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Sociocultural identification of migrant forensic psychiatric inpatients facing mandatory repatriation – a hospital ethnography

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  • Clous, Charlotte
  • Jongsma, Hannah
  • van Weeghel, Anniek
  • Reis, Ria
  • Veling, Wim

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In the Netherlands, terbeschikkingstelling (TBS) is a forensic psychiatric measure imposed on individuals who commit a criminal offence under diminished responsibility due to severe mental illness. For TBS patients without Dutch nationality, mandatory repatriation replaces resocialization as the final goal of TBS treatment, as they lose Dutch residency rights due to their offence. This article examines how this subgroup of TBS patients at a Dutch Centre for Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry reflect on and negotiate cultural identity at the intersection of criminal and migration law. Focusing on sociocultural identification, we adopt a dynamic and relational approach to cultural identity that attends to life histories, transnational social ties, institutional positioning and imposed categories of otherness reinforced by involuntary return policies. Data were gathered through in-depth life-course interviews, focus groups, and participant observation on four high-security wards between 2022 and 2024.

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  • Clous, Charlotte & Jongsma, Hannah & van Weeghel, Anniek & Reis, Ria & Veling, Wim, 2026. "Sociocultural identification of migrant forensic psychiatric inpatients facing mandatory repatriation – a hospital ethnography," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 392(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:392:y:2026:i:c:s0277953626000596
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.118984
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