RT Article
T1 Mothering after Moomba: Labelling, secondary stigma and maternal efficacy in the post-settlement context
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 26
IS 2
SP 304
OP 325
A1 Maher, Sara
A2 Blaustein, Jarrett
A2 Benier, Kathryn
A2 Chitambo, Joseph
A2 Johns, Diana
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800608322
AB Parenting can impact young people’s justice system involvement but there is a scarcity of research that examines how parenting practices, specifically mothering, are influenced by labelling processes. Accordingly, this article considers how the labelling of young people from forced migration backgrounds as criminals impacted mothering and maternal efficacy during a ‘law and order crisis’ in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with mothers and young people of South Sudanese heritage, we illustrate how this hostile social climate generated secondary stigma, and amplified anxieties and concerns about inclusivity and belonging. The research advances our theoretical understanding of parental control and parental efficacy in the post-settlement context by bringing the gendered experiences of mothers as providers of supervision and support into focus. It suggests labelling may undermine maternal efficacy and exacerbate intercultural and intergenerational tensions, but that community involvement may support parents and mitigate the risk of deviance amplification.
K1 South Sudanese community
K1 secondary stigma
K1 post-settlement
K1 parental efficacy
K1 maternal efficacy
K1 Labelling
K1 Forced Migration
K1 Deviance amplification
DO 10.1177/1362480620981639