Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Den kriminella ungdomen, ansvaret och åtgärderna - En kritisk diskursanalys av några mediers syn på ungdomskriminalitet

Hussein Saeed, Khadra LU and Torres, Felicia (2023) SOPB63 20222
School of Social Work
Abstract
In 2022, juvenile delinquency has been extensively debated in Sweden. Young people as a group are the most criminally active and it is natural to focus on this group in the discussion of crime. The media has the power in spreading knowledge and influencing the public's view and perception of social problems. This study aims to examine, through critical discourse analysis, the discourses some media use in the construction of criminal youth, who is responsible for the crime, and which measures are appropriate. This is to better understand how the criminal youth is constructed in today's society. This essay rests on the constructivist perspective, which assumes that we shape our reality with the help of language. Using Fairclough's critical... (More)
In 2022, juvenile delinquency has been extensively debated in Sweden. Young people as a group are the most criminally active and it is natural to focus on this group in the discussion of crime. The media has the power in spreading knowledge and influencing the public's view and perception of social problems. This study aims to examine, through critical discourse analysis, the discourses some media use in the construction of criminal youth, who is responsible for the crime, and which measures are appropriate. This is to better understand how the criminal youth is constructed in today's society. This essay rests on the constructivist perspective, which assumes that we shape our reality with the help of language. Using Fairclough's critical discourse analysis, we examine 69 articles published in Aftonbladet, Expressen, and SVT Nyheter during the time period from the first of January to the end of September 2022. The essay is based on a qualitative method with discourse theory as a starting point. In the presentation of our results, we use the theoretical concepts of victimization, labeling theory, and voluntaristic and deterministic causal explanations. The study shows that the youth is incapable of active action and the responsibility is placed on society. Despite this, we see how in the reporting on measures, the focus is mostly on harsher punishments. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Hussein Saeed, Khadra LU and Torres, Felicia
supervisor
organization
course
SOPB63 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Media, discourse, crime, youth, juvenile delinquency, measures, critical discourse analysis, social constructivism
language
English
id
9107937
date added to LUP
2023-01-19 11:15:36
date last changed
2023-01-19 11:19:38
@misc{9107937,
  abstract     = {{In 2022, juvenile delinquency has been extensively debated in Sweden. Young people as a group are the most criminally active and it is natural to focus on this group in the discussion of crime. The media has the power in spreading knowledge and influencing the public's view and perception of social problems. This study aims to examine, through critical discourse analysis, the discourses some media use in the construction of criminal youth, who is responsible for the crime, and which measures are appropriate. This is to better understand how the criminal youth is constructed in today's society. This essay rests on the constructivist perspective, which assumes that we shape our reality with the help of language. Using Fairclough's critical discourse analysis, we examine 69 articles published in Aftonbladet, Expressen, and SVT Nyheter during the time period from the first of January to the end of September 2022. The essay is based on a qualitative method with discourse theory as a starting point. In the presentation of our results, we use the theoretical concepts of victimization, labeling theory, and voluntaristic and deterministic causal explanations. The study shows that the youth is incapable of active action and the responsibility is placed on society. Despite this, we see how in the reporting on measures, the focus is mostly on harsher punishments.}},
  author       = {{Hussein Saeed, Khadra and Torres, Felicia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Den kriminella ungdomen, ansvaret och åtgärderna - En kritisk diskursanalys av några mediers syn på ungdomskriminalitet}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}