Kvinnor i anstalt - En undersökning av befintlig kunskap
(2003)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to get a picture of the existing knowledge on women in prison. This knowledge is to be found in earlier research, in the material of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and with people working, paid or voluntarily, with women in prison. To get a broad picture I did both a literature study and qualitative interviews with people working at a prison. There is not much research done on women in prison, and the research done often lacks gender analysis. My conclusion was that the knowledge is relatively uniform; women in prison is described as a group with many problems such as drug abuse, homelessness and unemployment. Many have also been beaten by their former partners and many have lost custody of their... (More)
- The aim of this study was to get a picture of the existing knowledge on women in prison. This knowledge is to be found in earlier research, in the material of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and with people working, paid or voluntarily, with women in prison. To get a broad picture I did both a literature study and qualitative interviews with people working at a prison. There is not much research done on women in prison, and the research done often lacks gender analysis. My conclusion was that the knowledge is relatively uniform; women in prison is described as a group with many problems such as drug abuse, homelessness and unemployment. Many have also been beaten by their former partners and many have lost custody of their children. (Less)
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- author
- Jensen, Linda
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2003
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1359097
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to get a picture of the existing knowledge on women in prison. This knowledge is to be found in earlier research, in the material of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and with people working, paid or voluntarily, with women in prison. To get a broad picture I did both a literature study and qualitative interviews with people working at a prison. There is not much research done on women in prison, and the research done often lacks gender analysis. My conclusion was that the knowledge is relatively uniform; women in prison is described as a group with many problems such as drug abuse, homelessness and unemployment. Many have also been beaten by their former partners and many have lost custody of their children.}},
author = {{Jensen, Linda}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kvinnor i anstalt - En undersökning av befintlig kunskap}},
year = {{2003}},
}