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Capabilities of Practitioners Supporting Young Men with Mild-to-Borderline Intellectual Impairment.
- Source :
- Australian Social Work; Jul2021, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p264-275, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper identifies key capabilities for practice identified by community practitioners who seek to support the re-entry and reintegration in community after imprisonment of young men with mild-to-borderline intellectual impairment. It is based on a recent qualitative study undertaken in south-east Queensland, Australia, drawing on in-depth and semistructured interviews with community practitioners working with this population group that is over-represented in the criminal justice system. Applying the capability approach based on the work of Amartya Sen, the study examined community practitioners' self-reported engagement with young men with mild-to-borderline intellectual impairment involved in the criminal justice system. The analytical strategy was based on grounded theory and from the findings a set of practitioner capabilities and functionings were developed to guide future work by practitioners who support young men with mild-to-borderline intellectual impairment in community re-entry and reintegration. IMPLICATIONS Systems for community re-integration of young men with mild-to-borderline (MB) intellectual impairment involved in the criminal justice system require revisioning with a view to developing effective practice in engagement. A capabilities framework for community practitioners, informed by research, is required to guide practice in re-entry services for young men with MB intellectual impairment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0312407X
- Volume :
- 74
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150608704
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2019.1676806