Putting ‘Justice’ in recovery capital: Yarning about hopes and futures with young people in detention
Journal article
Authors | Hamilton, Sharynne Lee, Maslen, Sarah, Best, David, Freeman, Jacinta, O'Donnell, Melissa, Reibel, Tracy, Mutch, Raewyn and Watkins, Rochelle |
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Abstract | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are over-represented in Australian youth detention centres and the justice system. In contrast to deficit-focused approaches to health and justice research, this article engages with the hopes, relationships and educational experiences of 38 detained youth in Western Australia who participated in a study of screening and diagnosis for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. We report on a qualitative study that used a ‘social yarning’ approach. While the participants reported lives marred by substance use, crime, trauma and neurodevelopmental disability, they also spoke of strong connections to country and community, their education experiences and their future goals. In line with new efforts for a ‘positive youth justice’ and extending on models of recovery capital, we argue that we must celebrate success and hope through a process of mapping and building recovery capital in the justice context at an individual and institutional level. |
Keywords | Sociology and Political Science; Law |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Justice and Social Democracy |
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy | |
Journal citation | 9 (2), pp. 20-36 |
Publisher | Queensland University of Technology |
ISSN | 2202-8005 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1256 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625358 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | |
hdl:10545/625358 | |
Publication dates | 20 Jan 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Nov 2020, 17:41 |
Accepted | 2020 |
Contributors | University of Western Australia, University of Canberra, University of Derby and Telethon Kids Institute |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/94415/putting-justice-in-recovery-capital-yarning-about-hopes-and-futures-with-young-people-in-detention
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