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Tensions and Trade-Offs: Staff’s Understanding of Children as Rights Holders in Secure Care
Stockholm University, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work. (RISCY)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4530-8215
Lund University, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: The International Journal of Children's Rights, ISSN 0927-5568, E-ISSN 1571-8182, Vol. 32, no 2, p. 477-501Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Abstract [en]

This article explores how staff in Swedish secure care value and understand the rightsof the children and young people in their care. To be a staff member in secure caremeans having a professional role that includes viewing and relating to young people asindividual rights holders in a setting where care and treatment shall be provided to agroup of young people. However, this occurs in an environment characterised by strongcoercive and controlling elements. The study shows that the viewing and handling ofchildren’s rights is dependent on various trade-offs that staff make. Negotiations aboutwhat should be seen as rights frequently take place, leading to tensions regardingchildren’s status as individual rights holders. The study adds knowledge about how staffdescribe the nature of these tensions in the daily life of secure care units. Implicationsfor practice are discussed.

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Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2024. Vol. 32, no 2, p. 477-501
Keywords [en]
children’s rights, secure care, child welfare, critical proponents, staff perspective, social work, law
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Social Work
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Social Sciences, Social Work; Law
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-130550DOI: 10.1163/15718182-32020008ISI: 001276380500009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85196374289OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130550DiVA, id: diva2:1870978
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, STYA-2019/0004Available from: 2024-06-16 Created: 2024-06-16 Last updated: 2024-08-19Bibliographically approved

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