Why Do Young People Offend in Children's Homes? Research, Theory and Practice

Shaw, Julie

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bct047

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“…This is despite the fact that research has shown how children's experiences in residential care are in no small part influenced by those professionals who work directly with them (e.g. Shaw, 2014a;Shaw 2014b;Kendrick, 2012).…”

Section: Commission Published a Human Rights Framework For Justice Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reflecting on the Past: Children’s Services Workers’ Experiences of Residential Care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975

Shaw¹,

Kendrick²

2016

Br J Soc Work

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While contemporary responses to the issue of historic child abuse in the Scottish context have tended to focus upon the experiences of former residents of institutional care, it is clear that much can also be learned from the narratives of former child-care workers. This article draws upon the findings of a recent project, the overall aim of which was to explore children's services' workers experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960-75. Using an oral history methodology, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-three individuals who had experience of working in, or in connection with, residential child care services, followed by thematic analysis of the data. Results highlighted a range of both positive and negative experiences, and many of the issues still have a contemporary resonance. While we should guard against complaisance and be continually vigilant to safeguard and protect children, we should not allow a focus on risk-averse practice to obscure the merits of the more positive and nurturing elements of earlier residential childcare work.

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Section: Commission Published a Human Rights Framework For Justice Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Certainly, the homogenous, 'institutionalised' nature of some residential care provision continues to be linked to poor outcomes in current times, highlighting the lessons that still need to be learned (e.g. Shaw, 2014b, Kendrick, 2015.…”

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Reflecting on the Past: Children’s Services Workers’ Experiences of Residential Care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975

Shaw¹,

Kendrick²

2016

Br J Soc Work

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“…By ensuring the presence of someone to whom they can confide their most intimate thoughts (Nobre-Lima, 2009), the peer group often comes to replace immediate relatives and adult influence, assuring emotional support and a sense of self-worth and status (Shaw, 2014). After all, peers are "often the only 'chosen' and free relationships" adolescents have in residential care (Emond, 2014, p. 200).…”

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confidence: 99%

Emotional dysregulation as a predictor of peer attachment perceptions of adolescents in residential care

Lino¹,

Lima²

2017

Psychologica

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A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos.Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença.Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra. Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso. Emotional dysregulation as AbstractAdolescents who live in residential care tend to have a development characterized by insecure and ambivalent emotional experiences. In addition, they frequently exhibit levels of emotional dysregulation that potentially compromise the quality of their interpersonal relationships. Considering that in this context the peer group has an important role in providing emotional support, the present study aimed to analyse the levels of emotional dysregulation of adolescents living in residential care and to explore its predictive role in the perception of the attachment to peers. The sample is composed of 100 adolescents (71 girls; 29 boys) living in residential care, aged between 12-18 years old. Measures included the Portuguese versions of the Abbreviated Dysregulation Inventory and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (peer version only). The levels of dysregulation were not high, and adolescents displayed a higher affective than a behavioural dysregulation. Only cognitive dysregulation negatively accounted for the variability of communication, trust and perception of attachment to peers in general. This is understandable, since cognition has an important role in managing negative emotions and controlling their behavioural outputs. Albeit modest, the results encourage the promotion of emotional regulation as a means of fostering secure interpersonal relationships in residential care.Keywords: adolescents; residential care; emotional dysregulation; peer attachment

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“…Nevertheless, the available evidence also suggests that other factors directly connected to the experience of being in residential care, have the potential to significantly impact outcomes, in both positive and negative ways (Shaw, 2014a(Shaw, , 2014b. These include the influence of the resident group (Barter, 2008;Emond, 2003;Morgan, 2009;Sinclair and Gibbs, 1998;Stewart et al, 1994), staff-resident relationships (Berridge, 2002;Clough, 2000;King et al, 1973, Quoted in Clough et al, 2006Whitaker et al, 1998), the culture and characteristics of the homes (Anglin, 2002;Berridge and Brodie, 1998;Brown et al, 1998;Hicks et al, 2007;Sinclair and Gibbs, 1998;Whitaker et al, 1998) and wider systemic factors, including placement movement (Munro and Hardy, 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy, Practice and Perceptions: Exploring the Criminalisation of Children’s Home Residents in England

Shaw¹

2016

Youth Justice

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The criminalisation of young people in response to children's residential, home-based challenging behaviour remains a persistent problem in the United Kingdom. This article presents research which, through a series of semi-structured interviews and a focus group with professionals from the care and youth justice systems, sought to gain insights into why this might be the case. It was concluded that there is a need to empower residential staff; bring greater objectivity into decision-making processes and raise awareness of how system contact can impact children's self-perception, and future prospects.

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Why Do Young People Offend in Children's Homes? Research, Theory and Practice

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

Reflecting on the Past: Children’s Services Workers’ Experiences of Residential Care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975

Reflecting on the Past: Children’s Services Workers’ Experiences of Residential Care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975

Emotional dysregulation as a predictor of peer attachment perceptions of adolescents in residential care

Policy, Practice and Perceptions: Exploring the Criminalisation of Children’s Home Residents in England

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