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En kriminell livsstil från insidan : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om före detta kriminellas upplevelser och erfarenheter av en kriminell livsstil

Wallin, Kevin LU and Ståleberg, Johan LU (2018) SOPA63 20181
School of Social Work
Abstract
A criminal lifestyle from within

The aim of this study was to create an understanding of earlier offenders. Specifically the aim has been to examine the life of offenders from their childhood to today on how they see themselves on their earlier criminal life. The selection of people who participated in the study was people who previously had a criminal lifestyle. We have taken a qualitative approach on our study, that have included five semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected by ourselves from an organization that works with rehabilitating ex-criminals. Theoretical perspectives have broadened our understanding of offenders own experiences. We found out that social bonds have a huge impact on why people engage in a... (More)
A criminal lifestyle from within

The aim of this study was to create an understanding of earlier offenders. Specifically the aim has been to examine the life of offenders from their childhood to today on how they see themselves on their earlier criminal life. The selection of people who participated in the study was people who previously had a criminal lifestyle. We have taken a qualitative approach on our study, that have included five semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected by ourselves from an organization that works with rehabilitating ex-criminals. Theoretical perspectives have broadened our understanding of offenders own experiences. We found out that social bonds have a huge impact on why people engage in a criminal lifestyle. This when bonds were loose to parents, conventional activities, school and the society during childhood. Also the intercourse with friends have had an impact since our participants committed crimes in a group. We found that substance abuse had close correlations with a criminal lifestyle. We also found that when people wanted to get out of their criminal lifestyle, they all had their social bonds strengthened to the society through family and self-help groups. (Less)
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author
Wallin, Kevin LU and Ståleberg, Johan LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Offenders, deviance, social bonds, criminal lifestyle
language
Swedish
id
8946663
date added to LUP
2018-06-15 10:21:42
date last changed
2018-06-15 10:21:42
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  abstract     = {{A criminal lifestyle from within

The aim of this study was to create an understanding of earlier offenders. Specifically the aim has been to examine the life of offenders from their childhood to today on how they see themselves on their earlier criminal life. The selection of people who participated in the study was people who previously had a criminal lifestyle. We have taken a qualitative approach on our study, that have included five semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected by ourselves from an organization that works with rehabilitating ex-criminals. Theoretical perspectives have broadened our understanding of offenders own experiences. We found out that social bonds have a huge impact on why people engage in a criminal lifestyle. This when bonds were loose to parents, conventional activities, school and the society during childhood. Also the intercourse with friends have had an impact since our participants committed crimes in a group. We found that substance abuse had close correlations with a criminal lifestyle. We also found that when people wanted to get out of their criminal lifestyle, they all had their social bonds strengthened to the society through family and self-help groups.}},
  author       = {{Wallin, Kevin and Ståleberg, Johan}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En kriminell livsstil från insidan : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om före detta kriminellas upplevelser och erfarenheter av en kriminell livsstil}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}