Families and Children Cluster

Description

The Families and Children Research Group in the Department of Law and Criminology brings together academic colleagues from a range of disciplinary perspectives, namely Law, Social Policy, Sociology, Criminology, Social Work, and Psychology.

Areas of research include adoption, children in state care, children as witnesses, family formation, family life and well-being, poverty and child protection, families and food, children's experiences of living with chronic conditions and the impact on family relationships, parenting programmes, domestic abuse, technology and family life, and youth justice.

Research also illuminates the relationship between families, the law and the criminal justice system. For example, studies have focused on the legal responses to alternative family structures, forensic interviewing of child abuse victims and prisoners’ familial relationships. Members aim to:

• Undertake cutting-edge scholarly research in a collaborative environment;
• Contribute to conceptual and empirical understandings in relation to families and children;
• Engage with key stakeholders in society to help achieve policy and practice impact.

The Cluster provides a forum for members for exchange ideas, share information and support one another's research through collaboration and peer review.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham