The main purpose of this study is to investigate how we can understand the correlation between social vulnerability and crime among young men with a foreign background. I intend to highlight the reality of the everyday life of six convicted young men shortly before they committed criminal acts as I aim to understand the influence of socioeconomic risk factors in their lives. The selected research method is a qualitative text analysis based on a true criminal case which occurred in a disadvantaged Stockholm suburb. The selected young men who appear in this study are aged between 17-21 and were among the main suspects. The empirical data consists of verbatim transcripts of interrogation interviews with police investigators and the court verdict. The study’s results have been analyzed based on the theory of dynamics of human behavior and on the basis of risk factors. The results show that all the young men have poor school results, poor communication with their family and that all live in cramped housing conditions that does not offer enough opportunity for private space. Several of the young men lack income and employment and are financially supported by family members. In summary, the results show that the social risk factors that occur in their lives are similar and that their current life situation is a result of the social existence in which they reside.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka samverkan mellan socialtjänst, skola, polis och fritid vid förebyggande arbete mot ungdomskriminalitet. Studien utgår ifrån en kvalitativ forskningsmetod genom att semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförts med yrkesverksamma inom samverkansformen SSPF (socialtjänst, skola, polis, fritid) i en landsbygdskommun i Sverige. Materialet analyserades genom en tematisk analys och därigenom framkom fyra huvudteman: organisering av SSPF i en landsbygdskommun, professionellas erfarenheter av SSPF-samverkan, variationer i de professionellas uppfattningar om SSPF och verksamhetens utvecklingsmöjligheter. Resultatet av studien analyserades med hjälp av tidigare forskning kring ämnet och Horwath och Morrisons samverkansmodell. Utifrån intervjuerna framkommer det att landsbygdskommunen använder samverkansmodellen SSPF för att arbeta förebyggande mot ungdomar i riskzonen för kriminalitet och missbruk. Det belyses att en styrgrupp, arbetsgrupp och samordnare är centralt för organiseringen av SSPF-samverkan. Gynnsamma faktorer som framkommer för SSPF-samverkan är en samordnare, förmedling av samt förståelse för syfte och mål med SSPF och relevanta personer i SSPF-forumet. Förhindrande faktorer som framkommer för SSPF-samverkan är socialtjänstens lagstiftning och att det i SSPF-forumet i första hand lyfts ungdomar som är kända hos aktörer. / The aim of this study is to examine collaboration between social services, school, police, and leisure sector when working preventive against youth criminality. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals within the collaboration-model SSPF in a Swedish rural municipality. The research questions were investigated by conducting a thematic analysis of the data. Four main themes emerged in the analysis: organization of SSPF in a rural municipality, professionals experiences of SSPF collaboration, variations in professionals’ perceptions of SSPF and the potentialities of the operations. The results of the study were analyzed using previous research around the subject and Horwath and Morrison’s collaboration model. The interviews demonstrated that the rural municipality uses the collaboration model SSPF to work preventively for young people at risk for crime and addiction. A steering group, working group and a co-ordinator appeared significant for the organization of SSPF collaboration. Favourable factors for the SSPF collaboration that appeared were a co-ordinator, communication and understanding of the purpose and goals of SSPF, and appropriate members in the SSPF forum. Preventive factors of the SSPF collaboration included the legislation of the social services and the principle that in SSPF it was mainly young people who were already known by the participants that were discussed.

Ungdomsbrottsligheten i Sverige är ett stort problem enligt svensk nyhetsmedia, och vi möts av nyhetsrapportering om att våldsbrott bland unga blir allt vanligare och att det sker att oftare. Narkotikamissbruk, vandalisering, misshandel och organiserad brottslighet är skenande hos unga lagöverträdare. Det svenska rättssystemet saknar verktygen att lösa denna situation, då ungdomskriminella ofta är återfallsförbrytare. Det är bara en tidsfråga innan du faller offer för den här kriminella vågen. Är det här den verklighet vi lever i, eller är det en verklighet som nyhetsmedia väljer att visa genom att skapa sin egen bild av verkligheten? Resultaten av denna studie visar att svensk nyhetsmedia följer en egen agenda och använder några återkommande diskurser för att uppnå detta. Genom att använda en kritisk diskursanalys kommer författarna till denna studie undersöka hur svensk nyhetsmedia beskriver unga lagöverträdare. / Juvenile delinquency is a big problem in Sweden according to the news media. The newsreports that violent crime among youths is occurring frequently, now more than ever before. Drug use, vandalism, abuse, and organized crime is rampant among the criminal youth. The Swedish justice system is powerless to resolve this issue, as reoffenders are a common occurrence among the criminal youth. It is only a matter of time before you fall victim to this criminal wave. Is this the reality we live in, or is what the news media wants to portray by constructing their own version of reality? The findings of this study show that the news media are pursuing their own agenda and are using an occurring set of discourses as their means. The authors of this study are, through a critical discourse analysis, investigating how the news media are describing the criminal youth in Sweden.

No description available.

The purpose of the study was to analyse how juveniles who were charged with and/or convicted of crimes were presented in The Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (LVU) -judgments, from a gender perspective. Fairclough's critical discourse analysis was used to answer the research questions. The theoretical foundation consisted of social constructionism, Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Hirdman’s theory about gender systems. The main result of the study showed differences in how the juveniles were described and presented based on gender discourses. Girls were described as vulnerable and in need of protection and support. Boys were described as aggressive and threatening. Two discourses were found, the victims discourse - focusing on girls as victims of their situation and actions, and the perpetrators discourse - focusing on boys as responsible for their own situation and actions. The discourses showed societal power structures that could maintain a hierarchy between the genders, where boys are superior. / Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur unga som begått och/eller misstänks för brott framställdes i LVU-domar utifrån ett genusperspektiv. Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys användes som metod för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. De teorier som användes i studien var socialkonstruktivism, Faircloughs kritisk diskursanalys och Hirdmans genussystemteori. Huvudresultatet i studien visade skillnader i hur de unga beskrevs och framställdes utifrån gennusdiskurser. Flickor beskrevs som utsatta, sårbara och i behov av skydd och stöd. Pojkar beskrevs som aggressiva och hotfulla. Två diskurser synliggjordes, offerdiskursen - fokus på flickor som offer för sin situation handlingar och förövardiskursen - fokus på pojkar som ansvariga för sin egen situation och handlingar. Diskurserna synliggjorde samhälleliga maktstrukturer som kan diskuteras upprätthåller en hierarki mellan könen, där pojkar står överst.

Reports of gang violence have become a prominent focus in the media. The rhetoric used in reporting gang related crime will have an impact on the reader's perception of the seriousness of gang crime. The media coverage can result in outbreaks of ‘moral panic’, where by aspecific group is demonized and held responsible for societal problems. The aim of this thesis is to study representations of gang related crime, and specifically two rival gangs from Rinkeby, Stockholm, “Shottaz” and “Dödspatrullen”, in the two Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, between the years 2019 and 2022. This is done using critical discourse analysis as method and theory, complemented by the concept of moral panic. The analysis is based on Fairclough’s three-dimensional methodological framework; a sample of newspaper articles dealing with gang crime are analyzed with a focus on the degree of modality, intertextuality and interdiscoursivity. The resultant findings indicate the nature of a dominant discourse and another, less prominent counter discourse. The dominant discourse can be assumed to play a role in triggering moral panic; the findings indicate a link between the story society tells itself about gang crime and a concomitant societal moral panic relating to gang crime. Only one of the newspaper articles analyzed for this study interviews peopleactually affected by gang conflict. This identified counter discourse offers a more nuanced representation of the conflict between “Shottaz” and “Dödspatrullen”, and of the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby. Music also contributes to the alternative counter narrative, telling a story at odds with that which this study indicates to be the dominant societal discourse.

<p>This qualitative study looks at the experiences of youth reentering their communities after serving a custodial sentence. Interviews were conducted from the perspectives of five key informants, including youth counselors and probation officers. Based on these conversations, the nuances of youth reentry were explored in-depth. These pages contain personal stories regarding the successes and challenges that come with reentry and reentry programming. Based on the findings and relevant literature, recommendations and suggestions on how to improve reentry are made. Further, in contrast to dominant recidivism-based understandings of success, this study promotes a more holistic understanding of successful reentry outcomes.</p> / Master of Social Work (MSW)

Syftet med denna studie har varit att genom en kritisk diskursanalys undersöka hurbegreppet förebyggande arbete i relation till kriminalitet bland barn och unga används i samhällsdebatten. Detta för att bidra med kunskap om hur förståelsen och användningen av begreppet i sin tur kan påverka hur socialtjänsten arbetar förebyggande i relation till kriminalitet bland barn och unga. Empirin bestod av 30 debattartiklar där begreppet förebyggande förekom tillsammans med barn och unga samt kriminalitet eller brott. Debattartiklarna hämtades från Sveriges största dags- respektive kvällstidning, Dagens Nyheter och Aftonbladet, under tidsperioden 2023-01-01 till 2024-04-24. För att analysera denna empiri använde vi oss av kritisk diskursanalys som både teoretiskt ramverk samt metod. I studiens resultat utkristalliserades ett antal diskurser; diskursen om tidiga insatser, diskursen om civilsamhället, diskursen om familjens betydelse och ansvar samt diskursen om allmänprevention. Dessa diskurser analyserades för att förstå hur användningen av begreppet förebyggande i sin tur kan påverka hur socialtjänsten arbetar förebyggande i relation till kriminalitet bland barn och unga. Studiens slutsatser visar att samtliga diskurser är överens om att förebyggande arbete är viktigt men att begreppet framställs och används på olika sätt. Socialtjänsten lyfts fram som en viktig aktör men hur socialtjänsten ska arbeta förebyggande i relation till kriminalitet bland barn och unga konkretiseras inte nämnvärt i diskurserna. Socialtjänstens arbete med barn och unga kan komma att påverkas av hur diskurserna använder begreppet förebyggande genom det faktum att det väntas en ny socialtjänstlag med en betoning på det förebyggande arbetet i form av ett perspektiv. Detta perspektiv medför ett tolkningsutrymme som kan formas av dessa diskurser. Ett sådant tolkningsutrymme påverkas i sin tur av olika maktrelationer där framförallt styrande politiker och deras diskurser har stor makt att fylla detta tolkningsutrymme med idéer om vad förebyggande arbete är riktat mot kriminalitet bland barn och unga. / The purpose of this study has been to analyze, by the use of critical discourse analysis, how the concept of preventive work in relation to crime among children and young people is used in the social debate. This is to provide knowledge about how the understanding and use of the term can affect how social services work preventively in relation to crime among children and young people. The data consisted of 30 debate articles where the term prevention appeared together with children and young people and crime. The debate articles were taken from Sweden's largest daily and evening newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet, during the time period 2023-01-01 to 2024-04-24. To analyze this data, we used critical discourse analysis as both theoretical framework and method. In the results of the study, a number of discourses was identified; the discourse on early interventions, the discourse on civil society, the discourse on the importance and responsibility of the family and the discourse on general prevention. These discourses were analyzed to understand how the use of the term prevention can have an impact on how social services work preventively in relation to crime among children and young people. The study draws the conclusions that all discourses agree that preventive work is important, but that the term is presented and used in different ways. Social services are highlighted as an important actor, but how social services should work preventively in relation to crime among children and young people is not explained in any further details in the discourses. Social services' work with children and young people may be affected by how the discourses use the term prevention due to the fact that a new social services law is expected with an emphasis on preventive work as a perspective. This perspective entails a space of interpretation that can be shaped by these discourses which in turn are affected by different power relations. Politicians have the power to impact the interpretation of the perspective by their ideas about what preventive work should consist of in regards of crime among children and young people.

Ungdomar över hela landet hamnar år efter år i en farlig och destruktiv våldsspiral präglad av normbrytande beteenden. Att förstå sig på fenomenet ungdomskriminalitet och vägen dit, är av största vikt för att bryta denna destruktiva våldsspiral. Därför är syftet med denna studie är att genom professionellas perspektiv utforska vanligt förekommande faktorer som bidrar till att barn och unga involveras i ungdomskriminalitet. Studiens metod bestod av en kvalitativ ansats där tio semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes. Samtliga intervjuer skedde med professionella individer, som aktivt arbetade med barn och unga på uppdrag av socialtjänsten. Nio av studiens intervjuer genomfördes med en respondent per intervju, och en av studiens intervjuer genomfördes med två respondenter. I studiens resultat framkom de professionella perspektiven på problematiken. De lyfte vikten av miljö, där en ungdoms benägenhet till konformitet samt ungdomens risker för negativ exponering fungerade som starka riskfaktorer. Nästkommande riskfaktor blev sociala normer, där individens grupptillhörighet och sociala nätverk framkom som starka riskfaktorer. Sista riskfaktorn för studien blev identitet, där ett bristande välbefinnande hos en ungdom, NPF-diagnoser samt en ungdoms personliga förutsättningar framkom som omfattande riskfaktorer. Samtliga riskfaktorer framkom som omfattande utifrån de svar som förekom i studien. / Young people all over the country find themselves year after year in a dangerous and destructive spiral of violence characterized by norm-breaking behaviors. Understanding the phenomenon of youth crime and the path leading to it is crucial to break this destructive spiral of violence. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore, through the perspectives of professionals, common factors contributing to the involvement of children and young people in youth crime. The study employed a qualitative approach, conducting ten semi-structured interviews. All interviews were conducted with professional individuals actively working with children and young people on behalf of social services. Nine of the study's interviews were conducted with one respondent per interview, while one interview was conducted with two respondents. The study's results revealed the perspectives of the professionals on the issue. They highlighted the importance of the environment, where a young person's tendency towards conformity and the risks of negative exposure served as strong risk factors. The next identified risk factor was social norms, where the individual's group membership and social networks emerged as strong risk factors. The final risk factor identified in the study was identity, where a lack of well-being in a young person, neurodevelopmental disorders, and a young person's personal circumstances emerged as significant risk factors. All risk factors were found to be extensive based on the responses in the study.

MEd (Educational Management) / Department of Educational Management / The aim of the study was to investigate management of safety concerns in rural primary schools of Maleboho West circuit in Capricorn District. In rural areas, management of safety at primary school level is not adequate. Safety issues such as the carrying of sharp objects to classrooms, lack of scholar patrols and security guards, vandalizing of school property, poor condition of school buildings do not receive special attention in order to secure quality teaching and learning. To achieve the above aim, the study employed the interpretive paradigm to understand safety concerns from participants’ perspectives. The study was guided by a comprehensive approach theory to school safety. The study population comprised principals, teachers, governance official, chairpersons of School Governing Bodies and security personnel in Maleboho West circuit. In line with the interpretive research paradigm, purposive sampling was used to choose 11 participants that formed the study sample. Data was collected through interviews and document analysis. Data was analysed thematically. The results show that poor management of safety concerns is real and compromises the quality of teaching and learning. Amongst other measures, the study recommends enforcing discipline amongst learners and teachers; abolishment of pit toilets; availability of scholar patrols and security guards and ensuring the general monitoring of the safety of learners and school property. / NRF