ID: CRS2023-PID101 28 Mar 2023

by Michael van Rijckevorsel, Angela Verhagen-Braspennincx, Anouk Smeenk, Marieke van Zwam

Children & their imprisoned fathers

CRS2023 Presentation by Michael van Rijckevorsel, Angela Verhagen, Anouk Smeenk and Marieke van Zwam (CRS2023-PID101)

Authors

Michael van Rijckevorsel

Vice President, Penitentiary Dordrecht, Netherlands

Michael van Rijckevorsel, Bc., is the vice president of the Penitentiary Dordrecht and the chair of our workshop. He embraces the concept of restorative justice in order to improve prisoner rehabilitation. A collaboration with Dr. Bart Claes, professor of restorative justice at Avans University of Applied Sciences, enables the prison to run several projects on this topic. One of the themes is fathers in prison and their children.

Angela Verhagen-Braspennincx

Angela Verhagen, MSc., is a researcher at the Centre of Expertise for Public Safety and Criminal Justice. She is also a researcher at the Dutch Centre of Expertise on children of imprisoned parents. Angela is one of the co-founders and a board member of this Dutch Centre of Expertise on children and their imprisoned parents. She is also conducting a Ph.D. on children and their imprisoned fathers within the Dutch prison system.

Anouk Smeenk

Researcher, Centre of Expertise for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, Netherlands

Anouk Smeenk, MsC., is a researcher at the Centre of Expertise for Public Safety and Criminal Justice. She is one of the leading researchers on the Parent in Prison program. She is an urban sociologist and has a specific interest in social safety issues. Anouk is also a teacher in sociology and research methods at the Avans University of Applied Sciences (public management).

Marieke van Zwam

Marieke van Zwam, MsC., is a national project manager at the Dutch NGO Exodus. Her main focus is to develop and implement projects related to parenthood in detention. She developed the My child and I program, which is taught in almost every Dutch prison. She is also the founder of the Autumn Camp for imprisoned fathers and their children. Marieke's central goal is to strengthen the bond between imprisoned fathers and their children.

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