Sökning: "Crime victim"

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  1. 1. Gestaltningar av offererfarenheter : Samtal med unga män som utsatts för brott

    Författare :Veronika Burcar Alm; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; young men; violence; victim status; victimhood; vagueness; support; speech as action; robbery; rhetoric; pronoun; positioning; police; play down; narrative; masculinity; judiciary; identity; humour; crime victim; conversation; constructionism; competence; assault; actor; ambivalence; Criminology; Sociology; Social psychology; Samhällsvetenskaper; Kriminologi; Sociologi; Socialpsykologi;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, young men's experiences of being victims of crime are analysed. Several kinds of material are considered in this study, but the primary data consist of informal, tape-recorded interviews with ten young men (17 to 21 year's old) who had been assaulted or mugged. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hate crime victimization : consequences and interpretations

    Författare :Mika Andersson; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Hate crime; Criminology; Victimology;

    Sammanfattning : The field of hate crime studies is a young one and as such it is characterized by a high proportion of explorative and inductive studies. This methodological approach is well founded when a field is unfolding as they often generate theoretical conclusions or assumptions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults

    Författare :Alexander Engström; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Micael Björk; Anna Dåderman; Vania Ceccato; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; crime; fear of crime; lifestyle-exposure theory; offending; routine activity theory; smartphone; victimisation; youth; young adults; Kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : Drawing on lifestyle-routine activity theory, this dissertation explores associations between everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults. It also examines the operationalisation of the concepts of lifestyle and routine activities, and explores the use of experience methods, via a smartphone application named STUNDA, to collect data about everyday life. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Emergence of the Crime Victim in the Swedish Social Services Act

    Författare :Carina Ljungwald; Anna Hollander; Henrik Tham; Jonathan Simon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; crime victim; domestic violence; social welfare law; social work; social services; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : This study sought to explain how crime victims emerged as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act in 2001. The findings, derived from legislative documents, a literature review, and focus group interviews with social workers, showed that the 2001 provisions both duplicated and undermined pre-existing provisions of the Social Services Act. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Hatbrott? : homosexuella kvinnors och mäns berättelser om utsatthet för brott

    Författare :Eva Tiby; Malin Åkerström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Bias crime; fear of crime; gay; gender; hate crime; heterosexism; homophobia; homosexuality; lesbian; lifestyle; victimology; victim studies; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : During the nineties, the hate crimes concept has been used to describe victimization on the basis of group characteristics. The Swedish penal Code 29:2:7 states that crimes committed against a person due to that person's race, color, nationality, ethnicity, religious beliefs or other similar circumstances, such as a person's sexual orientation, can elicit a more severe punishment than crimes without such motives. LÄS MER