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Silent Victims in the Public Eye: Socially Vulnerable EU Citizens' Exposure to Crime and Its Consequences.
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5375-0065
2021 (English)In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, ISSN 0886-2605, E-ISSN 1552-6518, Vol. 36, no 3-4, p. NP1739-1761NPArticle in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study used thematic analysis to explore 28 socially vulnerable European Union (EU) citizens who support themselves by begging in public spaces in Malmo, Sweden, their exposure to crime, and the consequences of victimization. The analysis revolved around the following themes: daily harassment in public spaces, multiple motives for victimization, strategies to combat victimization, and consequences of victimization. The participants described that they lived in a constant state of stress, due to their marginalized life situation and a fear of becoming victimized in public spaces while begging. Study participants claimed that it was not their ethnicity but rather the activity of begging and their overall vulnerable life situation together with a label as "non-Swedish" that motivate offenders to commit attacks against them. The discussion concludes by presenting a number of policy implications.

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Sage Publications, 2021. Vol. 36, no 3-4, p. NP1739-1761NP
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Sweden, hate crime, socially vulnerable EU citizens, victimization
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-4355DOI: 10.1177/0886260518754872ISI: 000620257300061PubMedID: 29366399Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85042618169Local ID: 26683OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-4355DiVA, id: diva2:1401185
Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved

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