Considérer les écarts de conduite dans le processus de réadaptation : comment les intervenants adaptent-ils le cadre général de l’intervention à la résistance des jeunes délinquants à haut risque de récidive?
High-risk offenders often exhibit a low level of commitment and resistance to intervention during their rehabilitation process (Motiuk and Serin, 2001). In order to better adapt the general framework of the intervention to the specific resistance of the most problematic youths, field specialists use an experiential knowledge still largely unknown of the research’s field (Le Blanc and Trudeau-Le Blanc, 2014). Using a qualitative method design, this project examined 110 high risk youth offenders’ clinical records in a variety of settings over a 10-month period. The principal objective is to understand how the general intervention framework is adapted according to certain specific resistance patterns presented by youth offenders during the rehabilitation process. Based on the perspective of youth educators, this present paper proposes certain lines of thoughts concerning the framework of general intervention, the dynamics of resistance and the specific interventions in place. Results demonstrate how different context of rehabilitation and the characteristics of high-risk youth offenders trend towards more surveillance or autonomy granted to the youths, with consideration for their resistance. The disruptive behaviours are interpreted in accordance with three main forms of resistance: instrumental, oppositional and inertial. While low mobilization redirects intervention towards more surveillance measures, collaboration provides more attention towards autonomy during the rehabilitation process. Based on youth worker’s perspective, this paper proposes certain implications concerning the general intervention framework, the dynamics of resistance and the specific interventions.
LSJPA Rehabilitation Youth Centre youth offenders YCJA clinical files intervention framework disruptive behaviours resistance rationalizations clinical judgement