Detta examensarbete är en systematisk litteraturstudie som syftar till att ge en beskrivning gällande våldsbrottsligheten som förekommer inom narkotikamarknaden. Detta då det uppges att det finns en kunskapslucka gällande vad som faktiskt påverkar det gängrelaterade våldet och narkotikamarknadens roll i det hela. Vidare syftar denna studie till att ge en förklaring kring vilka olika faktorer och förklaringar som kan ha betydelse för våldsbrottslighet inom narkotikamarknaden. Med våldsbrottslighet avses i denna studie, de våldsbrott som förekommer i samband med narkotikamarknaden. Vi har valt att exkludera studier om våldsbrott som förekommer i samband med egenbruk av narkotika. Vi har i denna studie valt att använda oss av både kvalitativa och kvantitativa studier för att få en så bred bild som möjligt kring ämnet. Resultat visar att områdeskonkurrens, skuld & stöld samt statliga insatser, har en betydande roll i förhållande till våldet inom narkotikamarknaden. Framtida forskning bör dock fokusera på ett mer globalt angreppssätt gällande studerandet av våldet inom narkotikamarknaden samt hur den ekonomiska vinningen inom narkotikahandeln kan påverka. / This thesis is a systematic literature study aimed at giving a description of the crime of violence that occurs in the drug market. It is stated that there is a knowledge gap regarding what actually affects the gang-related violence and the role of the drug market in it. Furthermore, this study aims to provide an explanation of the various factors and explanations that may be important for violent crime in the drug market. In this study, the term "violent crime" refers to the violent crimes that occur in connection with the drug market. We have chosen to exclude studies about violent crimes that occur in connection with self-use of drugs. In this study we have chosen to use both qualitative and quantitative studies to get a broad picture as possible about the subject. Results shows that area competition, debt & theft as well as government efforts, have a significant role in relation to the violence in the drug market. However, future research should focus on a more global approach to the study of the violence in the drug market, and the impact of the economic gain on drug trafficking.

How emotions resonate: A comparative multimodal critical discourse analysis of the campaigns Det är inte för sent and Jag lovar, det är inte värt det. This study aims to identify communication strategies in campaigns against children in gang violence, which is relevant as the challenge shows an increasing tendency in Sweden. This is done by using a multimodal critical discourse analysis on the Det är inte för sent campaign from 2023 by the Swedish non-profit association Bris and Jag lovar, det är inte värt det from 2023 by the Swedish Police. The empirical data has been analyzed through a theoretical framework and chosen analytical tools such as modality, connotation and interaction.Based on the multimodal critical discourse analysis, it has been possible to identify different communication strategies in the campaigns. The result from the analysis shows that there are both similarities and differences between the campaigns. Both campaigns feature accounts from people who have experienced the consequences of gang violence, evoking emotions such as sadness and empathy in the viewer. The main difference between the campaigns is based on its framing. In Det är inte för sent, the message is framed around the idea that young people are affected by gang crime and are not considered perpetrators, while Jag lovar, det är inte värt det.

In 2021, Sweden was ranked as the European country with the highest number of fatal shootings per million inhabitants. As a result, gang violence is described as a national crisis and has turned in to one of the main debate themes among political parties ahead of the parliamentary election in 2022. In the debates on gang violence, it is often linked to migration politics. Swedish Television (SVT) has broadcasted numerous programs on gang violence, and these programs are the main material used in this study.  Drawing on feminist- and critical whiteness theory I examine how ideas of gender, whiteness and Swedishness interplay in the construction of gang violence as a national crisis. By using a retrotopic, a security politic and an affective theoretical perspective it is possible to analyze who is portrayed as vulnerable or problematic in relation to the gang violence. A further ambition of this study is to investigate the connection between folkhem nostalgia and the construction of gang violence as a national crisis. I argue that the Swedish exceptionalism is being used to establish collective feelings of folkhem nostalgia, which contributes to the understanding of gang violence as a national crisis. Based on a thematic analysis (Braun & Clark 2006) I show how feelings of folkhem nostalgia are used to establish narratives of a threatening and problematic Other; a male non-white threat within the nation. Further, the debates and documentaries broadcasted on SVT can be seen as part of political and national interests, where a (hi)story of folkhemmetas a part of the Swedish exceptionalism is being used to establish certain feelings and perceptions related to gender and race. This enables a placement of gang violence in another place, in another culture and in another body.