Between the ‘Home’ and ‘Institutional’ Worlds: Tensions and Contradictions in the Practice of House Arrest

Staples, William G.; Decker, Stephanie K.

doi:10.1007/s10612-009-9089-5

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“…Both document broadly how individuals are constructed within total institutions. In line with Hacking (2004;and others, for example, Clegg, Courpasson, & Phillips, 2006;Kivett & Warren, 2002;Staples & Decker, 2010), I argue that the perspectives these two scholars can be seen to represent are complementary starting points for an analysis of institutional practices and identities. After a brief introduction to Goffman's notion of total institutions, I will discuss the work of Foucault and how it has influenced a critical psychology, and I will then return to explore what interaction-focused microsociological perspectives bring to an analysis of institutional practices and identities.…”

Section: Total Institutions Discipline and Subjectivitysupporting

confidence: 53%

Disciplining Freedom : Treatment Dilemmas and Subjectivity at a Detention Home for Young Men

Franzén¹

2014

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This ethnographic study explores treatment practices and staff-resident interaction at a detention home for young men, drawing on video recorded conversations and interviews. It investigates ideological dilemmas inherent in the institutional setting and how these produce complex subject positions to uptake, negotiate or refuse. Study I explores a core treatment dilemma: coercion vs. freedom, involving the dual institutional goal of coercing residents into norm abiding behavior and of producing individuals who behave "properly" out of their own free will. It focuses on staff members’ talk about token economy, illuminating rhetorical resources deployed to avoid the troubled subject position of a disciplinarian. Study II investigates disciplinary humor, illuminating how humor is used both to impose and disrupt social order. It shows how staff members and youths skillfully deploy humor in negotiating local hierarchies related to authority, generation, and age. Humor was also found to be a useful way of navigating ideological dilemmas. Study III explores behavior modification practices, focusing on how selfassessment practices can be conceptualized as responsibilization that emphasizes self-regulation. It documents the participants’ engagement in strategic deployment of specific subject position relations, “young boy”-caregiver rather than delinquent-disciplinarian. In brief, the thesis shows that subject positions are essentially co-constructed, and how positions related to age are highly relevant in this institutional setting. Paradoxical aspects of subject positions provide discursive resources that can be deployed to navigate ideological dilemmas such as that of coercion vs. freedom, but also to handle issues of authenticity.Denna etnografiska studie undersöker behandlingspraktiker och interaktion mellan personal och ungdomar på ett särskilt ungdomshem för unga män. Materialet består framförallt av videoinspelad interaktion och intervjuer. I studien utforskas ideologiska dilemman samt hur dessa producerar komplexa subjektspositioner att uppta, förhandla om eller neka. Studie I undersöker ett huvuddilemma: tvång vs. frihet, vilket involverar de dubbla institutionella målen att tvinga ungdomarna till önskvärt beteende och att producera individer som beter sig ”korrekt” av egen fri vilja. Fokus ligger på personalens tal om teckenekonomi och studien synliggör retoriska resurser som används för att undvika positionen ”disciplinär personal”. Studie II utforskar disciplinerande humor och synliggör hur humor används både för att skapa och omskapa den sociala ordningen. Studien visar hur personal och ungdomar skickligt använder humor i förhandlingar om lokala hierarkier relaterade till auktoritet, generation och ålder. Humor var också ett sätt att navigera ideologiska dilemman. Studie III undersöker beteendemodifieringspraktiker, med fokus på hur självutvärdering kan förstås som responsibilisering med fokus på själv-reglering. Studien dokumenterar deltagarnas strategiska användning av specifika subjektspositionsrelationer,...

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Section: Total Institutions Discipline and Subjectivitysupporting

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Disciplining Freedom : Treatment Dilemmas and Subjectivity at a Detention Home for Young Men

Franzén¹

2014

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“…Most participants were under curfew for between ten and twelve hours per day, and the length of time on curfew orders ranged between three and six months. In the US (Staples and Decker ), house arrest as an alternative to prison was studied. This was a highly‐structured programme involving mandatory employment, education, treatment, and drug testing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The degree to which this theme was experienced varied again though. For example, in the US (Staples and Decker ), the way EM was operationalised was experienced as highly intrusive; no part of life was considered ‘off limits’ and therefore privacy at home was lost. This is quite different from the EM ankle tags that participants in other studies wore.…”

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“…Stigma and shame. EM could be stigmatising and associated with feelings of shame and embarrassment, in addition to other negative emotions (Gibbs and King 2003;Maidment 2002;Staples and Decker 2010;Vanhaelemeesch, Vander Beken and Vandevelde 2014). Shame was experienced in the context of relationships, with some participants disclosing trying, or at least wanting, to hide the device from others, and adapting or avoiding people as a result.…”

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“…Individuals experienced EM as restrictive and confining (Gibbs and King 2003;Maidment 2002;Staples and Decker 2010;Vanhaelemeesch, Vander Beken and Vandevelde 2014). Many people on EM (in various contexts and with different schedules) reported that home became a prison which contributed to this sanction feeling restrictive and difficult (Gibbs and King 2003;Maidment 2002;Staples and Decker 2010;Vanhaelemeesch, Vander Beken and Vandevelde 2014). The degree to which this theme was experienced varied again though.…”

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Understanding how electronic monitoring (EM) is experienced may helpfully inform implementation to support effective compliance, crime prevention and rehabilitation. This study thematically synthesised the findings of six publications (based on five empirical studies) on EM experience. Eleven themes describing EM experience were developed, and from these, six implications for the effective implementation identified. EM has rehabilitative potential for many (but not all), such as by offering the chance to develop social capital and employment prospects, autonomy and self‐sufficiency. It appears unlikely that EM on its own is enough to bring about compliance beyond the period of monitoring, or achieve rehabilitation and desistance goals.

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Between the ‘Home’ and ‘Institutional’ Worlds: Tensions and Contradictions in the Practice of House Arrest

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

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Disciplining Freedom : Treatment Dilemmas and Subjectivity at a Detention Home for Young Men

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Between convict and ward: the experiences of people living with offenders subject to electronic monitoring

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