base in a more accessible format.
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- 2021
10. Families Inside: Young people’s experiences of serving a sentence at the same time as a family member.
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Deacon, Kirsty
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PRISONERS' families ,IMPRISONMENT ,CRIMINAL justice system - Abstract
Despite the now substantial body of literature that documents the experiences and effects of imprisonment on families, none explicitly and exclusively focuses on family relationships where both members are serving a sentence simultaneously. Instead, those in prison tend to be seen solely in the role of ‘prisoner’ rather than there being a recognition of their ability to hold dual identities simultaneously — of ‘prisoner’ and ‘family member of a prisoner’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
11. Moving Towards Trauma-Informed Policing:An Exploration of Police Officer’s Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
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Gillespie-Smith, Karri, Brodie, Zara Philip, Collins, Kimberly, Deacon, Kirsty, and Goodall, Karen
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In 2018 Ayrshire Division of Police Scotland announced their aim to become a traumainformed division. Subsequently, all officers and staff took part in a Resilience documentary screening event. This project aimed to examine whether this screening influenced police perceptions and attitudes towards becoming a trauma-informed force.Study 1: Officers from Ayrshire (exposed to screening; n = 58) and Lothians and Borders (not exposed; n = 87) divisions completed an online survey, which revealed no significant difference in attitudes towards trauma-informed care for witnesses/victims or perpetrators.Study 2: Four focus groups were conducted with 29 officers across each area of Ayrshire division to explore attitudes towards the Resilience screenings and wider understanding and attitudes towards becoming trauma-informed.Discussion: The lack of difference in attitudes in Study 1 may be due to the Resilience screening being awareness-raising, failing to provide a toolkit for officers to translate these principles into practice. Study 2 showed that officers believe there is merit in becoming trauma-informed, however, there is a lack of clarity on what this might be in day-to-day practice and uncertainty regarding where the responsibility lies with regards to trauma-exposed individuals.Importantly, officers are implementing trauma-informed practices which are not necessarily ‘labelled’ as such.Recommendations:i) Screenings, such as the Resilience documentary, may be a useful starting point in raising awareness, particularly during initial training.ii) The acceptability and usefulness of the such events would be improved by basing it on material tailored to policing specifically.iii) In addition, multi-agency screenings with smaller audiences would expose attendees to a range of views and support active participation and networking.iv) Most notably, practical information on how ACEs-awareness could be applied to specific policing work is required.v) Officers would benefit from information sessions defining the trauma-informed framework and its relevance to policing work. This includes defining the limitations of ACEs-aware approaches, for example clarifying that these do not include directly addressing trauma in individuals. Officers highlighted a need for improved communication between police and partner networking agencies such as social work.vi) Identifying current policies and practices that align with an ACEs-aware frameworkwould assist in highlighting what is possible at different levels (e.g. individual officers vs. overarching policies)vii) Future information sessions need to address the perceived tension between operating in ACEs-aware ways and effective policing and to highlighting potential training that could address this tension. A specific example is de-escalation training which would enable officers to work effectively in an ACEs-aware manner.viii) An ACEs-aware approach should acknowledge and support trauma experiences in police officers. Officers reported preferring a proactive ‘check-in system’, rather a self-referral system. This could be supported by the multiple levels within the trauma-informed organisation (i.e. peers, sergeants, inspectors as well as counsellors).
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- 2020
12. Families - inside prison and out: young people's experiences of having a family member in prison
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Deacon, Kirsty Evonne and Deacon, Kirsty Evonne
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Despite the increased focus on families of prisoners within research, policy and practice, there has been a lack of recognition of the distinct experiences of young people affected by familial imprisonment. More specifically, there has also been a failure to consider experiences of sibling imprisonment. This thesis addresses both of these gaps in knowledge. It draws on qualitative data from two groups of participants: the first were young people from KIN, a project which creatively explores experiences of familial imprisonment; the second were a group resident within a Young Offenders Institution (YOI). Both were interviewed about their experiences of a family member’s imprisonment, though their contrasting current situations created differences within the research process which are reflected upon in a specific ‘methodology as finding’ chapter. In respect of the substantive topic of familial imprisonment, I challenge the dominant narrative within academic literature and policy of a family member’s imprisonment only being a disruptive force (one that creates distance) in relationships. Instead, narratives of closeness also emerged. These were mainly from the experiences of those within the YOI. The inclusion of this group of participants, along with an exploration of their inter / intra-prison relationships, represents a novel contribution to familial imprisonment literature. While the existing literature tends to assume an over-simplified binary between ‘prisoners’ family member’ and ‘prisoner’, this thesis recognises that these terms are not exclusive; it is possible to hold both of these identities simultaneously. As well as questioning the assumption of the disruptiveness of imprisonment, where it does occur this thesis also challenges the idea that imprisonment is the only, or even the main, disruptive force within the lives of the young people it affects. While partly reinforcing and contributing to literature which says this disruption occurs and needs to be d
13. 17 in 2003 : findings from the Scottish School Leavers Survey
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Anderson, Simon, Biggart, Andy, Deacon, Kirsty, Furlong, Andy, Given, Lisa, Hinds, Kerstin, Anderson, Simon, Biggart, Andy, Deacon, Kirsty, Furlong, Andy, Given, Lisa, and Hinds, Kerstin
14. Families - inside prison and out: young people's experiences of having a family member in prison
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Deacon, Kirsty Evonne and Deacon, Kirsty Evonne
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Despite the increased focus on families of prisoners within research, policy and practice, there has been a lack of recognition of the distinct experiences of young people affected by familial imprisonment. More specifically, there has also been a failure to consider experiences of sibling imprisonment. This thesis addresses both of these gaps in knowledge. It draws on qualitative data from two groups of participants: the first were young people from KIN, a project which creatively explores experiences of familial imprisonment; the second were a group resident within a Young Offenders Institution (YOI). Both were interviewed about their experiences of a family member’s imprisonment, though their contrasting current situations created differences within the research process which are reflected upon in a specific ‘methodology as finding’ chapter. In respect of the substantive topic of familial imprisonment, I challenge the dominant narrative within academic literature and policy of a family member’s imprisonment only being a disruptive force (one that creates distance) in relationships. Instead, narratives of closeness also emerged. These were mainly from the experiences of those within the YOI. The inclusion of this group of participants, along with an exploration of their inter / intra-prison relationships, represents a novel contribution to familial imprisonment literature. While the existing literature tends to assume an over-simplified binary between ‘prisoners’ family member’ and ‘prisoner’, this thesis recognises that these terms are not exclusive; it is possible to hold both of these identities simultaneously. As well as questioning the assumption of the disruptiveness of imprisonment, where it does occur this thesis also challenges the idea that imprisonment is the only, or even the main, disruptive force within the lives of the young people it affects. While partly reinforcing and contributing to literature which says this disruption occurs and needs to be d
15. Families - inside prison and out: young people's experiences of having a family member in prison
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Deacon, Kirsty Evonne and Deacon, Kirsty Evonne
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Despite the increased focus on families of prisoners within research, policy and practice, there has been a lack of recognition of the distinct experiences of young people affected by familial imprisonment. More specifically, there has also been a failure to consider experiences of sibling imprisonment. This thesis addresses both of these gaps in knowledge. It draws on qualitative data from two groups of participants: the first were young people from KIN, a project which creatively explores experiences of familial imprisonment; the second were a group resident within a Young Offenders Institution (YOI). Both were interviewed about their experiences of a family member’s imprisonment, though their contrasting current situations created differences within the research process which are reflected upon in a specific ‘methodology as finding’ chapter. In respect of the substantive topic of familial imprisonment, I challenge the dominant narrative within academic literature and policy of a family member’s imprisonment only being a disruptive force (one that creates distance) in relationships. Instead, narratives of closeness also emerged. These were mainly from the experiences of those within the YOI. The inclusion of this group of participants, along with an exploration of their inter / intra-prison relationships, represents a novel contribution to familial imprisonment literature. While the existing literature tends to assume an over-simplified binary between ‘prisoners’ family member’ and ‘prisoner’, this thesis recognises that these terms are not exclusive; it is possible to hold both of these identities simultaneously. As well as questioning the assumption of the disruptiveness of imprisonment, where it does occur this thesis also challenges the idea that imprisonment is the only, or even the main, disruptive force within the lives of the young people it affects. While partly reinforcing and contributing to literature which says this disruption occurs and needs to be d
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