”Det var min verklighet och jag fick en respekt, jag var någon i den världen” - Kvinnors väg in i och ut ur den organiserade brottsligheten
(2025) SOPB63 20251School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This study aimed to analyze women’s entry into organized crime and factors that complicate exiting these groups. This study is based on a qualitative approach and has been conducted using document analysis. Thematic analysis has been used to analyze eight transcribed podcast episodes where women share their experiences of being a part of organized crime groups in Sweden. To implement this study, we have used Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy and Travis Hirschi's theory of social bonds. The results of this study indicate that developing relationships with criminally active people contributed to women's involvement in organized crime. Other contributing factors include permissive attitudes towards criminal behavior and weak ties to the... (More)
- This study aimed to analyze women’s entry into organized crime and factors that complicate exiting these groups. This study is based on a qualitative approach and has been conducted using document analysis. Thematic analysis has been used to analyze eight transcribed podcast episodes where women share their experiences of being a part of organized crime groups in Sweden. To implement this study, we have used Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy and Travis Hirschi's theory of social bonds. The results of this study indicate that developing relationships with criminally active people contributed to women's involvement in organized crime. Other contributing factors include permissive attitudes towards criminal behavior and weak ties to the labor market and education. This study further identified several factors that may complicate the process of exiting organized crime groups. Women described forms of material and emotional needs being met in the groups of organized crime that they were unable to fulfill elsewhere. Furthermore, the women described threats and violence as a way of enforcing silence inside the groups. For some, substance use became a coping mechanism to be able to live the criminal lifestyle. Additionally, our findings suggest that women were able to hide their criminal lifestyle from the people surrounding them and from the authorities. Our findings are largely consistent with previous research on women in organized crime groups. (Less)
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- author
- Aakkula, Milja LU and Svensson, Victoria LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- ”It was my reality and I got respect. I was someone in that world” - Women’s way in and out of organized crime
- course
- SOPB63 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- women in gangs, women in organized crime, entry to gangs, exiting gangs, organized crime
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9211289
- date added to LUP
- 2025-09-01 16:27:07
- date last changed
- 2025-09-01 16:27:07
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abstract = {{This study aimed to analyze women’s entry into organized crime and factors that complicate exiting these groups. This study is based on a qualitative approach and has been conducted using document analysis. Thematic analysis has been used to analyze eight transcribed podcast episodes where women share their experiences of being a part of organized crime groups in Sweden. To implement this study, we have used Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy and Travis Hirschi's theory of social bonds. The results of this study indicate that developing relationships with criminally active people contributed to women's involvement in organized crime. Other contributing factors include permissive attitudes towards criminal behavior and weak ties to the labor market and education. This study further identified several factors that may complicate the process of exiting organized crime groups. Women described forms of material and emotional needs being met in the groups of organized crime that they were unable to fulfill elsewhere. Furthermore, the women described threats and violence as a way of enforcing silence inside the groups. For some, substance use became a coping mechanism to be able to live the criminal lifestyle. Additionally, our findings suggest that women were able to hide their criminal lifestyle from the people surrounding them and from the authorities. Our findings are largely consistent with previous research on women in organized crime groups.}},
author = {{Aakkula, Milja and Svensson, Victoria}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{”Det var min verklighet och jag fick en respekt, jag var någon i den världen” - Kvinnors väg in i och ut ur den organiserade brottsligheten}},
year = {{2025}},
}