Locked up and safe - but for how long? Exploring how legitimising narratives shape decisions to sustain placement in secure institutions.

Autor/in	Henriksen, Ann-Karina
Titel	Locked up and safe - but for how long? Exploring how legitimising narratives shape decisions to sustain placement in secure institutions.
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 26 (2023) 1, S. 148-159 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2021.1934415
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Entscheidung; Dänemark; Entscheidung; Jugendhilfe; Kind; Sicherheit; Kinderschutz; Jugendgericht; Kinderschutz; Kind; Jugendhilfe; Jugendgericht; Sicherheit; Dänemark
Abstract	This article draws on findings from a qualitative study in Denmark on decision-making related to secure placement of young people. The article identifies a repertoire of narratives that legitimise the decision and contribute to sustain the placement in secure accommodation. Secure placement is imbued with a range of dilemmas serving a purpose to protect and provide care for young people assessed to be at risk to themselves or others. However, confinement can also have detrimental effects on young people's mental health, access to education and relational continuity. Secure placement is temporary and, according to UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, should not be sustained any longer than necessary. Thus, scholarly attention is needed to understand the logics that legitimise keeping young people locked up. The article draws on the theorisation of sense-making and committed interpretation developed by Karl Weick (2001), and contributes to the growing literature on decision-making in child welfare, adding insights on the logics that sustain and even replicate decisions to confine young people. Acknowledging the dynamics and effects of certain legitimising narratives is an important step in reducing the length of stay in confinement.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1