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"En lärare ska ju kunna utstå det": En studie om skolpersonals benägenhet att anmäla våld från elever

Svensson, Alice LU ; Sköld, Vera and Ehlin, Tova (2025) RÄSK02 20251
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
Over the last few years, Swedish schools have experienced an increase in reported violence and threats from students directed towards school staff. However, a significant number of underreporting is recorded. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate why school staff sometimes avoid reporting violence from students, despite the obligation to do so. To achieve the purpose of this study, ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with school staff in southern Sweden. The results were analyzed using previous research alongside the theoretical perspectives of street-level bureaucracy and living law. The key findings indicate that despite a general encouragement to report violence from students, school staff are sometimes... (More)
Over the last few years, Swedish schools have experienced an increase in reported violence and threats from students directed towards school staff. However, a significant number of underreporting is recorded. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate why school staff sometimes avoid reporting violence from students, despite the obligation to do so. To achieve the purpose of this study, ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with school staff in southern Sweden. The results were analyzed using previous research alongside the theoretical perspectives of street-level bureaucracy and living law. The key findings indicate that despite a general encouragement to report violence from students, school staff are sometimes demotivated by several factors. These include the normalization of verbal abuse, fear of negative parental reactions, insufficient support from school management, a lack of organizational resources, unclear reporting procedures, and a perception that reporting incidents do not lead to any consequences. The study identifies that a more consistent reporting culture, robust support from school management, adequate resources, clear reporting guidelines, more impactful consequences for student violence, and effective feedback on reported incidents can improve the frequency of school staff’s reporting of student violence and thereby reduce underreporting. (Less)
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author
Svensson, Alice LU ; Sköld, Vera and Ehlin, Tova
supervisor
organization
course
RÄSK02 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Anmälningsbenägenhet, arbetsmiljö, elevers våld mot skolpersonal, frontlinjebyråkrater, levande rätt
language
Swedish
id
9207698
date added to LUP
2025-08-11 14:33:03
date last changed
2025-08-11 14:33:03
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  abstract     = {{Over the last few years, Swedish schools have experienced an increase in reported violence and threats from students directed towards school staff. However, a significant number of underreporting is recorded. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate why school staff sometimes avoid reporting violence from students, despite the obligation to do so. To achieve the purpose of this study, ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with school staff in southern Sweden. The results were analyzed using previous research alongside the theoretical perspectives of street-level bureaucracy and living law. The key findings indicate that despite a general encouragement to report violence from students, school staff are sometimes demotivated by several factors. These include the normalization of verbal abuse, fear of negative parental reactions, insufficient support from school management, a lack of organizational resources, unclear reporting procedures, and a perception that reporting incidents do not lead to any consequences. The study identifies that a more consistent reporting culture, robust support from school management, adequate resources, clear reporting guidelines, more impactful consequences for student violence, and effective feedback on reported incidents can improve the frequency of school staff’s reporting of student violence and thereby reduce underreporting.}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Alice and Sköld, Vera and Ehlin, Tova}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"En lärare ska ju kunna utstå det": En studie om skolpersonals benägenhet att anmäla våld från elever}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}