Analyzing Social Ties in Total Institutions
Författare
Summary, in English
A common view is that an individual delinquent can be rehabilitated in
a “home” in the countryside, away from his or her original urban social
ties. An ironic result is new social ties with other juvenile delinquents as they spend a considerable amount of time together at a secluded institution. Drawing on ethnographic studies in residential care institutions, this article discusses two aspects to consider when analyzing social ties in such settings: the institutional prerequisites for and the everyday achievement of isolation and intimacy.
a “home” in the countryside, away from his or her original urban social
ties. An ironic result is new social ties with other juvenile delinquents as they spend a considerable amount of time together at a secluded institution. Drawing on ethnographic studies in residential care institutions, this article discusses two aspects to consider when analyzing social ties in such settings: the institutional prerequisites for and the everyday achievement of isolation and intimacy.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
12-27
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Qualitative Sociology Review
Volym
VIII
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lodz University
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- sociologi
- sociology
- total institutions
- residential youth care
- social ties
- isolation
- intimacy
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Kriminal- och socialvetenskapligt nätverk
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1733-8077