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"Man tror att det är enda livet som finns" : En kvalitativ studie om före detta kriminellas syn på sin väg in i kriminalitet

Khader, Rima LU and Cuellar Arbelaez, Valentina LU (2020) SOPA63 20192
School of Social Work
Abstract
Abstract
This was a qualitative study about former criminals’ path to criminality and the study consisted of semi structured interviews with six former criminals. The aim of the study was to gain knowledge on why people turn to criminality. We asked our interviewees about what they thought were important factors in their path to criminality, as well as which factors they thought lacked during their childhood which led to criminality. Using Lilly, Cullen and Ball’s (2014) description of Travis Hirschi’s theory about social bonds and Edwin Sutherland’s theory about differential associations we analysed our empirical material and found that problematic family situation, absent fathers, time spent with peers, the neighbourhood they grew up... (More)
Abstract
This was a qualitative study about former criminals’ path to criminality and the study consisted of semi structured interviews with six former criminals. The aim of the study was to gain knowledge on why people turn to criminality. We asked our interviewees about what they thought were important factors in their path to criminality, as well as which factors they thought lacked during their childhood which led to criminality. Using Lilly, Cullen and Ball’s (2014) description of Travis Hirschi’s theory about social bonds and Edwin Sutherland’s theory about differential associations we analysed our empirical material and found that problematic family situation, absent fathers, time spent with peers, the neighbourhood they grew up in, problems in school and to be placed outside the home at a young age were significant factors for their path to criminality. The results show, however, that the combination of several factors is spoken of as leading someone into criminality. (Less)
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author
Khader, Rima LU and Cuellar Arbelaez, Valentina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Keywords: criminality, path to criminality, former criminal, divergent, peers, attachment, commitment, involvement, beliefs.
language
Swedish
id
9002554
date added to LUP
2020-01-27 15:52:28
date last changed
2020-01-27 15:52:28
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  abstract     = {{Abstract
This was a qualitative study about former criminals’ path to criminality and the study consisted of semi structured interviews with six former criminals. The aim of the study was to gain knowledge on why people turn to criminality. We asked our interviewees about what they thought were important factors in their path to criminality, as well as which factors they thought lacked during their childhood which led to criminality. Using Lilly, Cullen and Ball’s (2014) description of Travis Hirschi’s theory about social bonds and Edwin Sutherland’s theory about differential associations we analysed our empirical material and found that problematic family situation, absent fathers, time spent with peers, the neighbourhood they grew up in, problems in school and to be placed outside the home at a young age were significant factors for their path to criminality. The results show, however, that the combination of several factors is spoken of as leading someone into criminality.}},
  author       = {{Khader, Rima and Cuellar Arbelaez, Valentina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Man tror att det är enda livet som finns" : En kvalitativ studie om före detta kriminellas syn på sin väg in i kriminalitet}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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