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Abstract
Because of their specific characteristics, it is sometimes argued that these girls are ‘untreatable’. Based on own research about Belgian Youth Court practices, we will discuss and reflect about the alleged untreatable character of these girls. Why are they perceived as untreatable? Shouldn’t we question the ‘culture-centrism’ of European juvenile justice systems? Drawing on our own research findings, we will reflect on their ambivalent position in the system which refers to the thin line between victim and offender.
We will also go into methodological problems we encountered when doing research on Romani girls. Youth Court records of Romani girls often lack important information (age, social networks, school,…) so that is sometimes difficult to gain insight in these specific cases. Above this, Romani people tend to use several aliases, and false dates of birth, which makes it difficult to obtain a full overview of their Youth Justice pathway or to track them down in official databases (e.g. to follow-up their pathway into adulthood). This, and also their international mobility, hinders doing research on this population.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | European Society of Criminology, 15th Annual Congress 2015, Porto |
Publication status | Published - 3 Sep 2015 |
Event | 15th annual conference of the European Society of Criminology, Eurocrim 2015 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 2 Sep 2015 → 5 Sep 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 15th annual conference of the European Society of Criminology, Eurocrim 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 2/09/15 → 5/09/15 |
Keywords
- Girls in the juvenile justice system
- Romani girls
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OZR2526: Centre of Expertise Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality
Coene, G., Celis, K., Withaeckx, S., Lechkar, I., Adam, I., Severs, E., Woodward, A., Lafaut, D., Schandevyl, E., De Proost, M., Dierickx, S., Erzeel, S., Leye, E. M., Akachar, S., Halimi, M., Bracke, S., Huysentruyt, H. K., Rahbari, L., D'Agostino, S., Akachar, S., Janssen, C., Lang, F., Bekers, E., Arteel, I., Consuegra, E., Vergaert, E., Landberg, J., Jung, M., Berdai Chaouni, S., Koelet, S., Spanouli, A., Dóci, E., Dumortier, E., Vantieghem, W., De Bus, S., Mullens, F., Westerveen, L., Saberi Zafarghandi, P., Tuley, M., Andre, G., Capurchande, R., Cuinhane, C. E., Chipenembe Ngale, M. J. M., Wouters, B., Ninsiima, A. B., Zhang, S., Shan, J., Zhang, B., Amara-Hammou, K. & De Backer, M. L.
4/10/13 → 30/09/19
Project: Fundamental
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SRP12: SRP (Zwaartepunt): Crossing borders: crime, culture and controle
Snacken, S., Christiaens, J. & Enhus, E.
1/11/12 → 31/10/17
Project: Fundamental