Mothering Justice

Lucy Baldwin

Description

Written by experts with first-hand experience, Mothering Justice is the first whole book to take motherhood as a focus for criminal and social justice interventions. Covering the spectrum of interventions it also makes a powerful case that in particular the imprisonment of mothers and its effect on their children is unnecessary, unjust, devastating and wasteful. 'To afford justice to these women, we must "do" justice to motherhood.'

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Offenders

Informations

• Publié par: Waterside Press
• Date de parution: 20 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781910979020
• Langue: English

Extrait

Mothering Justice
Working with Mothers in Criminal and Social Justice Settings
Edited by Lucy Baldwin
With a Foreword by Vicky Pryce
Copyright and publication details
Mothering Justice
Working with Mothers in Criminal and Social Justice Settings
Edited by Lucy Baldwin
ISBN 978-1-909976-23-8 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-1-910979-02-0 (Epub ebook)
ISBN 978-1-910979-03-7 (Adobe ebook)
Copyright © 2015 This work is the copyright of Lucy Baldwin. All intellectual property and associated rights are hereby asserted and reserved by her in full compliance with UK, European and international law. No part of this book may be copied, reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, or in any language, including in hard copy or via the internet, without the prior written permission of the publishers to whom all such rights have been assigned worldwide. The Foreword is the copyright of Vicky Pryce and individual chapters of those there named and subject to the same terms.
Cover design © 2015 Waterside Press: Incorporating parts of a word cloud by Fred Thonger.
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Contents
Ripples ix
Acknowledgements x
Dedication xi
About the Authors xii
Foreword xvii
Working with Mothers in Social and Criminal Justice Settings
Vicky Price Why Motherhood? Setting the Scene 19
A Personal and Professional Reflection
Lucy Baldwin
Motherhood and Professionals 26
Motherhood, Mothering, Social Expectation and Emotion 29
Emotion, Judgement, Mothers and ‘Systems’ 31
Mothering, Guilt and Interventions 36 Working With Women and Mothers Experiencing Mental Distress 43
Creating a ‘Safe Place’ for Constructive Conversations
Lisa Hackett
Overview and Purpose 43
There’s No Health Without Mental Health 45
History’s Imprint 48
Mental Health and the Law 51
Medical Versus Social : Competing Priorities and Perspectives 53
Case Studies — An Opportunity to Apply Your Thoughts 55
Hope: Meaning a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen 56
Idi: A Zimbabwean girl’s name meaning truth (the quality or state of being true) 57
Joy: Meaning a feeling of great pleasure and happiness 59
Best Hopes: Continued Commitment to Reflective Practice and Constructive Conversation 64 Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t 65
Frontline Social Worker Perspective
Cassandra Barnes
Knowledge is Power 69
The Fear of the Knock on the Door 72
Samantha: A 22-year-old single mother of Charlie six, Lily four 73
It’s Not Always a Happy Ending 75
Melissa: Mother of Brian, nine-months-old when removed from her 78
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse 81
Danielle: A 31-year-old mother of one, Owen seven 82
Sangita: A married mother of three, two sons aged five and six and a daughter aged three-and-a-half 84 Policing Mothers 89
Intervention, Protection and Prevention
Lucy Baldwin, Susie Atherton and Catherine Thompson
Introduction 89
Jael Mullings: A 21-year-old black mother of two boys 91
Fiona Pilkington: A 38-year-old white mother of two, a disabled daughter and teenage son 96
Mothers as Victims and Perpetrators — Where is the Line? 97
Isad: A 30-year-old British Asian mother of four children, aged six, four, three years, and four months 98
Jane Clough: A 26-year-old nurse and mother of a nine-month-old baby girl murdered in July 2010 105
Policing Domestic Abuse as an Officer 105
When Policing Makes a Difference 107
Enid: A 26-year-old white female and the mother of Polly aged six 107 Mothers in the Dock 113
A Critical Reflection of Women, Mothers and the Courts
Lucy Baldwin and Leila Mezoughi
Historical Context and a Legacy of Assumptions 114
Media, Mothers and Court 120
Sally Clark: Convicted of killing her two baby sons a year apart. Christopher 12 weeks, Harry eight weeks. 120
Women, Mothers and the Law 123
Jane Clough: A 26-year-old nurse and mother to a baby girl. Murdered July 2010 126
Factors Influencing Sentencing Decisions and the Impact of those Decisions on Mothers and their Children 129
Abbi: A 24-year-old mother of three children, Jayden seven, Petra four and Archie one 136
Over the Threshold — ‘So Serious’? 137 Mothering from Prison 139
Understanding Mothers and Grandmothers, a Prison Perspective
Lucy Baldwin
Introduction 139
Historical Perspective 142
Facts, Figures and Context for Mothers and Prison 143
Ursula: Mother of five sentenced to eight years in prison 145
Prison Officers and Relationships 148
Prison — At What Cost? 152
Ursula continued 152
Nina’s story 153
Mothers and Visits 159
Jaqueline: Mum to Nelly four and Nancy six months 160
Yana: A young looking mother of three, aged three, five and 18 months 162
Concluding Thoughts, Proposals and Best Hopes 164 A Psychodynamic Understanding of Mothers and Babies in Prison 167
Pamela Stewart
Born Inside 169
The Rôle of the Forensic Psychotherapist as Informed by Psychoanalytical Theory 170
Case study: Claire and Tilly — Their journey from the pregnancy group to release 175
Maddy: A ‘persistent offender’ who struggled to retain information’ 182
Conclusion 183 A Pregnant Pause 185
Expecting in the Prison Estate
Laura Abbott
Introduction 185
Historical Perspective: Maternity and Prison 187
Mothers, Pregnancy and Prison 189
Midwives in a Prison Setting 190
Ante-natal Care in Prison 192
Case Study I: Yasemine 193
Factors Affecting a ‘Positive Pregnancy’ 197
Case Study 2: Jemma 198
Mother and Baby Units 201
Birth Companions 203
Not Always a Happy Ending … Separation 204
Case Study 3: Keira 204
Labour and Birth 206
Case Study 1 Yasemine: An Update 207
Conclusion 209 Parental Supervision 211
Unravelling Positivity from Complexity; Community Supervision of Mothers
Lucy Baldwin and Susie Atherton
Historical Context to Community Supervision 212
Helen: A 23-year-old single mother of four under the age of nine 213
Why Community-based Support and Supervision ‘Works’ for Women and Mothers 217
Patience: Mother of a four-year-old Mercy, four months pregnant at the point of being sentenced 218
Work from the Gatekeeper 221
Complexity Unravelling … Partnerships in Practice 223
Leanne: A 27-year-old single mother of two aged eight and ten 225
Leanne: Update 226
Emotional Safety: Strength-based and Trauma-informed Models of Working … 227
Mary: A mother of twin boys Ryan and Regan aged 12 when she was sentenced to 14 months for theft 229
Abbi: A 24-year-old mother of three, Jayden seven, Petra four and Archie one 232
A Specific Response 235
Polly: A 45-year-old mother of one, Roy, 28. Last sentence, eight weeks, for breach of a community order 236 Mothers Addicted 239
Working with Complexity
Lucy Baldwin, Sinead O’Malley and Kayley Galway
Context and Prevalence 241
Agneta: A 38-year-old married mother of two, Ophelia four and Pierre two 243
Addicted Mothers — Multiple Choice — Or Limited Choices? 245
Sian: Aged 22 and a single mother of four children, Reece seven, ­Rhiannon five, Rhona three and Ria one; the children’s father is involved but often absent due to repeat jail sentences 247
Maxie: Aged 29, a mother of one, George aged three 250
Donna: A 34-year-old mother who has five children, Donovan 13, Shannon 11, Seamus ten, Niemh five and two-year-old Nessa 254
The Fear Factor … 256
Francine: Eight months pregnant with her first child 258
Update: Francine 262 Summary, Conclusion Proposals and Best Hopes … 263
Lucy Baldwin
Twenty Proposals: A Focus for Positive Change 278
Appendix: Student Online Resource Bank 282
Bibliography and References 287
Index 306
Ripples
I watch the birds soaring in the sky like ever decreasing circles in a river
The higher they fly the smaller they get — until they disappear
Will this be me? Will I disappear?
The longer I am here the smaller I feel — like ever decreasing circles in a river.
The memories of my children’s faces, love in their eyes, their touch their smell.
The longer I am here — will my memories fade — like ever decreasing circles in a river?
My heart, it aches the pain hurting me, stopping me sleeping, breathing, living
It does not get smaller the longer I am here — it is nothing like ever decreasing circles in a river
It will not disappear.
Acknowledgements
It is important to thank the authors and contributors, even those who didn’t in the end participate as much as was initially hoped — nevertheless you were all part of the journey and the process and are therefore woven into this book too. Special thanks to Susie Atherton, Leila-Zoe Mezoughi and Sinead O’Malley.
All of the contributors are grateful to the women they have worked with who have touched their lives and made this book possible and they thank those women for the insight, understanding and positive professional development gained from that experience. The ‘voice’ of all of those women is present throughout the book. To them we would like to say, ‘You are all now hopefully “part of something” that will contribute positively to the wonderful ongoing work with mothers in and around criminal and social justice.’ Thank you: we hope you who made this bo