RT Article T1 Gender rhetoric and Swedish police officers’ perceptions of victims JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice VO 48 IS 3 SP 205 OP 219 A1 Eliasson, Michelle N. A2 Morabito, Melissa S. LA English YR 2024 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1897091117 AB Sweden is considered to be among the most gender-equal countries globally and this philosophy influences every aspect of Swedish culture from medical care to foreign policy. It is not clear, however, to what extent this approach has been accepted or adopted by Swedish police officers. Using interviews with 27 Swedish police officers, this study explores the use of gender rhetoric in descriptions of victims. By performing an inductive thematic analysis, we find that officers have internalised the gender-equal approach but make statements alluding to adaptation of both gender-blind and gender-aware rhetoric when describing victims. When describing their own personal experiences with victims, officers use language informed by gender stereotypes and gender performativity suggesting that these principles have not been fully adopted. K1 gender performativity K1 Sweden K1 Police officers K1 victim label K1 Gender rhetoric DO 10.1080/01924036.2022.2154233