Endstation Forensik: SystemsprengerInnen als blinder Fleck des Sozialsystems

Abstract

In this article, a case analysis is presented that deals with the situation of a client of adult legal representation. Due to the deprivation of liberty of a supervisor in a residential facility of child and youth welfare, the client has been in the forensic unit of a psychiatric hospital for five years. On the basis of various available surveys, protocols, and documentation, which were prepared by professionals of different backgrounds, and two social diagnostic procedures – the network map and the biographical time bar – hypotheses are formulated, and casuistic interpretations are presented, so that thinking beyond the conventional is possible.

The findings, which emerged from the meticulous processing in the course of the case analysis, point to an urgent need for change with regard to the custody and the general handling of the client. The examination of literature relevant to the case also indicates the need for reform in general: with regard to the treatment of so-called system busters and the lack of facilities for young, deviant lawbreakers.

Keywords: adult legal representation, case analysis, forensics, missing measures, system busters, convention on rights of persons with disabilities