Män som offer för våld i nära relation: En kvalitativ analys av tingsrättsdomar
(2023) RÄSK02 20231Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- Intimate partner violence against men has been a rather unexplored topic within social science research but is now getting more and more attention. It has been shown that victimhood and masculinity is difficult to reconcile among both abused men and members of society. Using qualitative content analysis, this study investigated how male victims of heterosexual intimate partner violence is presented in district court judgments by themselves as well as by the district court, possible witnesses and to some extent the accused woman. Moreover, the study also aimed to understand which attributes linked to masculinity and victimhood that were considered in the district court’s assessment.
Several themes were identified in the material and... (More) - Intimate partner violence against men has been a rather unexplored topic within social science research but is now getting more and more attention. It has been shown that victimhood and masculinity is difficult to reconcile among both abused men and members of society. Using qualitative content analysis, this study investigated how male victims of heterosexual intimate partner violence is presented in district court judgments by themselves as well as by the district court, possible witnesses and to some extent the accused woman. Moreover, the study also aimed to understand which attributes linked to masculinity and victimhood that were considered in the district court’s assessment.
Several themes were identified in the material and analysed through perspectives of the ideal victim (Christie 2001; Strobl 2004) and hegemonic masculinity (Connell 2008). The results showed that the male victims in this study did not seem to have a problem with presenting themselves as victims, and overall, they did not try to maintain masculinity. Moreover, there were no clear tendencies for stereotypical norms of masculinity in the material. Something that was consistently considered in the district court's assessment were characteristics of the plaintiff's statement and whether the plaintiff acted provocatively. However, the court did not seem to take into consideration the possible physical difference between the male victim and the female perpetrator. (Less)
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- author
- Möller, Linnéa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- det idealiska offret, manligt offer, maskulinitet, tingsrätten, våld i nära relation.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9139110
- date added to LUP
- 2023-10-02 14:17:48
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- 2023-10-02 14:17:48
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abstract = {{Intimate partner violence against men has been a rather unexplored topic within social science research but is now getting more and more attention. It has been shown that victimhood and masculinity is difficult to reconcile among both abused men and members of society. Using qualitative content analysis, this study investigated how male victims of heterosexual intimate partner violence is presented in district court judgments by themselves as well as by the district court, possible witnesses and to some extent the accused woman. Moreover, the study also aimed to understand which attributes linked to masculinity and victimhood that were considered in the district court’s assessment.
Several themes were identified in the material and analysed through perspectives of the ideal victim (Christie 2001; Strobl 2004) and hegemonic masculinity (Connell 2008). The results showed that the male victims in this study did not seem to have a problem with presenting themselves as victims, and overall, they did not try to maintain masculinity. Moreover, there were no clear tendencies for stereotypical norms of masculinity in the material. Something that was consistently considered in the district court's assessment were characteristics of the plaintiff's statement and whether the plaintiff acted provocatively. However, the court did not seem to take into consideration the possible physical difference between the male victim and the female perpetrator.}},
author = {{Möller, Linnéa}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Män som offer för våld i nära relation: En kvalitativ analys av tingsrättsdomar}},
year = {{2023}},
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