D. Lafortune ; M. Barrette ; D. Dubeau ; D. Bellemare ; N. Brunelle ; C. Plourde ; J.-F. Cusson.
Vol. 4 no. 2. Mai 2004
La plupart des familles dont le père biologique a été condamné à une période d’incarcération de longue durée, vivent des problèmes complexes et très difficiles à gérer (Gabel, 1995 ; Hairston, 1998 ; Lanier, 1995 ; Simmons, 2000). En effet, les parents qui formaient encore un couple intact voient leur relation mise à l’épreuve ; les autres ont à se re-questionner sur le maintien des visites et des liens entre le père et les enfants. Tous sont probablement très sollicités dans leurs compétences parentales, tandis que les enfants, eux, doivent composer avec l’événement, tel qu’ils peuvent le comprendre et, parfois, découvrir un nouvel univers, qui est celui du pénitencier
Abstract:
Incarcerated father: risk ou protective factor for his children?
Most families in which the biological father was sentenced to a long-term detention period experience complex and hard to manage problems. Parents who were still together see their couple put to the test, while the others have to rethink the relationship between father and children and whether or not to maintain visit rights. All situations probably put a great strain on the parental competences of each adult involved; whereas children, for their part, must learn to live with the situation as they understand it, and sometimes, discover a new universe: prison. In this documentary analysis on the impact for families of the father's detention, a hundred of studies are classified under three topics: i) knowledge of the father's traditional roles and functions in the family, ii) specific problems for incarcerated fathers, and iii) intervention programs offered to incarcerated fathers and their families.
Key words: incarcerated parent; father role; children; supportive intervention
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