Forensic psychiatric institutions are tasked with both containment and transformation, with securely policing the border between institution and society and readying patients for return to the community. Forensic institutions can thus be theorised as a form of ‘rite of passage’, engaged in a process of transformation which both navigates and demarcates social limits. This article contributes to literature on risk and control in clinical institutions by offering a novel theoretical synthesis of features of rites of passage and liminality, as facilitated by an art project in a forensic setting. Through the prism of the Graffiti and Wellbeing Project (GWP), an arts initiative, we explore the ways in which forensic institutions thus offer or impede opportunities for transformation. The project engendered a space for the transformation of difficult emotions and histories through the medium of art creating a liminal space of transformation within the confines of a secure institution. Drawing on Douglas, Kristeva and Bahktin, we argue that forensic institutions largely attempt to manage their own transgressive, marginal status, and the abject experiences of patients, through a recourse to order, suppression and sublimation. We argue for a wider range of responses to the transgressive and marginal experiences and behaviours prevalent in forensic settings, drawing on examples from the GWP.

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陷入分离：阈限、涂鸦艺术和法医机构作为失败的通过仪式

法医精神病机构的任务是遏制和改造，安全地管理机构与社会之间的边界，并为患者返回社区做好准备。因此，法医机构可以被理论化为“通过仪式”的一种形式，参与一个既能驾驭又划定社会界限的转变过程。本文通过在法医环境中的一个艺术项目的推动下，对通过仪式和阈限的特征进行了新的理论综合，从而为临床机构中的风险和控制文献做出了贡献。通过艺术倡议涂鸦与幸福项目 (GWP) 的棱镜，我们探索法医机构因此提供或阻碍转型机会的方式。该项目通过艺术媒介创造了一个转化困难情感和历史的空间，在一个安全机构的范围内创造了一个转化的极限空间。借鉴 Douglas、Kristeva 和 Bahktin，我们认为法医机构在很大程度上试图通过求助于秩序、压制和升华来管理自己的越界、边缘地位和患者的悲惨经历。我们主张对法医环境中普遍存在的越界和边缘经验和行为做出更广泛的反应，并借鉴 GWP 的例子。我们认为，法医机构在很大程度上试图通过求助于秩序、压制和升华来管理他们自己的越界、边缘状态和患者的悲惨经历。我们主张对法医环境中普遍存在的越界和边缘经验和行为做出更广泛的反应，并借鉴 GWP 的例子。我们认为，法医机构在很大程度上试图通过求助于秩序、压制和升华来管理他们自己的越界、边缘状态和患者的悲惨经历。我们主张对法医环境中普遍存在的越界和边缘经验和行为做出更广泛的反应，并借鉴 GWP 的例子。