Criminal experiences: Criminal convictions from the perspective of juveniles and adolescents
The project "Straf-Erfahrungen: Criminal sentencing from the perspective of young people and adolescents" aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the perception and interpretation of criminal sentences by young people and adolescents.
Project description
The project "Straf-Erfahrungen: Criminal convictions from the perspective of young people and adolescents" aims at an in-depth analysis of the perception and interpretation of criminal convictions by young people and adolescents. The question of how they process sentences against the background of their respective biographies and identity construction has rarely been analyzed empirically to date. On the other hand, the corresponding interpretations are of central importance in the entire criminal justice process and in political debates on juvenile delinquency. Legislative decisions are also often based on assumptions about the effects of convictions on young people.
Against this background, the research project examines a number of questions.
In order to pursue these questions, a narrative theory approach is pursued (e.g. Lucius-Hoene/Deppermann 2002; Widdershoven 1993). The narrative-theoretical approach avoids axiomatic attributions that refer to the identity of a subject without empirical foundation. It focuses on the analysis of narrative attempts, retellings and re-narratives of a subject, with which his "identity-strategic movements" (Kraus 2000, 170) can be reconstructed.
The project focuses on defendants for whom inpatient placement (juvenile detention or juvenile punishment) is an option. Qualitative interviews are used, which are conducted before and after sentencing. In order to realize the project, legal and socio-educational research skills will be integrated. The greatest possible contrast will be achieved by collecting data in different local contexts.
Everything at a glance
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Duration
01.07.2015 - 31.05.2017 -
Research area
Social Pedagogy & Child and Youth Criminal Law -
Funding
Schools II
Team | Publications
Project management
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Dollinger
University of Siegen, Schools II, Department of Education, Social Pedagogy and Social Work - Prof. Dr. Tobias Fröschle
University of Siegen, Faculty III, Department of Business Law, Civil Law with a focus on family law including voluntary jurisdiction and child and youth welfare law
Staff and contact persons
- Luzie Gilde and Selina Heppchen
University of Siegen, Schools II, Department of Educational Science, Social Pedagogy and Social Work
- Dollinger, B./Fröschle, T./Gilde, L./Vietig, J. (2016): Young people in court: case studies on the subjective experience of hearings by the juvenile court. In: Monthly Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law Reform. 99th Vol., pp. 325-341; http://www.heymanns-mschrkrim.de/das-aktuelle-heft/.
- Dollinger, B./Rudolph, M./Schmidt-Semisch, H./Urban, U. (2014): Making punishment appears reasonable: police and social work professionals' representations of delinquency in the context of a 'punitive turn'. In: Hess, H./Schmidt-Semisch, H. (eds.): Die Sinnprovinz der Kriminalität. Wiesbaden. S. 165-186.
- Dollinger, B./Kretschmann, A. (2013): Contradictions in German Penal Practices. The Long Goodbye from the Rehabilitation Principle. In: Ruggiero, V./ Ryan, M. (eds.): Punishment in Europe. Houndmills. S. 132-156.
- Dollinger, B./Schabdach, M. (2013): Juvenile delinquency. Wiesbaden.
- Dollinger, B./Urban, M. (2012): The analysis of interdiscourses as a form of qualitative social research. A basic and project report on the example of juvenile delinquency. In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Vol. 13, Art. 25, 27 paragraphs; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1202258.
- Dollinger, B. (2012): Professional action in the context of juvenile criminal law. In: Monthly Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law Reform. 95th Vol., pp. 1-17.
- Fröschle, T. (2013): §§ 52 a to 58 a SGB VIII. In: Luthe, E.-W./Nellissen, G. (eds.): juris Praxis Kommentar SGB VIII. Saarbrücken.