Med håndfaste metoder og en kærlig hånd i ryggen: Om subjektpositioner og tilblivelsesprocesser i kriminalitetsforebyggende interventioner til unge

Consequence oriented interventions to preventing crime among youth has been dominating the Danish politics since the beginning of the 1990s. These consequence oriented political interventions are developed and implemented despite of both national and international research proving that consequences and punishment do not have any effect preventing juvenile crime. Instead the research shows, that we should focus on social conditions, family life and childhood, if we want to prevent crime among youth.
This thesis focus on clarifying how these consequence oriented political interventions affect the juvenile’s subjectification. Through poststructuralistic theory, this thesis performs qualitative interviews with three juveniles, who all has been in contact with crime preventive interventions. The analysis uses Søndergaard’s analytical reading strategies including the concepts positioning, subjectification and power.
The analysis shows that the juveniles greatly indicate childhood and social relations as the reason for their criminal actions. The juveniles therefore point to the social relation as the main focus when preventing crime among youth. The three juveniles also determine, that these consequence oriented interventions has no effect when preventing criminal actions. This because the interventions position juveniles feel like a misfit of society, which makes it impossible for the juveniles to achieve social integration. This lack of social integration increases the risk of juveniles committing crime.
I therefore conclude that the consequence oriented interventions are inexpedient, as they focus on mistakes and riskfactors in the juvenile, which causes a feeling of being a “problem”. Instead, the interventions should focus on making the juveniles a part of the community as socially accepted individuals.