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Young Victims Narrate Their Processing of Victimization
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1406-2064
2019 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Victimization early in life can result in both short and long­ term consequences such as mental health problems or behavioral changes, leading to a need of support from, for example, social work professionals or family and friends. The aim of this study is to investigate, using 19 narrative interview, what support means to young victims of crime. The results show that young victims’ want to be respected and understood in relation to their unique situation, and that they need information to understand what is happening around them, for example, in the judicial process. Using agency and communal bonds as theoretical concepts, it is clear that support cannot focus on just one type of need, as the needs often follow on each other. Support becomes a restoration of communal bonds that result in a possibility to exercise agency. For this reason, support need to be adapted to the individual in his or her social context to make sure that support is actually perceived as support.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019.
Keywords [en]
Victimization, young people, support, information, understanding
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Social Work
Research subject
Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-76137OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-76137DiVA, id: diva2:1354874
Conference
19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EuroCrim 2019), Ghent, Belgium, September 18-21, 2019
Projects
Brottsofferstöd i Sverige - Matchningen mellan ungdomars behov av stöd efter att ha utsatts för brott och det stöd som finns tillgängligt för dem
Funder
The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, 08563/2016Available from: 2019-09-26 Created: 2019-09-26 Last updated: 2019-09-30Bibliographically approved

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