Violence Talk and Gender in Youth Residential Care

The article focuses on violence and gender from the special point of view of meanings attached to violence. It is based on a study where the meanings of violence were studied among young people in residential child welfare institutions (reform schools) in Finland. Fifteen focus group interviews were...

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Authors: Honkatukia, Päivi (Author) ; Nyqvist, Leo (Author) ; Pösö, Tarja (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: Journal of Scandinavian studies in criminology and crime prevention
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-76
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Keywords:
Gewalt
Geschlecht
Kommunikation
Jugendliche
Verhaltensauffälligkeit
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Summary:The article focuses on violence and gender from the special point of view of meanings attached to violence. It is based on a study where the meanings of violence were studied among young people in residential child welfare institutions (reform schools) in Finland. Fifteen focus group interviews were conducted in two reform schools, with 38 participants between the ages of 12 and 17 years. Belligerent masculinities, vulnerable femininity and negotiable violence in heterosexual relationships were the strong gendered themes in the analysis. Within those themes, different positions were available to the young. In the narrations, boys were violent actors in peer groups while violence as girls' activity or experience was clearly less talked about
ISSN:1404-3858