Women suffering from domestic violence and substance abuse are described as a public health problem with an increased risk of poor health, unemployment and social exclusion. While several initiatives have been implemented at a national level to address men's violence against women, especially for women with co-occurring substance abuse, social services at the municipal level are criticized for their inadequate work with this client group. Thus, this study examines how social services’ work with women who are victims of domestic violence and substance abuse, can be understood from a health, work life and equality perspective. The analysis, made through a narrative synthesis of the articles (n=25) in the review, revealed five issues which were central to the work of social services (RQ1): organization, role of politics, lack of knowledge, relationships and trust between social workers and clients and lastly committed social workers. One conclusion drawn, related to health, work life and equality (RQ2), is that social workers and policymakers need to increase their understanding of how global inequalities form the basis for problems such as women as victims of domestic violence with co-occurring substance abuse. This recognition is a prerequisite for reducing gaps between people, improving women's lives, and promoting their integration into society.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur de två kvinnliga huvudkaraktärerna, prinsessan Aurora och den onda fen Maleficent framställs som offer och/eller gärningspersoner i Törnrosa (1959) och Maleficent (2014). Det teoretiska ramverket består av Nils Christies idealtyper och begreppet normativ femininitet. Med hjälp av tidigare forskning främst bestående av skildringar av kvinnliga karaktärer i populärkultur, samt ett semiotiskt angreppssätt studeras bland annat färger, vinklar, och ljus för att komma åt underliggande föreställningar om offer- och förövarskap liksom om gott och ont. Studiens resultat och analys visar att karaktärerna framställs mer idealiskt och stereotypt när det kommer till offer- och förövarskap i Törnrosa medan dessa givna och distinkta positioner luckras upp allt mer i Maleficent. I Maleficent tenderar de normativa och idealiska rollerna istället att frångås och bli mer flytande, framförallt sett till Maleficent som karaktär, och ett görande av en avvikande femininitet synes i högre utsträckning hos båda karaktärerna. Vidare förstås studiens fynd och slutsatser i en bredare kontext och visar på samhällets till viss del förändrade syn på kvinnor och femininitet, samt offer- och förövarskap.

Male victims of domestic abuse with women as perpetrators is not a common supposition and seems to be a topic which needs further attention. The purpose of our essay is therefore to investigate men's experiences of being abused by a woman in a romantic relationship. The survey aims to illustrate the men's own voices. The aim is also to illustrate the consequences of being a man and having a female perpetrator in a romantic relationship. The study was conducted through biographies, all written by men with experience of this essay's subject. The result is divided in three main themes: the experience of the abuse, shame and being a victim and a male at the same time. The most prominent results included men’s experiences of both physical and psychological abuse where they were a victim of violence by their female partner and suffered major injuries and endured many years of control, humiliation and violations. The results also presented consequences of being a male victim of domestic abuse which featured feelings of shame, fear of others acknowledging them as weak and not being accepted as a victim by society.

Honor-related violence and oppression are societal issues that are relevant to social work. However, it is an under-researched area with a lack of knowledge, especially regarding boys and young men in an honor context. The existing research primarily focuses on girls and women. The aim of this study was to describe the content of public publications regarding social work on honor-related violence and oppression in relation to boys and young men. The focus was to examine how boys and young men in an honor context are described as both victims and perpetrators. In addition to that, the study also aimed to investigate the interventions available for this target group. Thematic content analysis was used to address the research questions and objectives by analyzing and thematizing the content of public publications. The findings of this study indicate that boys and young men exist in dual roles as both victims and perpetrators, but more emphasis is often placed on their role as perpetrators rather than victims, as girls' and women's victimization is considered more extensive. Furthermore, the study suggests that there are few interventions specifically targeted at boys and young men living in an honor context. The available interventions mainly focus on victims. The results have been analyzed using power theory and street-levelbureaucracy theory. The analysis demonstrates that power is a central aspect in both an honor context and the practice of social work, and that the structure of street-level bureaucracy affects work with this target group. Therefore, this study concludes that more knowledge and work are needed regarding boys and young men in an honor context.

Fragen der Mythen- und Legendenbildung zugewandt, ist der anschließende germanistische Beitrag, „Christa Wolfs Medea und Girards Opfer- und Sündenbocktheorie im Dialog über gewalttätige Frauen, geopferte Knaben und den Mythos von der bösen Zauberin“, von Franziska Kühn (M. Ed.). In kritischer Bezugnahme auf die breite Forschung zu Wolfs (zunächst) umstrittenem Roman aus dem Jahr 1996, stellt der Aufsatz einmal mehr die Frage nach der Funktion von René Girards Opfer- und Sündenbocktheorie für die ästhetische Konstruktion und das Sinnpotential von Wolfs Mythenreprise. Diese reduziert sich, so die Argumentation, nicht auf eine bloße Adaption, sondern korrigiert und erweitert auf dialogische Weise Girards ‚gender-neutrale‘ Theorie. Mit der präzisen, detaillierten Bestandsaufnahe von romanspezifischen Aufnahmen, Modifikationen und Zurückweisungen Girard‘scher Theoreme wird so, über die Ausgangsfrage hinaus, ein differenziertes Bild der ‚Mytho-Login‘ Wolf sichtbar, die – auch das im Sinne einer gendersensiblen memoria – mit Girard alt-feministische Täter-Opfer-Stereotype entzaubert, die umgekehrt in Girards ‚Mytho-Logie‘ den vergessenen Medea-Text einschreibt, sie um andere Mythos-Theorien erweitert (Barthes) und Girards Unterscheidung zwischen legitimer, ritueller Gewalt und ‚Mord‘ subvertiert.

Austen, Dickens, and Eliot each responded to discussions of their time concerning class, gender, and social change. One of the ways they addressed these issues, and sought to find solutions to the problems facing their culture, was through benevolence. Knightley, in Emma, uses benevolence as a means of mediating self-interest and sympathy. By acting out of sympathy, through benevolence, he achieves the self-interested benefits of reinforcing the class system and achieving his romantic conquests. Likewise, Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby learns how to use benevolence as a means of social mobility from his mentors, the Cheerybles. Throughout Nicholas Nickleby the hero learns how to engage in benevolence out of sympathy, and by doing so he establishes himself as a gentleman and reaps social, economic, and romantic advantages. Eliot's Bob Jakin in The Mill on the Floss engages in benevolence out of true sympathy unhindered by self-interest. His freedom from social constraint and self-interest allows him to truly help Maggie Tulliver when no one else can. These authors' depictions of benevolence all illuminate ways that nineteenth-century literary authors sought to navigate the “Adam Smith Problem" of sympathy vs. self-interest. Benevolence, in these novels, is not disinterested (regardless of their motivation) but is influenced by the character's and author's perception of class, gender, and social change in the nineteenth century.

Объектом исследования являются психологические особенности женщин, подвергшихся насилию. Предметом исследования являются личностные особенности женщин-жертв насилия со стороны партнеров. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (68 источников, 6 из них на иностранном языке) и приложения, включающего в себя бланки применявшихся методик. Объем магистерской диссертации 68 страниц, на которых размещены 14 рисунков. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, а также этапы проведения исследования, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы по теме домашнего насилия. Представлены разделы, посвященные исследованию насилия как психологического феномена, проблем его появления во взаимоотношениях партнеров, а также психологических предикторов женщин, ставших жертвами домашнего насилия. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: методика «Уровень субъективного контроля (УСК)» (Е.Ф. Бажин, Е.А. Голынкина, А.М. Эткинд, 1984); методика оценки склонности к виктимному поведению (О.О. Андронникова, 2005); шкала самоуважения Розенберга (М. Розенберг, 1965); методика Дембо-Рубинштейн (Т.В. Дембо, С.Я. Рубинштейн, 1970) в модификации А.М. Прихожан; авторская анкета,направленная на изучение условий в родительской семье, отношению к домашнему насилию, а также определению наличия факта домашнего насилия в жизни испытуемого и его видов. Также в главе представлен анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object matter of the study is the psychological characteristics of women who have been subjected to violence. The subject of the study is the personal characteristics of women victims of partner violence. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (68 sources, 6 of them in a foreign language) and an appendix that includes forms of the methods used. The volume of the master's thesis is 68 pages, which contain 14 figures. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the development of the problematics, the purpose and objectives of the research are set, the object and the subject of research are determined, the basic and additional hypotheses are formulated, the methods and the empirical base are specified, as well as the stages of the research, the scientific novelty, the theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes an overview of the domestic and foreign literature on the subject of domestic violence. Sections are presented devoted to the study of violence as a psychological phenomenon, the problems of its appearance in the relationship of partners, as well as psychological predictors of women who have become victims of domestic violence. Conclusions on the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It provides a description of the organization and methods of the study and the results obtained using all the methods used: methodology "Level of subjective control (LSC)" (E.F. Bazhin, E.A. Golynkina, A.M. Etkind, 1984); methodology for assessing the propensity for victim behavior (O.O. Andronnikova, 2005); the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (M. Rosenberg, 1965); Dembo-Rubinshtein technique (T.V. Dembo, S.Ya. Rubinshtein, 1970) in the modification of A.M. Prihozhan; author's questionnaire aimed at studying the conditions in the parental family, attitudes towards domestic violence, as well as determining the presence of the fact of domestic violence in the life of the subject and its types. The chapter also presents an analysis of the results of the study. The findings of Chapter 2 are the main results of the empirical study. In conclusion, brief results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are presented, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses. The practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of the problematics are described.

В работе исследуется динамика обращения российских авторов переходного времени (второй половины XVI – начала XVIII в.) к сакральной для христианской культуры топике жертвы и жертвенности, тенденции ее секуляризации и манипулятивно-идеологического использования. Особое внимание уделено варьированию риторических стратегий и образно-сюжетного воплощения этих «общих мест» в литературной полемике Ивана Грозного и Андрея Курбского (а также в ее рецепции) и в старообрядческой словесности. / This work studies the dynamics of use of the sacred for Christian culture literary topoi of victim and self-sacrifice in Era of Change’s Russian literature (the second half of the 16th – early 18th centuries), the trends of its secularization and ideologization. Special attention is paid to the variation of rhetorical strategies and imagery of these “common places” in the literary polemic of Ivan the Terrible and Andrey Kurbsky (as well as its reception) and in the Old Believers’ works.

Purpose: The overarching purpose of this research paper is to broaden the understanding of the rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking victims by illustrating and explaining common rehabilitation and reintegration processes of Burmese trafficking victims, girls and women, in Yangon, Myanmar. As part of that overarching purpose, this paper also aims to analyse how and if the victims’ human rights are being properly upheld. The paper highlights the problem of the state’s actions of upholding human security and the right to possess protection against modern slavery, with specific focus on trafficked girls or women as right holders and the state (in this case Myanmar) together with non-state responsibility-holders as duty bearers. Method: The paper is based on data derived from a field study, with the empirical material gathered through walk-along at a trafficking shelter and semi-structured interviews with several NGOs, IGOs and other actors and in Yangon, Myanmar. Analysis: In Myanmar there is a lack of shelter space and not enough focus on the long-lasting impact of trauma in a trafficked person's life. A majority of trafficking victims that escape from trafficking situations are placed in shelters operated by the Department of Social Welfare (DSW-shelters) for a few days before being repatriated to their families and/or home community. This method, i.e., the repatriation of victims to their respective home community, is cost efficient, but not always in the best interest of the victims as it increases the risk of re-trafficking. Some victims are offered help from reintegration programs where vocational training is a common component, but little other effort is made to rehabilitate the victim from their psychological trauma. Many victims that seek restorative justice within the court system do not enjoy a fair trial, as procedures are unclear, and corruption is common amongst both judges and prosecutors. The lack of restorative justice is another factor that hinders the victims rehabilitating from their trauma as it decreases the chance to fully reintegrating the victims into society on a long-term basis. Finally, the enforcement of anti-trafficking laws is weakened by the fact that the Myanmar Anti-Trafficking Police Force is understaffed, undereducated and overworked.

Inledning: Med ökad förekomst av våld i Sverige blir forensisk omvårdnad ett alltmer aktuellt ämne inom vården. Forensisk omvårdnad är länken som binder samman sjukvård och rättsväsende. Patientgruppen består av förövare, brottsoffer och anhöriga. Insamling och bevarande av bevis är förekommande saker inom forensisk omvårdnad.  Syfte: Var att beskriva sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av forensisk omvårdnad i mötet med vuxna brottsoffer.  Metod: Allmän litteraturöversikt med kvalitativ ansats, nio artiklar analyserades och bearbetades.  Resultat: Två kategorier arbetades fram i resultatet; hinder i omhändertagandet av bevis och sjuksköterskans emotionella utmaning. Två underkategorier var; brist på kunskap, rutiner samt protokoll och brist på tid. Behandling som inger empati och trygghet är viktig. Utan utbildning i forensisk omvårdnad blir det svårt för sjuksköterskor att identifiera och ge adekvat samt korrekt vård till patientgruppen. Slutsats: Forensisk omvårdnad kan bidra till att gärningsmän fälls, skapa upprättelse för brottsoffer och säker vård. Sjuksköterskans arbete för att upptäcka och förebygga våldsbrott är viktigt. Därmed är sjuksköterskors utbildning i forensisk omvårdnad avgörande. Det finns behov av ytterligare forskning inom området för att kunna tillföra mer kunskap. / Introduction: With increased incidence of violence in Sweden, forensic nursing is becoming an increasingly topical topic in healthcare. Forensic nursing is the link that connects healthcare and the justice system. The patient group consists of perpetrators, victims and relatives. Collection and preservation of evidence are things occurring in forensic nursing. Purpose: To describe the nurse's experiences of forensic nursing in the meeting with adult crime victims. Method: Literature review with a qualitative approach, nine articles were analyzed and processed.  Results: Two categories were worked out in the results; barriers in handling evidence and the nurse's emotional challenge. Two subcategories were; lack of knowledge, routines and protocols and lack of time. Treatment that instills empathy and security is important. Without training in forensic nursing, it becomes difficult for nurses to identify and provide adequate and correct care to the patient group. Conclusion: Forensic nursing can contribute to the conviction of perpetrators, create redress for crime victims and safe care. The nurse's work to detect and prevent violent crimes is important. Thus, nurses' training in forensic nursing is crucial. There is a need for further research in the area in order to add more knowledge.