Applications from research into the effects of parental imprisonment on father/daughter relationships

Applications With regards to adolescence I would suggest that schools and colleges encourage the use of counselling services for young people. By use of this method of constructive questioning in a safe, confidential setting, adolescents would be enabled to work through issues for themselves but with guidance to prevent the development of negative personality traits and behaviour patterns. By stabilising these emotions teenagers would be better equipped to deal with this period of transition in …

…more community service and education programmes. This would help them find direction and purpose, two aspects of life that are often lost when a person becomes dependent on a drug. Community service would also help the offenders to rise out of the self-pity and selfishness that accompanies addiction. However it may cause prisoners to take advantage of situations and more guards would have to be employed to maintain high levels of security on such projects.