Children in Secure Accommodation: A Gendered Exploration of Locked Institutional Care for Children in Trouble
Autor Teresa O'Neill, Teresa O\''Neillen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mar 2001
The author explores the circumstances and experiences of children in secure accommodation through an examination of their own stories and through the accounts of their social workers and the staff working at the secure units. From these narratives she draws conclusions on the meaning of being in a secure unit, the effectiveness of this type of provision in meeting the needs and improving the life chances of these, and the complexities inherent in the role and practice of secure accommodation. What emerges has significant implications for policy, planning and practice with children in trouble.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781853029332
ISBN-10: 1853029335
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: references, index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 230 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1853029335
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: references, index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 230 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
This is a book which casts light which is needed on a system which is derived from different managerial and political ideas. It is informative, and makes a strong case for meeting the needs of disturbed children rather than just containing them'.
Children in Secure Accomodation will be informative for policy makers, practitioners and students. In educational terms it will prompt a critical and active engagement with the experiences of young people and encourage students to think about the relationship between care, control and risk in responding to young peoples' needs.
The primary aim of this book,' the author writes in her excellent and challenging introduction, `is to fill some of the gaps in the knowledge and understanding of the meaning and effect of placement in secure accommodation, and to provoke thought and discussion on the part of those involved in the provision of secure accommodation and other services for children "in need" in the care and criminal justice systems.' The task is formidable but the author succeeds admirably in marshalling the objective data and in bringing the human predicaments of her subjects into focus. Policy makers, as well as managers, criminal justice officials and educators should read this book and take on board its central message, that we are failing the majority of children in secure accommodation and should be searching urgently for alternatives.
Derived in primary research, Children in Secure Accommodation, which is divided into five parts comprising eleven chapters, promises to offer a `gendered exploration of locked institutional care for children in trouble'…it succeeds in returning gender to the agenda from which it slipped in recent years with regard to child welfare generally and youth justice more particularly. Secure accommodation is now located within a recently reconfigured and expanded `juvenile secure estate'. Equally recent statute (most notably the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) provides for the incarceration of younger children. It is high time for such developments, and their practical effects, to be critically assessed and theorised within the interlocking texts of class, `race' and gender, and under the overarching imperative of burgeoning social control. This book makes a contribution to this endeavour and provides an engaging introductory read.
This book offers several new perspectives on secure accommodation for adolescents. It employs an interpretative paradigm characterised by "a commitment to the representation and interpretation of the multiple realities described by research participants". In this, special attention is given to girls, reviewing their situation from a feminist point of view before, during and after containment. There are also continual reminders of ubiquitous children's rights issues. All of these help illuminate the regimes, treatment plans and users' views.
This publication is important and revealing for anyone who wants authentic information from the world of secure accommodation…[it] serves as a timely reminder that an alternative to locked institutional care for children in trouble is a long-overdue item on the professional and political agenda.
Children in Secure Accomodation will be informative for policy makers, practitioners and students. In educational terms it will prompt a critical and active engagement with the experiences of young people and encourage students to think about the relationship between care, control and risk in responding to young peoples' needs.
The primary aim of this book,' the author writes in her excellent and challenging introduction, `is to fill some of the gaps in the knowledge and understanding of the meaning and effect of placement in secure accommodation, and to provoke thought and discussion on the part of those involved in the provision of secure accommodation and other services for children "in need" in the care and criminal justice systems.' The task is formidable but the author succeeds admirably in marshalling the objective data and in bringing the human predicaments of her subjects into focus. Policy makers, as well as managers, criminal justice officials and educators should read this book and take on board its central message, that we are failing the majority of children in secure accommodation and should be searching urgently for alternatives.
Derived in primary research, Children in Secure Accommodation, which is divided into five parts comprising eleven chapters, promises to offer a `gendered exploration of locked institutional care for children in trouble'…it succeeds in returning gender to the agenda from which it slipped in recent years with regard to child welfare generally and youth justice more particularly. Secure accommodation is now located within a recently reconfigured and expanded `juvenile secure estate'. Equally recent statute (most notably the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) provides for the incarceration of younger children. It is high time for such developments, and their practical effects, to be critically assessed and theorised within the interlocking texts of class, `race' and gender, and under the overarching imperative of burgeoning social control. This book makes a contribution to this endeavour and provides an engaging introductory read.
This book offers several new perspectives on secure accommodation for adolescents. It employs an interpretative paradigm characterised by "a commitment to the representation and interpretation of the multiple realities described by research participants". In this, special attention is given to girls, reviewing their situation from a feminist point of view before, during and after containment. There are also continual reminders of ubiquitous children's rights issues. All of these help illuminate the regimes, treatment plans and users' views.
This publication is important and revealing for anyone who wants authentic information from the world of secure accommodation…[it] serves as a timely reminder that an alternative to locked institutional care for children in trouble is a long-overdue item on the professional and political agenda.
Cuprins
Introduction. PART ONE: THE CONTEXT: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE LITERATURE. 1. Children in trouble - the historical and legal context. 2. Children in trouble - the professional response. 3. Local authority secure accommodation. PART TWO: THE CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH STUDY. 4. The children in study: Characteristics and backgrounds. PART THREE: THE PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT. 5. The roles of secure accommodation: The views of managers and staff. 6. Secure unit residents: The views of managers and staff. 7. The roles of secure accommodation: The views of social workers. PART FOUR: CHILDREN IN SECURITY. 8. Life before placement in secure accommodation. 9. Living in secure accommodation. 10. Therapeutic interventions. 11. Evaluation and outcomes. PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS. 12. Summary and conclusions. Appendices. References. Index.