The Labeling of the ‘Stranger’ in Totalizing Institutions.
Subcultural Adaptation of Ukrainian Youth in Juvenile
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Etykieta „obcego” w instytucji totalizującej. Adaptacja (pod)kulturowa (pod)kulturowa młodzieży pochodzenia ukraińskiego w placówkach resocjalizacyjnych
The Labeling of the ‘Stranger’ in Totalizing Institutions. Subcultural Adaptation of Ukrainian Youth in Juvenile Rehabilitation Facilities

Author(s): Angelika Cieślikowska-Ryczko
Subject(s): Welfare services, Migration Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: rehabilitation institutions for juveniles; social isolation; migrants; ukrainian youth; marginal man;

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the analysis is to describe the problem of placement andadaptation of Ukrainian youth in male juvenile rehabilitation institutions.THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main problem area is the experience ofworking with Ukrainian youth who committed crimes and were incarcerated in Polish male juvenilerehabilitation institutions. The analyses undertaken are based on an (auto)enthnographic researchstrategy and observations collected in the course of working with Ukrainian offenders.THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The theoretical framework of the own research wasmade the concept of juvenile adaptation to selected dimensions of the totalization institution. Theformal-legal context of isolation institutions was outlined, as well as the way of understanding andinterpreting the ‘stranger’, the new juvenile of the institution in different spheres of functioning.RESEARCH RESULTS: As a result of the analyses conducted, a specific and at the same timecompletely new context of (sub)cultural adaptation was characterised for the former pupils, whoface not only social isolation, but also accumulated educational difficulties and the experience ofmigration and war.CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH: Re-search on refugee youth in isolation facilities is significant in the discourse on the quality of reha-bilitative work with minors. The observed distinctiveness in the adaptation process of Ukrainiansis helpful for educators in effectively planning pedagogical methods for the new group of juvenileoffenders represented by war migrants.

  • Issue Year: 23/2024
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 117-127
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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