Freedom From Symbolic Violence? Facilitators and Barriers to Participatory Practices in Youth Justice

Sean Creaney; Samantha Burns

doi:10.1177/14732254231156844

Freedom From Symbolic Violence? Facilitators and Barriers to Participatory Practices in Youth Justice

Sean Creaney
, Samantha Burns^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Child First Participation agenda in England marks a paradigm shift in youth justice. This solidifies a commitment to democratising decision-making
processes with children. Drawing on interviews with children and professionals, this paper explores the enablers and constraints to Child First participation in youth justice services, including how risk-oriented practices, managerialism and neoliberal mechanisms constrain positive relationships with children. In this paper, Bourdieu’s concept of ‘symbolic violence’ is used to explore systemic problems when engaging children in co-producing youth justice interventions. The paper suggests how participatory practices can provide freedom from symbolic violence for both children and practitioners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-52
Number of pages	22
Journal	Youth Justice
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231156844
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 11 Mar 2023

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Bourdieu
child first
habitus
participation
risk
symbolic violence
youth justice

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