Care and control: an ethical analysis of parenting support within a UK prison mother and baby unit

Thesis

This research is an empirical ethics study of parenting support delivered within a UK prison mother and baby unit (MBU).

In recent years, the idea of state provided ‘parenting support’ has gained prominence within the early intervention (EI) policy agenda. A central claim of EI policy is that poor parenting during the early years of life can lead to a range of bad outcomes for children, such as ill health, academic failure, poverty, and crime. These outcomes create substantial costs...

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Authors: Mortimer, R

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: bioethics; public health; prison; ethics; parenting
• Subjects: Bioethics