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Family as Framework: gendered residential treatment of troublesome youth

Authors

  • Tarja Pösö University of Tampere

Abstract

This paper looks at the present social policy emphasis on residential treatment, which, if considered necessary or favorable at all, should he as family-like as possible. Based on an ethnographic study of professional social work in three Finnish reformatory schools, the paper claims that the usage of the term ‘family’ is highly dependent on each residential culture. ‘Family’ means a great variety of things. Meanwhile, the familistic approach meets the young female and male residents in different terms.

Author Biography

Tarja Pösö, University of Tampere

Tarja Pösö is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work of the University
of Tampere, Finland.

Published

1996-06-01

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