Social worker motivations and organisational prerequisites for care of children who commit crimes - the best interests of the child or the protection of society?

Autor/inn/en	Tärnfalk, Michael; Alm, Charlotte
Titel	Social worker motivations and organisational prerequisites for care of children who commit crimes - the best interests of the child or the protection of society?
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 24 (2021) 1, S. 21-33 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2019.1585334
Schlagwörter	Strafe; Empirische Untersuchung; Qualitative Forschung; Gesellschaft; Bedürfnis; Bedürfnis; Gesellschaft; Jugendkriminalität; Jugendstrafrecht; Strafe; Schweden; Jugendstrafrecht; Kinderrechtskonvention; Jugendkriminalität; Soziale Arbeit; Vereinte Nationen; Jugendlicher; Schweden
Abstract	The Swedish juvenile justice system's placing of children aged 15-17 under one roof in Secure Youth Care institutions presents a dilemma for social work officers attempting to resolve delinQUE ncy cases in the best interests of the child. Retrospective interviews were conducted in 2015 and mainly in Stockholm County with six professional social services officers (SSOs). The data were processed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), social science theory, relevant law, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and material from the National Board of Health and Welfare. Main results show that SSOs were concerned about the risk of faulty assessments, the inadequacy of methods and insufficient attention being paid to relevant scientific knowledge. All in all, the task of protecting the child vis-à-vis protecting society becomes a major challenge in an institution where there is no clear line of demarcation between punishment and care and rehabilitation efforts.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1