Sammanfattning
This article demonstrates how a dominant and an alternative interpretative repertoire are activated and negotiated within two focus group discussions conducted with elderly people around the issue of fear of crime: the active, competent actor and the potential victim. In contrast to quantitative generalist studies that tend to neglect the ambiguity and complexity of group membership and identification, a contextualized, dynamic, and interactive understanding of the elderly – as well as of the victim – identity is presented.
Originalspråk | engelska |
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Tidskrift | Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention |
Volym | 13 |
Nummer | 2 |
Status | Published - 2012 |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)