ABSTRACT
To fully understand the German discussion about ethical dilemmas when working with these groups and conflicting goals of the work, one has to explain the German perspective about the contradiction between the constitutional right of freedom of speech and the constitutional right for nondiscrimination which is challenged through hate speech. Social work in Germany offers special programs and the federal government has been financing these since the mid-1990s. For social work in the field of right-winged youth cultures, this poses a challenge. When working with the groups directly, a social worker is most likely to witness some form of xenophobic or neo-Nazi propaganda. Harm reduction is a concept originally developed as an alternative approach to criminal, disease, or moral models in public health policy, especially in the field of drug abuse. Harm for the right-winged adolescents themselves is most likely only to occur as a result of the fourth dimension – the expectancy of a great amount of conformity.
