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Har du en gång fått stämpeln som brottsling så blir du aldrig av med den- en kvalitativ studie om kriminellas egna upplevelser av kriminalitet

Erlandsson, Elina LU and Isaksson, Mimmi LU (2018) SOPA63 20172
School of Social Work
Abstract
Criminality is an issue that is dealt with by many different agencies. The purpose of our study was to interpret and analyze which factors are of importance to an individuals road into criminality, the time spent in criminality, and the road out of criminality. The study was implemented using a qualitative method by conducting six (6) semi-structured interviews with male criminal offenders that have admitted to their criminal behavior, are adults, and have been a criminal for more then five (5) years. The results show that upbringing had an effect on their road into criminality, and, belonging and the access to fast money kept them in the criminal lifestyle. The results did not clearly describe how to leave a life of criminality though, as... (More)
Criminality is an issue that is dealt with by many different agencies. The purpose of our study was to interpret and analyze which factors are of importance to an individuals road into criminality, the time spent in criminality, and the road out of criminality. The study was implemented using a qualitative method by conducting six (6) semi-structured interviews with male criminal offenders that have admitted to their criminal behavior, are adults, and have been a criminal for more then five (5) years. The results show that upbringing had an effect on their road into criminality, and, belonging and the access to fast money kept them in the criminal lifestyle. The results did not clearly describe how to leave a life of criminality though, as the interviewees answers differed. (Less)
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author
Erlandsson, Elina LU and Isaksson, Mimmi LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
criminality, criminal life style, the road in, the road out, abnormal behavior
language
Swedish
id
8932930
date added to LUP
2018-01-31 13:34:24
date last changed
2018-01-31 13:34:24
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  abstract     = {{Criminality is an issue that is dealt with by many different agencies. The purpose of our study was to interpret and analyze which factors are of importance to an individuals road into criminality, the time spent in criminality, and the road out of criminality. The study was implemented using a qualitative method by conducting six (6) semi-structured interviews with male criminal offenders that have admitted to their criminal behavior, are adults, and have been a criminal for more then five (5) years. The results show that upbringing had an effect on their road into criminality, and, belonging and the access to fast money kept them in the criminal lifestyle. The results did not clearly describe how to leave a life of criminality though, as the interviewees answers differed.}},
  author       = {{Erlandsson, Elina and Isaksson, Mimmi}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Har du en gång fått stämpeln som brottsling så blir du aldrig av med den- en kvalitativ studie om kriminellas egna upplevelser av kriminalitet}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}