Court Cases, Cultural Expertise, and “Female Genital Mutilation” in Europe

Mestre, Ruth M. Mestre i; Johnsdotter, Sara

doi:10.1108/s1059-433720190000078006

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“…These include: violence in family relationships or genital mutilation and child slavery; crimes against sexual freedom; crimes related to the use of substances acceptable in the culture of origin and compulsory education default. This is widely highlighted in the literature (Rimonte, 1991;Cardillo, 1997;Kim and Sung, 2000;Lee and Lawy, 2001;Chiu, 2006;Sorenson, 2006;Leye et al, 2007;Abeya et al, 2012;Basile, 2013;Ali, 2014;Frick, 2014;Mestre i Mestre and Johnsdotter, 2019).…”

Section: Lack Of Awareness Of What Constitutes a Crime In The Host Co...mentioning

confidence: 86%

Immigrant prisoners in Italy. Cultural mediation to reduce social isolation and increase migrant prisoner well-being?

Garro

Schirinzi

Novara

et al. 2022

IJPH

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Purpose This study aims to highlight how easy it is for immigrants to break Italian law because of the country’s inadequate cultural and linguistic mediation service. Insufficiencies in this service also have a negative impact on both the psychological and physical health of migrant prisoners. Furthermore, Italian is used in legal disputes and prison, and reference is made to Italian culture, preventing migrants from understanding their position regarding the law. Design/methodology/approach This report concerns the psychological discomfort of migrant incarcerated individuals within Italian prisons due to national laws in force. Consideration is also given to the negative impact on the physical health of incarcerated migrants. Findings Best practice should include adequate space for linguistic and cultural mediation in reception centres and prisons. It is considered suitable to combat social exclusion, even in prison. Research limitations/implications The report is not research on prisoners, but it focuses on making visible the condition of migrant individuals incarcerated in Italy. Social implications Enforced isolation does not allow immigrants to become a community resource but has negative repercussions in terms of financial, social and well-being costs. Originality/value This paper is one of few in limited, national or otherwise scientific output, to contribute to migrant inmate visibility in Italy. Taking action for the well-being of migrant prisoners will not only have a positive impact on a social level but should also help reintegrate these individuals after serving their sentence.

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Section: Lack Of Awareness Of What Constitutes a Crime In The Host Co...mentioning

confidence: 86%

Immigrant prisoners in Italy. Cultural mediation to reduce social isolation and increase migrant prisoner well-being?

Garro

Schirinzi

Novara

et al. 2022

IJPH

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“…In diaspora, some of these traditional values are changing. Several studies have found increasingly negative attitudes to infibulation (Gele et al, 2012;Johansen, 2017aJohansen, , 2019Johnsdotter & Essèn, 2016;Mestre i Mestre & Johnsdotter, 2019;Vogt, Efferson, & Fehr, 2017;Wahlberg, Johnsdotter, Selling, Källestål, & Essén 2017) and some acceptance of surgical deinfibulation (Tvenge & Andersen, 2017). Nevertheless, there remains substantial resistance to deinfibulation.…”

Section: Infibulation As a Cultural Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

The Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior for Research and Care of Female Genital Cutting

Johansen

2020

Arch Sex Behav

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“…But it was not until the 1990s-with the arrival of many Somali refugees-that the issue came to the fore and became extensively discussed in public (Johnsdotter 2008a, p. 161). Sara Johnsdotter, professor of medical anthropology, has both followed and written extensively about these debates and the legal cases of FGM in Sweden and elsewhere (Johnsdotter 2008b;Mestre i Mestre and Johnsdotter 2019). She was an expert witness in the first ever FGM trial in Sweden.…”

Section: Culture Law and Expertsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Expertise in Sweden: A History of Its Use

Rabo¹

2019

Laws

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This paper is a case study of the use of cultural experts, broadly defined as including mediators and academicians with a variety of backgrounds, in Sweden. It draws on data collected through qualitative interviews with cultural experts, by following court cases through legal documents, mass media and other printed material, and by my own experience as a cultural expert. The paper provides a context to the potential application of the concept of cultural expertise regarding the appointment of such experts by lawyers, prosecutors and courts. It analyzes cases concerning the Sami, the Roma and recent immigrants from Africa and Asia. The Sami cases revolve around conflicts with the Swedish state over rights and ownership. The Roma cases revolve around questions of ethnic discrimination. Cases of immigrants from outside Europe consist of individual criminal cases and asylum. I argue that Swedish ideas-and ideals-of sameness and equality have had an impact on the legal cases that I discuss in this paper. While the legal issues in each of these cases differ, the paper argues that they demonstrate a similarity in how Swedish-majority society manages and even creates cultural differences. I conclude by showing the ways culture, rights, and obligations are understood in courts reflect mainstream trends of Swedish society and suggest the need for cultural expertise in the form of interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Court Cases, Cultural Expertise, and “Female Genital Mutilation” in Europe

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Immigrant prisoners in Italy. Cultural mediation to reduce social isolation and increase migrant prisoner well-being?

Immigrant prisoners in Italy. Cultural mediation to reduce social isolation and increase migrant prisoner well-being?

The Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior for Research and Care of Female Genital Cutting

Cultural Expertise in Sweden: A History of Its Use

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