"Kvinnor under radarn" - En kvalitativ studie om hur unga kvinnor i kriminella gäng framställs i massmedia
(2024) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This study has aimed to investigate and analyze how the Swedish news media portrays young women's roles in criminal gangs moreover how they are perceived as victims and perpetrators. We used a qualitative method to analyze 18 news articles from three of Sweden's biggest newspapers that reach a big audience: Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, and Expressen. The results are analyzed using gender theories and the theory of “the ideal victim”. The results show that the news media portrays women in criminal gangs either as victims or as actors having various roles. When news media describe women as actors, they are portrayed as having minor roles, or supportive roles to men. Supportive roles can be assisting the men by hiding or transporting weapons... (More)
- This study has aimed to investigate and analyze how the Swedish news media portrays young women's roles in criminal gangs moreover how they are perceived as victims and perpetrators. We used a qualitative method to analyze 18 news articles from three of Sweden's biggest newspapers that reach a big audience: Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, and Expressen. The results are analyzed using gender theories and the theory of “the ideal victim”. The results show that the news media portrays women in criminal gangs either as victims or as actors having various roles. When news media describe women as actors, they are portrayed as having minor roles, or supportive roles to men. Supportive roles can be assisting the men by hiding or transporting weapons and drugs. News media describes that the active roles of young women have increased. Media attribute active roles as being part of violent crimes or aiding someone in committing murder. Furthermore, the news media illustrates that young women are sexually exploited by both members of their gang and members from gangs outside by being used as a punishment and as payments to pay off the debt between gang members. The news media often describe them as going “under the radar” and the results show that young women in criminal environments are portrayed as hard to detect because of their female gender and the perception that women do not commit crimes in comparison to men. News media portrays that this causes male gang members to take advantage of society's naive perception of women and involve them in crimes. A consequence of not recognizing young women as members of gangs or perpetrators is described in the media as difficulty of being detected by exit programmes leading to them not getting the right support. (Less)
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- Barnell, Ellinor LU and Ivanovic, Isabelle LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- female delinquency, gangs, news media, gender theory, portrayal
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9161184
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abstract = {{This study has aimed to investigate and analyze how the Swedish news media portrays young women's roles in criminal gangs moreover how they are perceived as victims and perpetrators. We used a qualitative method to analyze 18 news articles from three of Sweden's biggest newspapers that reach a big audience: Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, and Expressen. The results are analyzed using gender theories and the theory of “the ideal victim”. The results show that the news media portrays women in criminal gangs either as victims or as actors having various roles. When news media describe women as actors, they are portrayed as having minor roles, or supportive roles to men. Supportive roles can be assisting the men by hiding or transporting weapons and drugs. News media describes that the active roles of young women have increased. Media attribute active roles as being part of violent crimes or aiding someone in committing murder. Furthermore, the news media illustrates that young women are sexually exploited by both members of their gang and members from gangs outside by being used as a punishment and as payments to pay off the debt between gang members. The news media often describe them as going “under the radar” and the results show that young women in criminal environments are portrayed as hard to detect because of their female gender and the perception that women do not commit crimes in comparison to men. News media portrays that this causes male gang members to take advantage of society's naive perception of women and involve them in crimes. A consequence of not recognizing young women as members of gangs or perpetrators is described in the media as difficulty of being detected by exit programmes leading to them not getting the right support.}},
author = {{Barnell, Ellinor and Ivanovic, Isabelle}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Kvinnor under radarn" - En kvalitativ studie om hur unga kvinnor i kriminella gäng framställs i massmedia}},
year = {{2024}},
}