Understanding victim support as crime prevention work: The Construction of young victims and villains in the dominant crime victim discourse in Sweden

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-143

  Löfstrand, Cecilia Hansen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Crime victim; Emotion management; Formula narratives; Professional discourses; Victim support; Villain; Youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949092088     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850903316220     Document Type: Article

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