... a mother in prison are more likely to be aggressive in behaviour at nursery/school/college, than children whose mother is not' I will use this as my title for the purposes of planning. In 1998, 47% of female prisoners had dependent children (Flynn, 1998:75). In 1999 this was estimated to be more like 55% - based on those with children sixteen or under. With the female prison population numbering around 3,250, the number of women estimated to have young children is 1788 (Harris, 2000:iv). So I feel it would be useful to try and locate around 10% of this number and ask for permission to interview and study their children. This figure would still mean a lot of work for the researchers - and there would need to be several - as not all of those approached would give permission for the research to involve their children. As a result, I have ...

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