This article explores principles of penal welfarism. For a number of years, there has been a wide-ranging debate on the impact of penal welfarism and on its transformation or indeed its possible supersedence. To date, however, discussions have rarely started with those directly affected (‘from below’) and asked how welfarist measures are experienced and perceived by young people who have been charged with or convicted of offences. This is the approach taken here as I focus on young defendants in the context of their trial. The young people describe in detail problematic life stories and personal challenges. However, the majority reject any attempt to label them as cases for education or rehabilitation. Help in the respondents’ view should primarily resolve specific, pragmatic problems, and not interfere with their identity.

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把招工广告？对“自下而上”的刑事福利主义的叙述性观察

本文探讨了刑事福利主义的原则。多年来，关于刑事福利主义的影响及其转变或实际上可能被取代的问题一直存在广泛的争论。然而，迄今为止，很少从直接受影响的人（“自下而上”）开始讨论，并询问被指控或被判有罪的年轻人如何体验和理解福利主义措施。这是我在这里采取的方法，因为我在审判的背景下关注年轻的被告。年轻人详细描述了有问题的生活故事和个人挑战。然而，大多数人拒绝将它们标记为教育或康复案例的任何尝试。在受访者看来，帮助应主要解决具体的、务实的问题，而不是干涉他们的身份。