/library/oar/handle/123456789/108167 2025-12-23T07:52:45Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/108418 Title: Societas.Expert : issue 3 Abstract: The faculty for social wellbeing research magazine for academics, students, alumni, stakeholders and the general public in collaboration with corporate dispatch.; 1/ Editorial - Andrew Azzopardi & Paulann Grech -- 2/ How are we to ensure that the ‘societal needs’ remain at the centre of our next lap of the journey? - Jesmond Saliba -- 3/ Bios -- 4/ Intersectionality - A brief personal and professional understanding - Marta Santa -- 5/ Intersectional vectors of power and illegalized, racialized bodies - Some theoretical reflections on sex work in Malta - Maria Pisani -- 6/ Social justice and mental health - An intersectionality-based approach - Paulann Grech & Alexei Sammut -- 7/ Social Justice - A utopian dream or dystopian nightmare? - Mary Grace Vella -- 8/ The invisibility of old men carers in Malta’s ageing care policy - Roberta Sultana & Marvin Formosa -- 9/ Phenomenology & intersectionality - Using PVEST in youth research for social justice - Audrey Friggieri -- 10/ Childhood intersections - Audrey Bezzina -- 11/ Excluded - A trauma-informed approach to understanding offender criminogenic needs and prospects of rehabilitation - Chantal Avellino, Kevin Sammut Henwood & Yanika Tabone -- 12/ Societas.Expert past editions 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/108396 Title: Excluded : a trauma-informed approach to understanding offender criminogenic needs and prospects of rehabilitation Abstract: When discussing offending behaviour, much of the mainstream discourse observed in the media, most notably on social media, seems to centre on the need for more punitive measures- the longer, the more retributory, the better. Malta is already fairly reliant on incarceration. The CrimeMalta Observatory (Formosa, 2020) reported that by the end of 2020, Malta’s prison, Corradino ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ Agency (formerly known as Corradino Correctional Facility) housed almost 900 inmates (Eurostat, 2012). In fact, over a ten-year span, the Corradino ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ Agency has almost doubled its prison population (45%) - a prison structure that was originally designed and built in the 19th century (Georgiev, 2016, Scicluna, 2004). On the other hand, the underlying causes of offending are often ignored. Furthermore, many offenders will report having experienced trauma and adversity, with many of these experiences dating back to childhood (Baglivio & Epps, 2016). The broader implications of this on an interpersonal basis, but also in relation to community-based factors, as a whole need to be considered, as many of these can easily lead to social exclusion. This paper shall discuss the relationship between trauma and offending, through a Risk-Need-Responsivity perspective (Andrews & Bonta, 2010). The implications of taking a trauma-informed perspective in the rehabilitation of offenders shall be discussed. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/108395 Title: Childhood intersections Abstract: Intersectionality is a term used by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1991) to explain that black women cannot be represented fully through feminist and antiracist discourse. The term has since been used to show that every person has a multitude of identity facets which interact with each other. Children have been considered as a homogenous group for many decades, yet they need to be considered in light of their race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age and ethnic background. Education is the key to giving every child equitable opportunities to help in their development, leading them to become more agentic in things which affect them directly. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/108394 Title: Phenomenology & intersectionality : using PVEST in youth research for social justice Abstract: A concern with social justice values people’s stories that tell us about human suffering and human wellbeing and which can lead us to solutions for change that we need to act on. Spencer’s phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory (PVEST, 1995) emerged as a critique of traditional developmental theories that tended to ignore multiple levels of inequality experienced by young people, and encapsulates systems theory, intersectionality and phenomenology. Dysfunctional ecological contexts can be studied by means of intersectionality’s foregrounding of multifaceted structures and social locatedness, as it recognises how power dynamics and interwoven systems result in discriminatory outcomes within social constructs such as class, race, and gender. Focusing on phenomenological interpretations and responses, PVEST enhances these insights. Understanding the marginalisation of young people necessitates looking into their personal interpretation of what happens to and around them, how they cope with challenges that are often stemming from experiences of interwoven systems of oppression. The resulting knowledge could better inform the design of services that speak to young people on the margins, support that they can find relevant and effective as they navigate society and the world more confidently and securely. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z