"Det här är inte ditt fel och vi ska lägga ansvaret där det behöver ligga" - En diskurspsykologisk analys av de professionellas tal om ungdomar med kopplingar till kriminalitet och ansvar för målgruppen
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to examine the professionals’ views on young offenders and responsibility for the target group. We have chosen to interview social workers who work within the public sector and have direct contact with young offenders. Discursive psychology was used to analyse our empirical material in order to highlight the interpretative repertoires permeating through the professionals’ work with the young offenders. The discursive psychology approach has also contributed to our understanding of how social workers use language to make their views on young offenders and responsibility accountable. The most important findings of our study are divided into three themes: Wide range, Vulnerability, and Responsibility. Within these... (More)
- The aim of this thesis is to examine the professionals’ views on young offenders and responsibility for the target group. We have chosen to interview social workers who work within the public sector and have direct contact with young offenders. Discursive psychology was used to analyse our empirical material in order to highlight the interpretative repertoires permeating through the professionals’ work with the young offenders. The discursive psychology approach has also contributed to our understanding of how social workers use language to make their views on young offenders and responsibility accountable. The most important findings of our study are divided into three themes: Wide range, Vulnerability, and Responsibility. Within these three themes, we have identified two different interpretative repertoires used parallelly in the professionals’ talk. The first one is called surroundings-centered repertoire which constructs the young offenders as a part of their surroundings. The problem does not lie with the individual but with the surroundings and the responsibility should therefore be put on the surroundings rather than the individual. The second one is called individual-centred repertoire which constructs young offenders as active in their choice of actions. According to this interpretative repertoire, the individual is to blame for their problems and should take responsibility for their crime. The two interpretative repertoires are used in a complementary way. However, the surroundings-centered one represents the professionals’ view on the young offenders and responsibility to a greater extent than the individual-centered one. (Less)
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- author
- Tang, Huong Ly LU and Eldh, Ellen LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- young offenders, juvenile delinquency, professionals, social workers, responsibility, view, interview, discursive psychology
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9119018
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-06 20:18:36
- date last changed
- 2023-06-06 20:18:36
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title = {{"Det här är inte ditt fel och vi ska lägga ansvaret där det behöver ligga" - En diskurspsykologisk analys av de professionellas tal om ungdomar med kopplingar till kriminalitet och ansvar för målgruppen}},
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