Secure Units as Emotional Sites: Staff Perceptions of Fear and Violence at Secure Units for Young People in Sweden

Andersson, Per‐Olof

doi:10.1080/0886571x.2022.2041533

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“…A secure institution is an extremely emotional arena, with relationships being established between unequal parties and with a high risk of violence and conflict (Andersson 2022(Andersson , 2021. Staffs' understandings of the youths as both vulnerable with complex care needs as well as dangerous with a need for control and safety measures, shape the relations and the extent to which the institutions can convey a sense of home (Nolbeck et al 2023).…”

Section: Relationsmentioning

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“…Staffs' understandings of the youths as both vulnerable with complex care needs as well as dangerous with a need for control and safety measures, shape the relations and the extent to which the institutions can convey a sense of home (Nolbeck et al 2023). Andersson (2022) stresses that staffs' day-to-day work at the unit is 'emotional work', highlighting the relational work as threefold, involving relationships with young people, with their colleagues, and an understanding of their own feelings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…People who work with youths in secure units inevitably encounter violence and threats (Andersson and Överlien 2018), and staff's perception of safety influences their ability to provide treatment and care for the young people (Andersson 2022). Andersson (2020) shows how staff need to manage the relationship with youths by moving from hardness and toughness to a more attuned, compassionate, and understanding position.…”

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Enell

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In this article the authors present a meta-synthesis of their studies on secure institutions in Sweden and Denmark. The aim of the metasynthesis is to explore how the context of confinement shapes the possibilities for providing treatment and positive change for at-risk youth. Drawing on meta-synthesis methodology the authors extract content from nine studies published in 20 articles. We highlight three dimensions, which are a) treatment practices and behavioural regulation, b) the carceral materialities and sociomaterial practices, and c) relations. We argue that while treatment is curtailed by confinement, improvements can be made to support more successful change among at-risk youth and smooth their transition into adulthood. Artiklen præsenterer en metasyntese af ni studier om sikrede institutioner i Danmark og Sverige. Formålet med metasyntesen er at undersøge, hvordan frihedsberøvelse rammesætter behandling og forandringsarbejde med unge i udsatte positioner. Forfatterne analyserer 20 artikler fordelt på ni studier, de selv har gennemført. Analysen har fokus på tre centrale forhold; a) behandlingsarbejde og adfærdsregulering, b) materialitet og sociomaterielle praktikker, og c) relationer. Vi argumenterer for, at behandling påvirkes af frihedsberøvelse, men med forbedringer kan behandling på sikret institution bidrage til at skabe positiv forandring og sikre de unges overgang til voksenliv.

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Section: Relationsmentioning

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Section: Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Jonsson

2024

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Correctional institutions such as youth detention centres are highly emotional places, yet there are only a few studies of youth in locked institutions that take emotions as their starting point, and those who do primarily focus on explosive affects. Drawing on video ethnographic data from a Swedish youth detention home, this study highlights a mild form of joking, what we call ‘banal humour’, employed by staff and youth as a form of affective practice. Grounded in critical humour studies and affect theory, the paper demonstrates how banal humour contributes to maintaining positive affects, and to mitigate both anger and embarrassment, while simultaneously constructing social order and producing desirable subjectivities in the detention centre.

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Secure Units as Emotional Sites: Staff Perceptions of Fear and Violence at Secure Units for Young People in Sweden

Cited by 3 publications

References 38 publications

Treatment in the context of confinement

Treatment in the context of confinement

A professional field? Educational attainments, gender and age among staff in Swedish residential care

Banal humour and social order: Overlooked affects in staff interaction with incarcerated boys

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