This study, through a questionnaire and in-depth interviews, aims to to make a sociological analysis of female criminals in the Denizli Open Prison, including their demographic characteristics, family structures, committed crimes and the factors that led to their criminal acts. The questionnaire, composed of 57 questions, has been evaluated in the SPSS program, and in-depth interviews were done with 6 female criminals for a detailed analysis of why the female criminals committed crimes and the factors that led to their behavior. In the study, the concept of crime is accepted as a social fact. The educational backgrounds, ages, families and subcultures of the women have been examined and the dynamics of female criminality in Turkey have been cross-examined within the limits of sampling. In the course of the study, it was found that concepts of honor, domestic violence and patriarchal structure have been key concepts of female criminality, and female criminality in Turkey can be understood in terms of these phenomena

Studien syftar till att undersöka socialarbetarens arbetssätt i relation till flickor i ålder 13-18 år som utsätts för så kallat hedersrelaterat våld (HRV). Studien bygger på fem kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med socialsekreterare från mottagningsenheten respektive utredningsenheten och empirin har analyserats utifrån det intersektionella- och det kulturella perspektivet. Resultatet visar att socialarbetarna inom de olika enheterna har blandade uppfattningar vad gäller definitionen av HRV, dels en kulturaliserad, dels en intersektionell bild av fenomenet. En indikation på att en individ utsätts för HRV är enligt socialsekreterarna att den enskilde är starkt begränsad i sitt liv. Resultatet visar även att enbart några av intervjupersonerna arbetar utifrån en handlingsplan medan andra utgår ifrån sina erfarenheter. Det inte tillämpas någon särskild metod i arbetet inom verksamheterna samt att man inte har tydliga visioner/mål för arbetet mot HRV varpå man inte arbetar särskilt förebyggande inom enheterna. Det förekommer även att samverkan sker inom arbetet med olika myndigheter däribland polis, åklagare samt enheterna emellan. De utmaningar som socialarbetare uppger är att det bland annat råder okunskap vad gäller hanteringen av ärenden. Dessutom visar resultatet att stress och psykisk påfrestning är vanligt förekommande för socialarbetarna, men även hot om våld som utövas av den utsattas familj gentemot socialarbetarna. / This study examines how social secretaries work with girls 13-18 years old as exposed to honor violence. The study is based on five qualitative semi-structured interviews with social secretaries from the receiving- and investigation-units and the empirical data has been analyzed from the intersectional and the cultural perspective. The result shows that social secretaries within the units have mixed perceptions regarding the definitions of HRV, both a culture-based view and an intersectional of the phenomenon. It appears from the study that most of the social secretaries work by an action plan, that no specific method is applied within the units and that there are no clear visions or goals against HRV, whereupon the social workers don’t work preventive to HRV. The result also shows the complexity among the social workers in defining HRV. In addition, the result show that some of the respondents work on the basis of an action plan, that no specific method is applied in the work within the unit and that they don’t have clear visions / goals for the work against HRV. Challenges they face are lack of knowledge regarding the handling of cases. The results also show that mental stress is common among social secretaries but also threats of violence against the social secretaries.