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.

This literature study aims to investigate women’s violence on men. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is well researched within the context of women as victims and men as perpetrators. However, men who fall victim to female-perpetrated IPV is not a known subject to the general public. The study will therefore study men as victims to IPV where women are perpetrators as well different types of violence such as psychological, physical, sexual and digital violence. Men’s experiences as victims of IPV will also touch on their help-seeking experiences which are affected by hegemonic masculinity, stigma and shame. This literature study has used a lot of empirical material that contains qualitative studies from different countries thus making it difficult to draw general conclusions. The purpose is however to discuss the subject in relation to different theories, highlights and understand men's experiences as victims of female-perpetrated IPV.

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Syftet med denna kvalitativa dokumentstudie var att undersöka diskurser gällande våld i nära relationer bland unga i svenska nyhetstidningar. Materialet bestod av 30 artiklar som valdes ut från de 15 största nyhetstidningarna i Sverige, och med hjälp av ett målstyrt urval utifrån kriteriet att artikeln skulle behandla våld i nära relationer bland unga som huvudämne. Studien utgår från en socialkonstruktionistisk ansats och för att analysera materialet användes Carol Lee Bacchis diskursanalytiska verktyg "What's the problem represented to be?". För en fördjupad analys tillämpades även Bacchis diskursteori, Nils Christies teori om "det idealiska offret" och West och Zimmermans teori om att "göra kön". Studiens resultat landade i tre huvudsakliga diskurser vilka var: unga som utsatta, killars våld mot tjejer och samhälleliga aktörer och vuxnas ansvar. Resultatet visade att unga som grupp framställs som offer för våld i nära relationer i svenska nyhetstidningar, men även att en könad bild av offer och förövare framställs. Media framställde nämligen killar som förövare och tjejer som offer, med vissa undantag. Resultatet visade även att media framställer våld i nära relationer som ett problem som samhället, vuxna och föräldrar har ett ansvar att lösa, vilket lyfte våld i nära relationer som ett samhälleligt problem. Resultatet kopplades även till vilka effekter dessa diskurser har för det sociala arbetet. Dessa innebar att det sociala arbetet riskerar felbehandling av unga utifrån kön och att socialarbetare missar våldsutsatta personer som inte framhävs lika mycket, till exempel unga hbtqi-personer och utsatta killar. En ytterligare aspekt av detta, som även påverkar det sociala arbetet, är att vissa ungdomar blir mer benägna att söka hjälp än andra.

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The aim of this study is to examine how offenders of honor-related violence are portrayed in Swedish prison and probation service educational materials. The thesis is based on critical work as a theoretical frame and intigrated discourse analysis is used as a method. Our method assisted in identifying three distinct discourses. A recurring cultural discourse culturalises the offending, wich was also evident in the privious research. Additionally, the offenders are portayed within a social psychology discourse, in wich migration causes them to lose authority and leading them to resort to violence. Lastly, we were also able to identify a psychopathological discourse. While these findings indicate different representations of the violence, its causes and its offenders, we show that culturalisation of the offender runs as a main thread throughout the material. / Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur kriminalvårdens kunskapsmaterial framställer förövare inom HRVF. Utgångspunkten för analysen är det kritiska sociala arbetet som teori och en integrerad diskursanalys som metod. Med hjälp av vår ansats så identifierades tre olika diskurser. Förövaren framställdes ständigt ur en kulturell diskurs vilket också var tydligt i den tidigare forskningen. Förövaren beskrivs också ur en socialpsykologisk diskurs där hen förlorar makt i och med migrationen och därav utövar våld. Till sist kunde vi också urskilja hur förövaren framställs ur en psykopatologisk diskurs där hen beskrivs ha psykopatiska drag. Även om dessa fynd visar på olika representationer av våldet, dess orsaker och dess förövare, visar vi att kulturalisering av förövaren löper som en röd tråd genom materialet.

Syftet med denna studie var att genomföra en systematisk litteraturöversikt med en narrativsyntes för att utforska det aktuella kunskapsläget om kvinnor som utsätter barn försexualbrott. Studien undersökte allmänhetens och yrkesverksammas uppfattningar om dessaförövare och utforskade de karaktärsdrag som tillskrivs dessa kvinnor. Resultatenanalyserades med ett genusperspektiv, social kognitionsteori och teorin om kognitivdissonans. Resultaten av granskade artiklar indikerade att dessa sexualbrott utgör ettbetydande samhällsproblem på grund av deras dolda natur samt de samhälleliga ochprofessionella fördomar som ser kvinnor som vårdande och trygga. Dessa uppfattningar, somhar sina rötter i sociokulturella könsnormer, försvårar upptäckten och hanteringen av sådanabrott. Kvinnliga förövare betraktas ofta som mindre allvarliga jämfört med manliga förövare,som anses vara den typiska bilden av sexualbrottsförövare mot barn. Trots svårigheter attkategorisera dessa kvinnor identifierades vanliga faktorer som egna erfarenheter av våld,psykisk ohälsa och missbruk. Studien belyser en betydande forskningslucka och uppmanartill en granskning av organisatoriska och statliga riktlinjer samt utbildning för att förbättramedvetenheten och förståelsen, vilket kan stärka skydden för utsatta barn och stödjautvecklingen av effektiva förebyggande åtgärder / The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review with a narrative synthesis to evaluate current knowledge of female-perpetrated sexual offenses against children. It examined public and professional perceptions of these offenders and explored the characteristics attributed to these women. The findings were analyzed through a genderperspective, social cognition theory and cognitive dissonance theory. The results of reviewedarticles indicate that these offenses are a significant social issue due to their convert nature and the societal and professional biases that perceive women as nurturing and safe. These biases, rooted in the sociocultural gender views, hinder the detection of management of suchcrimes. Female offenders are often seen as less severe compared to male offenders, who is considered the typical image of child sexual abuse perpetrators. Despite difficulties in categorizing these women, common factors such as histories of violence, mental health issues, and substance abuse were identified. The study highlights a significant research gap. It calls for an examination of organizational and governmental guidelines and training to improve awareness and understanding, which can enhance protection for vulnerable children and support the development of effective preventive measures.

Sverige var första land i världen att år 1979 förbjuda all form av misshandel av barn. Sedan dess har acceptansen för våld mot barn minskat, men utövandet av våld mot barn pågår fortfarande. Att ha en positiv inställning till våld mot barn är associerat med utövandet av våld mot sina barn. Litteraturen är delvis bristfällig, men acceptansen för föräldrars våld mot sina barn verkar vara lägst i västländerna. Denna studie ämnade undersöka allmänhetens uppfattningar om våldsutövande mammor och pappor, och skillnader i dessa uppfattningar mellan kvinnor och män samt vårdnadshavare och icke-vårdnadshavare. En vinjettstudie med webbenkäter genomfördes där deltagarna (N = 226) fick läsa ett fiktivt scenario med antingen en våldsutövande mamma eller pappa och därefter ta ställning till frågor och påståenden om scenariot. Resultaten visade att kvinnor uppfattade händelsen som allvarligare jämfört med män, och vårdnadshavare uppfattade händelsen som allvarligare jämfört med icke-vårdnadshavare. Resultaten var motstridiga vad gäller uppfattningen om våldsutövande mammor eller pappor. Resultaten diskuterades tillsammans med tidigare forskning, teorin om ideala offer och ideala förövare samt feminina och maskulina könsnormer. / Sweden was the first country in the world to ban all forms of child abuse in 1979. Since then, the acceptance of violence against children has decreased, but the practice of violence against children still continues. A positive attitude towards violence against children is associated with parents perpetrating violence against their children. The literature is partly inadequate, but the acceptance of parental violence against their children appears to be lowest in the western countries. This study aimed to investigate the public’s perceptions of abusive mothers and fathers, and differences in these perceptions between women and men as well as guardians and non-guardians. A vignette study with online questionnaires was conducted where the participants (N = 226) had to read a fictional scenario with either a violent mother or father and then take a position on questions and statements about the scenario. The results showed that women perceived the event as more severe compared to men, and guardians perceived the event as more severe compared to non-guardians. The results were conflicting regarding the perception of abusive mothers or fathers. The results were discussed together with previous research, the theory of ideal victims and ideal perpetrators and feminine and masculine gender roles.

The discourse about intimate partner violence often centers around men’s homicide against women, whereas women’s homicide against men is a topic that rarely receives attention. Hence, this study aims to investigate how female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide rationalize their reasons for committing the act. To address the purpose of the study, the following research questions have been formulated: How do women rationalize committing intimate partner homicide? Which accounts do women use in the court in their reasonings of committing intimate partner homicide? The study does not intend to explain influencing factors but rather to understand the women’s reasonings. The empirical data consists of preliminary investigation protocols. Womens interrogations have been analyzed through qualitative text and thematic analysis. Scott & Lyman’s (1968) theory of accounts and a feminist perspective consisting of Hunnicutt’s (2009) approach to patriarchy within the context of criminology has made up the theoretical framework of the study. Some key findings concern the women’s intimate relationship with the victims. Common in all but one case is that the intimate relationship was characterized by violence, control, and dominance, which urged the women to find a way out of the situation. In most cases, the act was not intentional in the sense that the violence would have a deadly outcome, but rather that the women felt the need to use violence in different situational contexts. The result suggests that the woman, as a victim of intimate partner violence committed homicide in self-defense, as revenge, or as an accident caused by fear. The results also include a case that stands out from the rest, where the relationship was not characterized by any violence or dominance, but where the woman rationalized the homicide as a humanitarian deed.

In the summer of 2019, ASAP Rocky, or Rakim Meyers as his real name is, was suspectedand later convicted of assault after a gig in Stockholm. The incident and the subsequent courtproceedings received a great deal of attention in the Swedish media.The purpose of this bachelor thesis was to examine the news coverage of the case "ASAPRocky" in the Swedish press. The research questions that were investigated were: How isASAP Rocky presented in news articles in Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet? What does the conformation of the role as a victim and perpetrator look like? How does the conformation change during the arrest? We conducted a qualitative content analysis using a question template based on four questions taken from media logic and framing theory. By examining the portrayal of the parties involved and roles as victims and perpetrators, we were able to distinguish that none of the roles are portrayed or lived up to the definition of the roles.One theme in the essay was that ASAP Rocky's celebrity status was in his favor. This theme is also demonstrated when ASAP is embodied in the empirical material.