Äntligen kände jag en tillhörighet... - en kvalitativ studie om individers syfte och anledningar till kriminalitet utifrån självbiografier
(2024) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Criminality has always been a problem within society. During the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in young people's involvement in crime, which could indicate that the ongoing preventive work is not successful enough. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how people, who have been involved in illegal activities, describe the purpose of criminality and its reasons. We chose to conduct a qualitative study with six autobiographies studying how the authors describe different aspects of their criminality. For the analysis we decided to use two theories founded on symbolic interactionism, Howard S. Becker and his labeling theory together with Jack Katz and his theory of seductions of crime. Both were chosen because of... (More)
- Criminality has always been a problem within society. During the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in young people's involvement in crime, which could indicate that the ongoing preventive work is not successful enough. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how people, who have been involved in illegal activities, describe the purpose of criminality and its reasons. We chose to conduct a qualitative study with six autobiographies studying how the authors describe different aspects of their criminality. For the analysis we decided to use two theories founded on symbolic interactionism, Howard S. Becker and his labeling theory together with Jack Katz and his theory of seductions of crime. Both were chosen because of their different explanations regarding individuals' interpretation of the social environment. The results of the study show that there are several reasons why criminality became an option for each author. Some of the reasons are shown to be parenting ability, school, socioeconomic background, and exclusion from both society and community. Regarding purpose with crime, some motivating factors turned out to be the lack of belonging, power, and the possibility to create an identity. It is shown in this study that several authors experience that authorities do not take individuals' purpose and reasons for choosing criminality into consideration when engaging with clients. With regards to the result of the study, it is a possibility that these factors could be important in the social work with individuals involved in criminality. This knowledge may help us bring a better understanding of what criminality aims to fulfill for each individual. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Sofia LU and Johansson, Sofia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- purpose with crime, criminal meaning, criminal motivation, criminal meaning in social work. Nyckelord: syfte med kriminalitet, anledningar till kriminalitet, kriminell motivation, kriminalitetens syfte i det sociala arbetet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9157930
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-04 12:51:30
- date last changed
- 2024-06-04 12:51:30
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abstract = {{Criminality has always been a problem within society. During the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in young people's involvement in crime, which could indicate that the ongoing preventive work is not successful enough. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how people, who have been involved in illegal activities, describe the purpose of criminality and its reasons. We chose to conduct a qualitative study with six autobiographies studying how the authors describe different aspects of their criminality. For the analysis we decided to use two theories founded on symbolic interactionism, Howard S. Becker and his labeling theory together with Jack Katz and his theory of seductions of crime. Both were chosen because of their different explanations regarding individuals' interpretation of the social environment. The results of the study show that there are several reasons why criminality became an option for each author. Some of the reasons are shown to be parenting ability, school, socioeconomic background, and exclusion from both society and community. Regarding purpose with crime, some motivating factors turned out to be the lack of belonging, power, and the possibility to create an identity. It is shown in this study that several authors experience that authorities do not take individuals' purpose and reasons for choosing criminality into consideration when engaging with clients. With regards to the result of the study, it is a possibility that these factors could be important in the social work with individuals involved in criminality. This knowledge may help us bring a better understanding of what criminality aims to fulfill for each individual.}},
author = {{Nilsson, Sofia and Johansson, Sofia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Äntligen kände jag en tillhörighet... - en kvalitativ studie om individers syfte och anledningar till kriminalitet utifrån självbiografier}},
year = {{2024}},
}