RT Article
T1 A Qualitative Examination of Swedish Police Officers’ Perceptions of Victim Culpability
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 2
SP 160
OP 178
A1 Eliasson, Michelle N.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188015305X
AB 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.
K1 Ability
K1 choices
K1 Victim
K1 Victimization
K1 Culpability
K1 Police
DO 10.1080/15564886.2022.2091069