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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for parental incarceration
1 results foundAuthor: International Association of Chiefs of Police Title: Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Summary: On June 12, 2013, Deputy Attorney General of the United States James M. Cole delivered remarks at the White House where he announced that "the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), with funding support from the Department of Justice (DOJ) is developing a model protocol and training on protecting the physical and emotional well-being of children when their parents are arrested." The IACP project announced by the Deputy Attorney General is part of an overarching White House Domestic Policy Council justice initiative focused on reducing trauma experienced by children who have parents in prison or jail. This is a broad-based undertaking given the myriad of situations in which parental arrest, incarceration, or both can have a negative impact on a child's physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being. Parental incarceration is now recognized as among the "adverse childhood experiences" that increase a child's risk of negative outcomes in adulthood, including alcoholism; depression; illegal drug use; domestic violence and other criminal behavior; health-related problems; and suicide, among others. Minimizing the trauma experienced by children at the time of their parent's arrest has the potential to lessen this risk, improving outcomes in the short and long-run. On September 10, 2013, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded supplemental funding to IACP to engage its National Law Enforcement Policy Center in the development of a Model Policy and Concepts and Issues Paper that would assist law enforcement agencies in developing measures to safeguard children when a parent is arrested. Instrumental to this process was the use of a focus group composed of federal, state, local, and tribal practitioners with expertise in child welfare, law enforcement, children's mental health, and children with incarcerated parents. In addition, the IACP will develop training to assist agencies with implementing the policy The resulting Model Policy is incorporated in and forms the basis for issues and topics examined in the Concepts and Issues Paper. The Model Policy should be used as a template for agencies to develop and/or customize an internal policy, which should also reflect the input and coordination of partner organizations in order to incorporate their resources and capabilities. The intent of the Concepts and Issues Paper is twofold. First, it is intended to provide greater insight for readers of the Model Policy concerning the rationale underlying the policy positions and directives. Second, it is intended to provide an understanding of the most promising practices that have been identified and that will form the basis for development of law enforcement training modules addressing issues involving children of arrested parents. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2015. 38p. Source: Internet Resource: accessed August 23, 2018 at:; https://www.bja.gov/publications/iacp-safeguardingchildren.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: https://www.bja.gov/publications/iacp-safeguardingchildren.pdf Shelf Number: 133471 Keywords: Child Protection children of Prisoners Parental Incarceration |