Search for dissertations about: "victim studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words victim studies.

  2. 1. Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking in Lesbian and Queer Relationships : Challenging Recognition

    Author : Nicole Ovesen; Gabriele Griffin; Renita Sörensdotter; Marianne Hester; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LGBTQ; IPV; DV; Help-seeking; Lesbian and Queer; Slow Violence; Sweden; Qualitative Interviews; Temporalities; Community; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : The topic of intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian and queer relationships continues to be under-researched in Sweden. This lack of knowledge and recognition can have severe consequences for the help-seeking of those who are not recognized as victims of IPV. READ MORE

  4. 2. Rape against Women in Tanzania : Studies of Social Reactions and Barriers to Disclosure

    Author : c Muganyizi; Pia Axemo; Gunilla Lindmark; Lennarth Nyström; Maria Emmelin; Siriel Massawe; Charlotte Watts; Ann Öhman; Viveca Odlind; Berit Schei; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rape; women; victim; supporter; social reaction; social network; community; Tanzania; Reproductive health; Reproduktiv hälsa; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : This thesis assessed responses toward rape against women as experienced by the victims and victim supporters in the context of the interaction between victims, supporters, and formal agencies in Tanzania. The overall research design was based on triangulation with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. READ MORE

  5. 3. Walk with me: Pastoral care for victims of sexual abuse viewed through existential psychology

    Author : Lisa Rudolfsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Existential psychology; Faith; Gender perspectives; Pastorla care; Sexual abuse; Vow of silence;

    Abstract : Pastoral care can be described as a cleric’s presence with people in their time of need, to promote their well-being and strengthen them in their faith. One dimension of working through an overwhelming trauma, such as sexual abuse, is to find a way to make sense of what has happened and possibly to find some kind of meaning in what has happened. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Emergence of the Crime Victim in the Swedish Social Services Act

    Author : Carina Ljungwald; Anna Hollander; Henrik Tham; Jonathan Simon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; crime victim; domestic violence; social welfare law; social work; social services; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : This study sought to explain how crime victims emerged as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act in 2001. The findings, derived from legislative documents, a literature review, and focus group interviews with social workers, showed that the 2001 provisions both duplicated and undermined pre-existing provisions of the Social Services Act. READ MORE

  7. 5. From Victim Diaspora to Transborder Citizenship? : Diaspora formation and transnational relations among Kurds in France and Sweden

    Author : Khalid Khayati; Rune Johansson; Carl-Ulrik Schierup; Björn Fryklund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Diaspora; Kurds; France; suburbs banlieues ; integration; Sweden; immigration; transborder citizenship; assabiyya; transnationalism; social exclusion; discrimination; segregation; ethnography; cyberspace; long-distance nationalism; Diaspora; kurder; Frankrike; förorter banlieues ; integration; Sverige; immigration; gränsöverskridande medborgarskap; assabiyya; transnationalism; social exkludering; diskriminering; segregation; etnografi; cyberspace; långdistans nationalism; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Denna avhandling är en komparativ undersökning av pågående förändringsprocesser bland kurder i Marseillesregionen i Frankrike ochStockholmsregionen i Sverige. I fokus står skiftet från en endimensionell och offerrelaterad kurdisk diasporisk identitet mot en mer sammansatt och aktiv. READ MORE