Dear all
I would like to ask if members of this list can offer guidance regarding 'containment as care' narratives, which have been used by authorities (statutory/non-statutory, policy makers, practitioners in managerial and front-line positions, etc) to legitimate the institutionalisation of disabled people.
- Some background and context -
I am undertaking a literature review for a paper that explores the possibilities of 'care' in criminal justice settings.
The paper considers the practitioner/client relationship in criminal justice settings (specifically in probation and prison environments) and explores balances of care and control in these interactions. The paper connects to a research project where we are researching male offenders' mental and physical ill-health in prison environments and clients' experiences of pain.
There are two clear problems with the research:
1. Prisons have been identified as 'warehousing' people who are assessed and classified as having mental ill-health problems. To identify prisons as spaces of 'care' in this context is problematic.
2. Moreover, there are dominant criminal justice practitioner narratives similar to those across welfare domains that 'work with' so-called vulnerable groups (e.g., homelessness, disability), which make claims about institutions as caring spaces; 'containment as care'.
I would like to discuss these substantive themes in the paper that I am currently writing. If anyone can think of references in the disability studies literature that critique the 'containment as care' narrative, or has any thoughts on this subject in general terms, I would be extremely grateful.
Best wishes,
Rachael
Dr Rachael Dobson
Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime
University of Leeds
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