Att stoppa våldet - En kvalitativ studie om socionomers arbete med personer som utövar våld i nära relation
(2025) SOPB63 20251School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This study aimed to seek an understanding of how social workers work with people who practice violence in close relationships. The study was based on five semi-structured interviews with social workers from five different municipalities who currently or previously worked with people who practice partner violence. In our analysis, we used Goffman's Stigma Theory and the New Institutional Perspective explained by DiMaggio and Powell, Meyer, and Rowan. Social workers come in contact with the target group by referrals or by one individual's own choice. Social workers describe the contact with the target group as difficult, something that is made more difficult by shame, stigma, and the authoritative nature of social services. The support is... (More)
- This study aimed to seek an understanding of how social workers work with people who practice violence in close relationships. The study was based on five semi-structured interviews with social workers from five different municipalities who currently or previously worked with people who practice partner violence. In our analysis, we used Goffman's Stigma Theory and the New Institutional Perspective explained by DiMaggio and Powell, Meyer, and Rowan. Social workers come in contact with the target group by referrals or by one individual's own choice. Social workers describe the contact with the target group as difficult, something that is made more difficult by shame, stigma, and the authoritative nature of social services. The support is carried out without standardized methods and is based on conversations and psychoeducational approaches, where trusting relationships are seen as crucial. Working with shame and anger is highlighted as important to incorporate with the target group. In terms of challenges, the social workers perceive the concept of "perpetrator of violence" as stigmatizing and an attempt to focus on behavior rather than identity, not to reinforce negative stigmatization and further complicate contact with the target group. They also highlight organizational and bureaucratic obstacles that affect clients' willingness to seek help. (Less)
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- author
- Wahrburg, Elin LU and Langseth, Monika LU
- supervisor
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- Carina Gallo LU
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- social work, social worker, partner violence, voluntary interventions, social work practice, social services
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9198354
- date added to LUP
- 2025-09-03 16:09:19
- date last changed
- 2025-09-03 16:09:19
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abstract = {{This study aimed to seek an understanding of how social workers work with people who practice violence in close relationships. The study was based on five semi-structured interviews with social workers from five different municipalities who currently or previously worked with people who practice partner violence. In our analysis, we used Goffman's Stigma Theory and the New Institutional Perspective explained by DiMaggio and Powell, Meyer, and Rowan. Social workers come in contact with the target group by referrals or by one individual's own choice. Social workers describe the contact with the target group as difficult, something that is made more difficult by shame, stigma, and the authoritative nature of social services. The support is carried out without standardized methods and is based on conversations and psychoeducational approaches, where trusting relationships are seen as crucial. Working with shame and anger is highlighted as important to incorporate with the target group. In terms of challenges, the social workers perceive the concept of "perpetrator of violence" as stigmatizing and an attempt to focus on behavior rather than identity, not to reinforce negative stigmatization and further complicate contact with the target group. They also highlight organizational and bureaucratic obstacles that affect clients' willingness to seek help.}},
author = {{Wahrburg, Elin and Langseth, Monika}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Att stoppa våldet - En kvalitativ studie om socionomers arbete med personer som utövar våld i nära relation}},
year = {{2025}},
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