Not Afraid at All? Dominant and Alternative Interpretative Repertoires in Discourses of the Elderly on Fear of Crime
(2012) In Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 13(2).- Abstract
- This article demonstrates how a dominant and an alternative interpretative repertoire are activated and negotiated within two focus group discussions conducted with elderly people around the issue of fear of crime: the active, competent actor and the potential victim. In contrast to quantitative generalist studies that tend to neglect the ambiguity and complexity of group membership and identification, a contextualized, dynamic, and interactive understanding of the elderly – as well as of the victim – identity is presented.
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- author
- Rypi, Anna LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- sociologi, victim, interaction, identity, focus group, fear of crime, elderly, actor, competent, sociology
- in
- Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 2
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84871175675
- ISSN
- 1404-3858
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 279ae0ae-0309-42d5-a828-d6c89a7a463c (old id 3166892)
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- 2016-04-04 07:13:06
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