This sociological thesis has focus om men´s violence against women, both general and domestic. My aim is to examine how the Swedish court system portrays women as victims and men as offenders in cases with men´s violence against women. I also have a special focus on the perspective of the construction of gender. I executed the thesis by using two qualitive methods; thematic content analysis and observations. The empirical material consisted mainly of court case documents but also of the field notes I took during the observations of two court hearings. My theoretical framework consists of the gender system by Yvonne Hirdman (2003) which mainly describes the different societal positions of power men and women possess and what consequences it has. I’ve also used a victim discourse which examines how victims are expected to act, and react, in connection to be a victim of crime. The thesis showed that the court system in my material maintains stereotypical gender norms regarding the theory of the gender system. It showed considerations based on men´s superior positions and women´s subordinate positions according to the same system. It also showed that the female victims are expected to react according to what the court system see suitable; which in my analyzed cases meant a display of the correct feelings. If the correct feelings were not present, it could affect the outcome of the trial.

Background: Men´s violence against women in relationship is a global healthproblem. 30% of all women in the world have at some point been exposed to violence in relationships. The problem tends to increase despite attempts to prevent the problem. Aim: The aim of this study is to achieve a deeper knowledge of prevention work to prevent violence against women in relationships. Methods: The study is based on six individual qualitative interviews with criminal investigative within the police and therapists in prison. Crime prevention models are used to analyze the qualitative interviews. Results: The results from this study show that poor self-esteem is a major risk factor for men´s violence against women in relationships. The criminal investigative och therapist agreed that the problem must be tackled at an early age. Conclusion: We need to start working and strengthening individs poor self-esteem at an early age through social crime prevention. When men have reached the stage where they are subject of the judiciary, the violence has often lasted a long time and the men have extensive problems.

Bakgrund: Våld i nära relationer innebär fysiskt, psykiskt och/eller sexuellt våld. Det anses vara ett stort hälsoproblem som främst drabbar kvinnor och ger fysiska, psykiska och sociala konsekvenser. Hälso- och sjukvården har ett stort ansvar gällande att upptäcka och hjälpa utsatta kvinnor samt förebygga våld i nära relationer, men många kvinnor upplever att de inte fått adekvat stöd och hjälp från hälso- och sjukvården. Syfte: Att belysa faktorer som påverkar sjuksköterskors beredskap inför och agerande vid mötet med kvinnor som misstänks vara eller är utsatta för våld i nära relation. Metod: Allmän litteraturöversikt med analys och sammanställning av tio vetenskapliga artiklar med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ data. Resultat: Faktorer som påverkade beredskap och agerande var dels relaterade till sjuksköterskan som person; attityder och tankar kring sjuksköterskans professionella roll, sjuksköterskans känslor samt personliga och professionella erfarenheter av våld i nära relationer. Dels påverkade också faktorer som var relaterade till sjuksköterskans omgivning och förutsättningar; utbildning och praktiska färdigheter, miljö samt organisation. Slutsats: Fördjupade kunskaper, erfarenhet och en mer öppen, förstående attityd hos sjuksköterskor visade sig kunna vara avgörande för kvaliteten på vården av kvinnor som har blivit utsatta för våld i nära relationer. Klinisk betydelse: Utbildning inom våld i nära relationer skulle kunna utvecklas, attityder diskuteras och handlingsplaner införlivas på ett tydligare sätt i vården. / Background: Intimate partner violence involves physical, psychological and/or sexual violence. It is viewed as a major health problem that mainly affects women and has physical, psychological and social consequences. The health care system has a great responsibility in identifying and helping subjected women and in preventing intimate partner violence, yet many women feel that they do not get adequate support and help from the health care services. Aim: To illuminate factors affecting nurses‟ preparedness for and interaction with women who may be or are subjected to intimate partner violence. Method: General literature review with analysis and synthesis of ten research articles with both qualitative and quantitative data. Results: Factors were partly related to the nurse in person; attitudes and conceptions about the nurses‟ professional role, the nurses‟ feelings, and personal and professional experiences of intimate partner violence. Other factors were related to the nurses‟ environment and conditions; education and practical skills, environment and organization. Conclusion: Enhanced knowledge, experience and more open-minded and understanding attitudes among nurses could be determining for the quality of care of women subjected to intimate partner violence. Clinical significance: Education about intimate partner violence could be developed, attitudes discussed and guidelines implemented in a more explicit manner in healthcare.

Bakgrund: Våld mot kvinnor är ett utbrett och tilltagande folkhälsoproblem världen över som pågår oavbrutet, samt ett oroande hot mot kvinnors liv och trygghet. Både klinisk och epidemiologisk forskning visar att våld i nära relationer är associerat med stora negativa hälsoeffekter och är en av de främsta anledningarna till kvinnors ohälsa. Sjukvården har en betydande roll i bemötandet med våldsutsatta kvinnor och en stor betydelse för kvinnornas tillfrisknande. Sjukvårdspersonalens bemötande har en inverkan på kvinnornas rehabilitering för att återfå hälsa. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturöversikt var att belysa hur våldsutsatta kvinnor upplever bemötandet inom vården. Metod: Författarna gjorde en litteraturöversikt med kvalitativa artiklar.Resultat:Litteraturöversiktens resultat visar att de flesta våldsutsatta kvinnorna upplevde brister i bemötandet av sjuksköterskor vilket ledde till en känsla av bristande kontroll och autonomi. Detta gjorde att vårdrelationen påverkades negativt och ett vårdlidande skapades hos kvinnan. Bristande kunskap hos sjuksköterskor kring våldsbrott upplevdes av de våldsutsatta kvinnorna. Sjukvårdspersonalen ska i bemötandet, enligt kvinnorna, vara förstående, stöttande, empatiska, tillitsgivande och icke dömande. För att främja hälsa och välbefinnande och för att kvinnorna ska våga berätta om våldsutsatthet var en trygg miljö och ett gott bemötande med god kommunikation av stor vikt. Sammanfattning: Resultatet påvisar att majoriteten av de våldsutsatta kvinnorna upplevde brister i bemötandet av sjuksköterskor. Resultatet visade en avsaknad av kunskap och empati hos sjukvårdspersonalen vilket uppmärksammades av de våldsutsatta kvinnorna. De våldsutsatta kvinnorna upplevde även att sjuksköterskornas värderingar och normer påverkade deras professionella bemötande och arbete. / Background: Gender-based violence against women is a globally increasing and ongoing public health problem that poses a threat against women’s lives and safety. Both clinical and epidemiological studies suggest that intimate partner violence is associated with major negative health effects and is also listed as the most common reason for ill health amongst women. In general, the healthcare system plays a crucial role in the treatment of abused women as the given treatment will have a profound impact upon a woman's ability for rehabilitation to regain health. Aim:The purpose of this literature review was to research abused women's experiences of treatment in healthcare. Method:The authors completed a literature review with qualitative articles. Results:The result suggests that a majority of abused women experienced inadequate treatment by nurses in the healthcare system which led to a feeling of lack of control and autonomy. Overall, this suggests a negative relationship between healthcare professionals and patients; where female patients recall a general lack of knowledge amongst nurses concerning ‘intimate partner violence’. Nurses should, in the treatment of abused women, be understanding, supportive, empathic, trust-giving and non- judgmental. To support women in speaking about endured violence, it is essential for these patients to experience a safe environment where healthcare staff provide an adequate reception with satisfactory patient communication.  Conclusion:The result of the given litteratur review confirm that a majority of abused women experience inadequate treatment from nurses within the healthcare system. Overall, this was primarily due to the nurses’ general lack of knowledge about intimate partner violence and was observed by the abused women of the given treatment. In addition, abused women in the study recall nurses’ personal values and norms as a contributing factor that affected their professional work and patient treatment.

This study aims to explain and create an understanding on how two municipalities in southern Sweden work strategic with the question regarding men´s violence against women. The purpose is to answer three research questions that analyses the organisations and the cooperation within itself but also with other actors. The method that this study uses is qualitative because of the need of detailed answers and supports to answer the research question and fulfil the purpose of this study. The empirical material was collected through seven semi-structured interviews. The study is focused on improvement, what the organisations can do better and is outlined through organisational and cooperative theory. The study also outline the empirical material collected through a SWOT-analysis.   The result of the study suggests that knowledge and competence are solely important working with this question and should be broad represented throughout the organisation. Therefore are these factors some components that highlight the study. Also the cooperation within the organisation and external collaboration considered being of great importance. Lastly, the result gives an understanding on how important it is that decision-makers and people in position of power prioritize men´s violence against women and view it as a societal problem.

The aim of this study is to examine how the problem of ‘men's violence against women’ is represented and defined within the framework of parliamentary work in Sweden. With a poststructural approach the method of choice is a discourse analysis, in particular Carol Bacchi´s approach ’What´s the problem represented to be?’. The fundamental idea of this method is that the suggested solution to a problem indicates what one thinks needs to change, and thereby what the ‘problem’ is. In accordance with this method, we have analyzed eleven political documents (motions) which underlie further legalization and decision making, authoredbetween 2017-2022. All the selected political documents include solutions to the problem of men’s violence against women, domestic violence and/or honor related violence. Previous research has shown that the political debate has a significant impact on how a phenomenon is understood. Therefore, each epoch has a certain way of representing and defining a problem. In this study, four problem representations were identified: ‘lack of support’, ‘the legal system’,‘lack of knowledge’ and ‘social norms’. Together these themes represent how contemporary society comprehends the problem of men's violence against women. Acknowledging this is ofimportance because the problem representation provides a framework of action – for society, as well as the individual.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur behandlare och volontärer upplever att män som utsatt kvinnor för våld i nära relationer beskriver och förklarar sina erfarenheter som våldsutövare och hur de talar om våldet i relation till deras bild av maskulinitet. Vidare är syftet att undersöka hur respondenterna påverkas av männens berättelser. Studien baseras på fem kvalitativa intervjuer, där en intervjuguide tillämpas för att strukturera datainsamlingen. Resultaten analyseras utifrån tre olika teman; männens sätt att beskriva och berätta om våldet, männens bild av maskulinitet samt hur respondenterna påverkades av männens berättelser. Teorier som har använts i denna studie är teorier om spegeljaget, våldets normaliseringsprocess för männen samt kognitiv dissonans. Resultatet av denna studie tyder på att män använder narrativa strategier för att förmildra och förklara sitt våldsutövande i nära relationer. Respondenterna upplever känslor som maktlöshet och frustration vid samtal med män som inte vill ta ansvar för sina handlingar. / The purpose of this paper is to investigate how therapists and volunteers find that men who exposed women to violence in close relationships describe and explain their experiences as violence practitioners and how these men describes violence in relation to their image of masculinity. Furthermore, the purpose is to investigate how respondents are affected by the stories of men. The study is based on five qualitative interviews, where an interview guide is used to structure the data collection. The results are analyzed based on three different themes; men's ways of describing and telling about violence, men's image of masculinity and how respondents were influenced by men's stories. Theories that have been used in this study is theories of mirror self, the normalization process of violence for men and cognitive dissonance. The result of this study suggests that men use narrative strategies to mitigate and explain their violence in close relationships. Respondents experience feelings like powerlessness and frustration in conversations with men who do not want to take responsibility for their actions.

Syftet med studien var att ta reda på socialsekreterares upplevelser om hur coronapandemin bidragit till våld i hemmet, samt hur de arbetade mot det under rådande omständigheter. Det var en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerad intervju som datainsamlingsmetod. Åtta stycken socialsekreterare intervjuades och den insamlade datan analyserades genom tematisk analys. De teoretiska ramarna som applicerades vid analysering i denna studie var intersektionalitet och systemteori. Resultat visade att orosanmälningar hade ökat sedan utbrottet av coronapandemin med en tydlighet att oron hade varit våldsrelaterat. Resultat visade även att genomförandet av bedömningar och utredningar hos socialtjänsten begränsades på grund av restriktioner. Med en systemteoretisk teoriram kunde en slutsats dras att coronapandemin var en relevant bidragande faktor till familjerelaterat våld. / The aim of the study was to find out social workers' experiences of how the corona pandemic contributed to domestic violence, as well as how they worked against it under the prevailing circumstances. It was a qualitative study with a semi-structured interview as a data collection method. Eight social secretaries were interviewed, and the collected data was analyzed through a thematic analysis. The theoretical frameworks applied in the analysis in this study were intersectionality and systems theory. Results showed that reports of concern had increased since the outbreak of the corona pandemic with a clarity that the reports had been violence related. Results also showed that the implementation of assessments and investigations carried out by the social services was limited due to restrictions. With a systematic theoretical framework, it could be concluded that the corona pandemic was a highly relevant contributing factor to family-related violence.

Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of violence againstwomen and is a widespread social problem that affects women among allsocioeconomic, religious and cultural groups. It is the social services responsibilityto meet these women and to especially consider the well-being of women who havebeen exposed to violence or abuse by a partner. Research within the field shows thatthere are several reasons why it may be difficult for abused women to break therelationship with the abuser. One reason is the feelings of guilt and shame thatcommonly submerge in an abusive relationship. Research suggests that women whohave been victims to domestic abuse may need informal support before they seekfurther support from professionals. How this first uncovering of the violence isreceived may be crucial to the woman's further actions and reasoning about hersituation. In today's society we live a big part of our lives online where we interactwith each other on a daily basis. Several people turn to digital platforms to receiveadvice and support for their real issues when they may feel like they can't turn topeople around them in real life. These digital platforms have been seen gettingincreasingly used by survivors of intimate partner violence to share theirexperiences as well as seek support and advice. This study is a netnographic study about women exposed to intimate partnerviolence and their help seeking behaviors on the Swedish online forums Flashbackand Familjeliv. The aim of this study is to explore the responses these women getwhen they seek support and advice about their situation online. The results of thisstudy shows that women who seek support online receive a wide range of responseswhere we could identify stigmatizing as well as destigmatizing elements. Thestigmatizing responses consisted mainly of victim blaming where the woman wastold she had herself to blame whereas the destigmatizing responses consisted ofemotional support and practical advice.

Mäns våld mot kvinnor kan ses som ett problem som ger konsekvenser på både individ- och samhällsnivå. Det språk som används i media kan ses påverka våra uppfattningar och tolkningar av det som rapporteras. Hur mäns våld mot kvinnor diskuteras i det offentliga rummet har därmed varit relevant att studera för att få en bild av hur debatten om ämnet ser ut. Studien har därmed syftat till att undersöka hur mäns våld mot kvinnor i parrelation framställs i debattartiklar under 2023 i Sverige med hjälp av en kritisk diskursanalys. För att besvara syftet har en kvalitativ dokumentstudie av svenska debattartiklar gjorts. Studiens teoretiska ramverk har varit den ekologiska förklaringsmodellen av Heise, som vidareutvecklats av UN Women, samt Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys. Resultatet visar två gemensamma diskurser vi benämnt Mäns våld mot kvinnor som ett samhällsproblem och Mäns våld mot kvinnor bör hanteras kollektivt. Diskurserna synliggörs på olika sätt i debattartiklarna beroende på hur skribenterna har uttryckt sig vilket vi delat in i olika teman. Fokuset i vår analys har varit på ordval och modalitet vilket är den första nivån i Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys. Vi har genom det kunnat se att skribenterna tenderar att använda ett förstärkande språk när de skriver om mäns våld mot kvinnor i parrelation. Våldet beskrivs främst som ett strukturellt problem vilket vi relaterat till den samhälleliga nivån i den ekologiska modellen och den tredje nivån i den kritiska diskursanalysen.