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Ungdomsbrottslighet - Socionomers syn på faktorer som leder till och förhindrar unga män att begå brott.

Eriksson, Jimmy LU and Cretu, Valentin Beniamin LU (2022) SOPA63 20221
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions about factors that affect and prevent young men from committing a delinquent act. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six social workers from different organizations in Sweden that worked with young men involved in juvenile delinquency. We analyzed the descriptions with Travis Hirschi's social control theory and Albert Bandura's social learning theory. The result of our study was that social workers describe juvenile delinquency as a complex phenomenon involving several different factors that more or less interact with each other. The six social workers described risk factors to juvenile delinquency such as problems in the families - parenting and... (More)
The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions about factors that affect and prevent young men from committing a delinquent act. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six social workers from different organizations in Sweden that worked with young men involved in juvenile delinquency. We analyzed the descriptions with Travis Hirschi's social control theory and Albert Bandura's social learning theory. The result of our study was that social workers describe juvenile delinquency as a complex phenomenon involving several different factors that more or less interact with each other. The six social workers described risk factors to juvenile delinquency such as problems in the families - parenting and childhood trauma, problems in school - absence and low grades, belonging - involving in friendship that influences teenagers negatively and personality - teenagers impulse control, neuropsychiatric diagnoses and substance use. As preventive factors the social workers named protective parents, advantageous childhood and relations with adults, positive development in school and youths own resources and capacity as strengths. (Less)
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author
Eriksson, Jimmy LU and Cretu, Valentin Beniamin LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Juvenile delinquency, risk factors, protective factors and young men
language
Swedish
id
9085789
date added to LUP
2022-06-10 11:20:29
date last changed
2022-06-10 11:20:29
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to understand social workers' descriptions about factors that affect and prevent young men from committing a delinquent act. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six social workers from different organizations in Sweden that worked with young men involved in juvenile delinquency. We analyzed the descriptions with Travis Hirschi's social control theory and Albert Bandura's social learning theory. The result of our study was that social workers describe juvenile delinquency as a complex phenomenon involving several different factors that more or less interact with each other. The six social workers described risk factors to juvenile delinquency such as problems in the families - parenting and childhood trauma, problems in school - absence and low grades, belonging - involving in friendship that influences teenagers negatively and personality - teenagers impulse control, neuropsychiatric diagnoses and substance use. As preventive factors the social workers named protective parents, advantageous childhood and relations with adults, positive development in school and youths own resources and capacity as strengths.}},
  author       = {{Eriksson, Jimmy and Cretu, Valentin Beniamin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Ungdomsbrottslighet - Socionomers syn på faktorer som leder till och förhindrar unga män att begå brott.}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}