Blame the parents? Challenges for parent-focused programmes for families of gang-involved young people

Aldridge, J, Shute, J, Ralphs, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-2598 and Medina, J (2011) Blame the parents? Challenges for parent-focused programmes for families of gang-involved young people. Children and Society, 25 (5). pp. 371-381. ISSN 0951-0605

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Abstract

Parent-focused interventions are a potentially effective tool for preventing and reducing gang involvement, although the challenges of delivering such services are considerable. Drawing from data collected over 26 months for the ethnographic study, Youth Gangs in an English City, including interviews with parents of gang-involved young people, we identify potential obstacles. These include: psychological barriers to the participation of parents relating to perceived denial, stigma and blame; and possible counter-productivity of interventions. Strategies to minimise these are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	07 May 2010 10:59
Publisher:	Wiley
Additional Information:	Published by and copyright Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version of this article is available via the Official URL.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
Subject terms:	Crime, Intervention, Parenting, Policy and practice, Youth, 1605 Policy and Administration, 1607 Social Work, 1608 Sociology, Social Work
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/98147
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00282.x
ISSN	0951-0605
e-ISSN	1099-0860

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