Search for dissertations about: "violence and harassment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words violence and harassment.

  2. 1. Anti-Muslim Violence and the Possibility of Justice

    Author : Marta Kolankiewicz; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anti-Muslim violence; racism; Islamophobia; hate crime; hate speech; racist slur; racist jokes; anti-racism; social justice; law; Swedish judiciary; Sweden; penalty enhancement; court; trial; judgement; discrimination; racial agitation; harassment; mosque; Muslims; Islam;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the ways in which justice is dispensed in Swedish courts in cases concerning anti-Muslim violence. Based on material accessed through the Swedish National Board for Crime Prevention and classified as Islamophobic hate crimes, the judicial treatment of cases that may involve racism is analysed. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Phenomenon of Ragging : Violence among University students in Sri Lanka

    Author : Ayanthi Wickramasinghe; Birgitta Essén; Pia Axemo; Päivi Honkatukia; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hazing; harassment; abuse; violence; university students; public health; South Asia; Students; Depression; Mental health; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Ragging is an initiation ritual carried out in Sri Lankan universities, where new students are harassed by senior students. This practice has severe adverse consequences including depression, increased university dropouts and suicide. Although this is a significant public health problem and a burden on the country, research on ragging is scarce. READ MORE

  5. 3. Life circumstances and adolescent mental health: Perceptions, associations and a gender analysis

    Author : Evelina Landstedt; Katja Gillander Gådin; Kenneth Asplund; Gunnel Hensing; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stress; Psychological distress; Deliberate self-harm; Students; masculinity; femininity; social determinants; social relationships; demands; responsibility taking; violence and harassment; school.; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Despite a well-documented gender pattern of adolescent mental health, public health research investigating possible influencing factors from a gender-theoretical approach is scarce. This study aimed to explore what factors and circumstances are related to adolescent mental health and to apply a gender analysis to the findings in order to improve the understanding of the relationships between life circumstances and the gendered patterning of mental health among young people. READ MORE

  6. 4. Politicians Under Threat : Gender Aspects of Violence against Political Representatives

    Author : Sandra Håkansson; Elin Bjarnegård; Johanna Rickne; Josefina Erikson; Hilde Coffe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violence against Politicians; Gender and Politics; Political Violence; Political Representation; Comparative Politics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates violence against politicians and its gender dimensions. Violence targeting elected representatives in the course of their work has received scant research attention, despite the central function of elected officials in representative democracy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Business as Usual? : Doing gender equality in Swedish forestry work organisations

    Author : Maria Johansson; Malin Lindberg; Ulrika Haake; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Feminist action research; Forestry; Gender; Gender equality; Organization; Male dominated industries; Genus och teknik; Gender and Technology; Industriell design; Industrial Design;

    Abstract : The title of this thesis is Business as usual? Doing gender equality in Swedish forestry work organizations and while the latter part, the subtitle, is rather self-explanatory, the former part can be read in different ways. The aim of the thesis is to increase the understanding of the doing of gender equality in the male dominated work organizations of the Swedish forestry sector, and thereby contribute both theoretical and empirical understanding regarding how doing gender equality in the forestry sector relates both to notions of gender and notions of organizations. READ MORE