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Den kriminella frigörelsen: - En studie om kvinnors väg till avslutad kriminell livsstil
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The criminal liberation : - A study of women’s path to ending crime (English)
Abstract [sv]

Studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka faktorer som bidragit till att kvinnor avslutat den kriminella livsstilen samt hur kvinnor beskriver sin identitet efter att de tagit sig ur den kriminella livsstilen. Studien har använt ett kvalitativt förhållningssätt med semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Studien bestod av sex kvinnliga informanter från KRIS-Kriminellas Revansch I Samhället, för att besvara studiens syfte. Alla informanter har haft en kriminell livsstil men nu avslutat denna.

Till denna studie har en tematisk analysmetod tillämpats, där bearbetning av materialet gjordes utifrån sex olika steg.  Resultatet visade sex olika faktorer som var avgörande för att kvinnorna i studien valde att avsluta den kriminella livsstilen: Ingen gråzon, Insikt i den kriminella livsstilen, Att vara förälder, Kopplingar till samhället och andra, Partnerrelationer och Påföljder.  Studien visade att det var en process för informanterna att avsluta den kriminella livsstilen, processen började med att informanterna själva tog ett beslut om att sluta begå brott och missbruka. De flesta kvinnorna kunde exempelvis känna att fängelsestraff var en bidragande faktor för processen till en avslutad kriminalitet, men inte som ett avgörande avslut. Kvinnorna i studien beskrev sin identitet genom egna uppfattningar om sig själva såväl som hur de uppfattat att andra ser på dem. Resultatet var att alla kvinnor i studien förbättrat sin självbild efter att de avslutat sin kriminella livsstil. Två kvinnor pratade dock om att de ibland kände osäkerhet. Avslutningsvis hävdade alla informanter att det måste finnas en inre motivation och vilja för att lyckas avsluta den kriminella livsstilen. 

Abstract [en]

The purpose of the study is to examine which factors that have contributed to women ending the criminal lifestyle and how women of this study describe their identity, after they have left the criminal lifestyle. The study has used a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews. The study consisted of six female informants from KRIS-Kriminella's Revansch I Samhället, to answer the purpose of the study. All the informants have had a criminal lifestyle but have now ended it. 

For this study, a thematic analysis method has been applied, where the processing of the data material was made through six different steps. The results showed six different factors that were decisive for the women in the study to choose to end the criminal lifestyle: ‘’No gray area’’, Insight into the criminal lifestyle, Being a parent, Connections to society and others, Partner relationships and Sanctions. The study showed that it was a process for the informants to end the criminal lifestyle, the process began with the informants themselves making a decision to stop committing crimes and abusing. For instance, most women in the study felt that imprisonment was a contributing factor to the process of ending a crime, but not as a decisive ending.The women in the study described their identity through their own perceptions of themselves as well as how they perceived others to look at them.  The result was that all women in the study improved their self-esteem after ending their criminal lifestyle. However, two women said that they sometimes felt insecure. In the conclusion, all the informants claimed that there must be an inner motivation and will to succeed in ending the criminal lifestyle.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 37
Keywords [en]
Criminal lifestyle, desistance, self image, identity, female(s).
Keywords [sv]
Kriminell livsstil, desistance, självbild, identitet, kvinnor.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-42869OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-42869DiVA, id: diva2:1561444
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HS Criminology
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Available from: 2022-02-24 Created: 2021-06-07 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved

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