RT Article
T1 ‘So, why am I here?’: ambiguous practices of protection, treatment and punishment in Danish secure institutions for youth
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 59
IS 5
SP 1161
OP 1177
A1 Henriksen, Ann-Karina
A2 Prieur, Annick 1959-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1672139775
AB This article explores how a nexus of punishment, treatment and protection creates unique mechanisms of control in secure institutions for young people. It is based on a study in Danish secure institutions, which accommodate young people confined on legal and welfare grounds. In these hybrid institutions, protection, treatment and punishment merge in ambiguous and contradictory practices that are experienced as unjust or even harmful by the young people and possibly breach the UN Convention of the Child. These practices are explored through a Foucauldian theorization highlighting the disciplinary practices unique to the confinement of minors. The article contributes to wider debates on the treatment–punishment nexus, Nordic exceptionalism and criminal justice for youth in an era of neoliberal penal-welfarism.
K1 Young  people
K1 Closed institutions
K1 Nordic exceptionalism
K1 Punishment
K1 Lived experience
K1 Children's rights
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz018