I think this choice of words is deliberate: “decomposing” a person evokes #Goffman’s ‘mortification of the self’ + the dissolution of social identity thru dehumanising strategies #liminality #NeitherHereNorThere #socialdeath #civildeath #ViolenceOfIncarceration
Nancy Wolff: “We don’t see the person, we’ve decomposed them into these statistics” #riskassessment #probability. The antidote = emotional support for ppl to feel safe enough to tell what they’ve kept hidden #PersonCentredTreatment #IALMH2019
November 24, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I think this choice of words is deliberate: “decomposing” a person evokes #Goffman’s ‘mortification of the self’ + the dissolution of social identity thru dehumanising strategies #liminality #NeitherHereNorThere #socialdeath #civildeath #ViolenceOfIncarceration
Nancy Wolff: Prison staff are “taught to dehumanise us” #ViolenceOfIncarceration #Confinement #BarriersToRecovery #Trauma #Incarceration #IALMH2019
November 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Nancy Wolff: Prison staff are “taught to dehumanise us” #ViolenceOfIncarceration #Confinement #BarriersToRecovery #Trauma #Incarceration #IALMH2019