Mentoring as a form of support for prisoners’ children
Abstract
Children of incarcerated individuals constitute an at-risk group vulnerable to exclusion, social maladjustment, and criminality. Interventions aimed at them primarily involve establishing community-based support networks and resources. Building supportive relationships within the community enables youth facing parental incarceration to overcome challenges. One such intervention is mentoring. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of evaluative research concerning mentor-mentee relationship-based programs. However, the studies conducted so far suggest that it can yield positive outcomes, mitigating some of the risks associated with parental incarceration.
Keywords
mentoring; children of incarcerated parents
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7722-4753
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