A Qualitative Examination of Swedish Police Officers’ Perceptions of Victim Culpability

Feminist and critical scholarships developed the concept of victim-blaming as a critical reaction to criminological theories which address victims’ culpability. The present study aims to expand the existing conceptual framework of victim culpability by exploring how Swedish police officers perceive...

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1. VerfasserIn: Eliasson, Michelle N. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Victims & offenders
Jahr: 2024, Band: 19, Heft: 2, Seiten: 160-178
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Ability
choices
Victim
Victimization
Culpability
Police
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Zusammenfassung:Feminist and critical scholarships developed the concept of victim-blaming as a critical reaction to criminological theories which address victims’ culpability. The present study aims to expand the existing conceptual framework of victim culpability by exploring how Swedish police officers perceive victims’ culpability. 27 semi-structured interviews with Swedish police officers were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. The findings suggest that firstly, officers discuss victims’ culpability in a wide range of victimizations beyond sexual victimization and domestic violence and secondly, that officers understand victims’ role in the victimization through victims’ choices and their ability to impact their exposure to crime.
ISSN:1556-4991
DOI:10.1080/15564886.2022.2091069