Little is known about the link between fatherhood and reoffending among people released from prison. This study examined the association between fatherhood, residential status, and registered reconviction rates using data from a Dutch pre-trial prison cohort sample (N = 845, 42.5% fathers). The results …

Roughly half of all men in prison are fathers of minor children. Despite the high prevalence of fatherhood in prisons, little is known about imprisoned fathers’ needs regarding fatherhood and family relationships. In prisons for men, limited attention is given to men’s roles as fathers and the difficulties …

Battering as a consequence of power and powerlessness. Men learn to talk about domestic violence and their relationships with women and children through group work This article reports on a working visit of a week (in September 2010), to three domestic abuse programmes aimed at male perpetrators of abuse, …

In de helft van de Surinaamse en Antilliaanse gezinnen in Nederland ontbreekt een vader. Dit artikel bespreekt de achtergronden en mogelijke effecten daarvan en de manier waarop vaders uit deze groepen zelf tegen hun rol als vader en het grote aantal afwezige vaders aankijken. Daarbij ligt het accent …