Psychosocial perspectives of girls and violence: implications for policy and praxis

Psychosocial and feminist criminologies produce a complex etiology of adolescent female violence, and advance understanding of much female behavior that juvenile authorities formally address: mental health disturbances. When girls’ violent behaviors are considered within a psychodynamic theoretical...

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Main Author: Robinson, Robin A. (Author)
Contributors: Ryder, Judith A.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2013, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 431-445
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Borderline Personality Disorder
Executive Functioning
Object Relation
Social Control
Violent Behavior
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Summary:Psychosocial and feminist criminologies produce a complex etiology of adolescent female violence, and advance understanding of much female behavior that juvenile authorities formally address: mental health disturbances. When girls’ violent behaviors are considered within a psychodynamic theoretical framework, policy problems are dramatically redefined, resulting in a reformulation of the social problem, newly contextualized, and the collective responses to the troubled girls it has defined. This paper places known etiologies of violent behaviors, including case study material, in a context of extant social policies that impact and determine the social location and control of violent girls. We argue that efficacious policy responses would be psychosocially informed, and focus upon a more holistic mental health praxis, rather than criminal justice practices alone.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 443-445
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-013-9185-4