Youth Justice and Migration Discursive Harms
This book examines the implications of the professional and judicial discourses on migrant youth in the Belgian youth justice system. Drawing on a detailed study of 55 court case files and in-depth interviews with over forty youth justice professionals, t
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Discursive Harms
Youth Justice and Migration
Olga Petintseva
Youth Justice and Migration Discursive Harms
Olga Petintseva Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
ISBN 978-3-319-94207-0 ISBN 978-3-319-94208-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94208-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018945193 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © Andrea Leitgeb/EyeEm/Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Ethnicity and migration on the one hand, and language on the other, have captured my interest throughout my entire adult life. This is partially due to my own biography but also linked to the existence of a solid, critical academic tradition on these topics. The topic of youth justice came into the picture serendipitously but this social practice gradually became central because of its complexity and paradoxes. ‘In youth’s best interests’ translates into shifting between protection, responsibilisation, repression and restoration. Even more than adult criminal justice, this institutional context is imbued with (self-)contradiction, doubt and simplification, compassion and engrossment, trying to intervene and letting go, trial and error; you name it. These contradictions were sharply reflected in the daily practices towards youth who found themselves at a crossroads in their lives: not only being adolescents, in many cases they found themselves at the margins of society (legally, socio-economically, and culturally). Gradually, my research focus shifted towards the discourses produced in institutional
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