Syftet med studien är att undersöka identitetsskapandet hos ungdomar som växer upp i ett så kallat ”särskilt utsatt område” samt att undersöka hur ungdomarna upplever att samhällets kollektiva representationer (kollektivt accepterade utsagor) av det område de växer upp i påverkar deras sociala identitet. Studien genomförs genom narrativa intervjuer med ungdomar som växer upp i stadsdelen Vivalla i Örebro. Ungdomarnas narrativ analyseras med två olika analysmetoder, dessa är tematisk analys och diskursanalys. Studien visar, i likhet med andra studier, att identiteten skapas i samspel med andra och i relation till platsen. Studien visar också att de kollektiva representationerna påverkar ungdomarna i hög grad då ungdomarna ständigt utkrävs moraliskt ansvar för händelserna i området. Det tillhör också vanligheterna att ungdomarna blir föremål för viss grad av symboliskt våld. Detta leder till att de relevantgör en motståndsidentitet för att förändra narrativen om förorten och ”invandrare”. Det symboliska våldet binder dem ännu starkare vid platsen och ökar känslan av samhörighet med andra inom ”orten” samtidigt som klyftorna mellan ”orten” och de andra förstärks. / The aim of this study is to investigate the identity formation of youths who grow up in a so called "socially disadvantaged area". The study also aims to investigate how collective representations (collectively accepted narratives) of the neighbourhood affects the youth’s social identity. This by examining narratives from young people who grow up in the district of Vivalla in Örebro, Sweden. The study shows, like previous studies, that the identity is formed in relation to the neighbourhood. The study also shows that the collective representations affects youths. Where they, from others, are demanded moral responsibility for the events in the area. Their identities also receive forms of symbolic violence when trying to fit in the society. Because of this, the youths tend to form a resistant identity to change the narratives of the suburb and the concept of "immigrants". The symbolic violence and the lack of association with the main city works as a subterfuge to avoid other neighbourhoods.

The aim of this study is to gain an insight of which views young non-white males have of the Stockholm police and what sort of treatment they receive from the police in their residential areas. The study is based on a qualitative research method that was based on ten individual interviews with young non-white males between the ages of 16–19. All the participants in the study were of sub-saharan African and Middle Eastern descent and resided in the same socially segregated area in Stockholm. Four themes were identified during the study, namely: young non-white male’s views of the police, young non-white male’s experiences with the police, young non-white male’s trust in the police and lastly the impact of attire on police treatments. Furthermore, the results have been analyzed with the help of previous research, theoretical frameworks such as stamping theory and stigma, and concepts such as structural discrimination and racism. The results in these studies showed that young non-white males have a skewed view of the police and a low confidence in the police and the work they perform. The negative view of the police is based on the fact that the young non-white males have had previous experiences of negative police treatments and believe that their skin color, appearance, and residential areas are in fact the reason for the police stops. This result in connection with the descriptions of racial profiling has its similarities as the concept is about people getting treated differently due to their race/ethnicity.