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Mothering from the Inside

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Mothering from the Inside: Research on Mothering and Imprisonment

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Dr Kelly Lockwood

University of Salford, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Series Editor Biographies

Laura Abbott is a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at The University of Hertfordshire, UK. Laura’s doctorate examined the experiences of pregnant women in prison: The Incarcerated Pregnancy: An Ethnographic Study of Perinatal Women in English Prisons. Laura continues to highlight and campaign about the issues facing pregnant women in prison.

Lucy Baldwin is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, UK. Lucy has worked in criminal and social justice for over 30 years being a qualified social worker and probation officer. Lucy’s research and publications focus predominantly on the impact of imprisonment on grandmothers, mothers and their children.

Sarah Beresford is a criminal justice consultant working within the Prison Reform Trust's Transforming Lives programme, UK. Sarah has a particular interest in the impact of parental imprisonment on children. She is a Trustee of both Partners of Prisoners (POPS) and Adelaide House, an Approved Premises for women in Liverpool.

Natalie Booth is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Bath Spa University, UK. Her research and publications explore the intersection between prison and family life and the impact of maternal imprisonment and remand for families.

Lorna Brookes is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She has been running community-based support groups for children of prisoners for over a decade. As founder of Time-Matters UK (formally The MyTime Project), her primary strategy is to ask children what they want and need, co-creating solutions.

Helen Codd is a Professor of Law & Social Justice at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is passionate about social justice and human rights and has an extensive international record of research and publications in relation to prisons, prisoners and prisoners' families in the United Kingdom and global context.

Rachel Dolan is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and a Winston Churchill Fellow. She completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, researching the mental health of pregnant women and new mothers in prison. Rachel has also carried out research in relation to indeterminate sentences and prison therapeutic communities.

Jenny Earle leads Prison Reform Trust's Transforming Lives programme, UK, to reduce women's imprisonment. Previously, she was senior legal policy analyst at the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In 2018, Jenny received an honorary doctorate from the Open University in recognition of her work on gender equality and women's rights.

Kelly Lockwood is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford, UK. Kelly has both practice and research experience working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System and is particularly interested in how motherhood is understood, constructed and experienced by women in prison.

Nancy Loucks OBE is Chief Executive of Families Outside, a Scottish charity supporting families affected by imprisonment. She is a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for Law, Crime & Justice and has conducted extensive research on the impact of imprisonment on families, prison policy and comparative criminology.

Shona Minson is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, UK. She has worked as a barrister practising family and criminal law. Her research work has focussed on the observance of children's rights in maternal sentencing decisions and during and after their mothers' imprisonment.

Anne Pinkman is a Prison Reform Trust's Programme Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Previously, she was the Chief Officer for Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice Authority. Her interests include women and mental health; in 2011, Anne established the Scottish Working Group on Women's Offending which she continues to convene.

Toni Wood is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford. Her main research interests are centred around the health and well-being of prisoners and prison staff. Toni is also one of the co-founders of the Autism and Criminal Justice System Hub at the University of Salford.

Acknowledgements

Thanks go to the authors whose contributions make up this collection. I am enormously grateful for your continued passion and enthusiasm for research in this area and your dedication to improving outcomes for mothers in prison and their children. I would also like to thank my colleague and friend Kate Smith for insightful comments and support throughout the production of this book. Thank you also to Emerald for their continued support and patience. Most importantly, a gratitude of thanks is owed to the many mothers in prison, their children, children's carers and professionals whose shared stories and experiences are the foundation of this book; thank you for your courage and generosity.