Det besvärliga våldet : Socialtjänstens stöd till kvinnor som utsatts för våld i nära relationer

Ekström, Veronica

doi:10.3384/diss.diva-130941

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“…While studies focused on immigrated women are rare within this review (Andersson & Lundberg, 2000;Eriksson & Berg, 2010;Fernbrant et al, 2013), included studies clarify that a large number of IPVAW perpetrators and survivors are indeed of native Nordic origin (Ekström, 2016;Hydén, 1992;Olsson & Bergman, 2018). One study (Georgsson et al, 2007) finds foreign background to be more common among victims than among perpetrators, while another (Andersson & Lundberg, 2000) suggests that women arriving in Sweden through partnership with a Swedish or foreign man are subjected to comparatively severe abuse.…”

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Towards understanding the Nordic paradox: A review of qualitative interview studies on intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden

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Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major public health problem in countries around the world, including the Nordic region. Contrary to what would be expected, as the Nordic countries are rated among the most gender equal in the world, survey data suggests that the lifetime prevalence rates of IPVAW in Sweden and neighboring Nordic countries are among the highest in the EU. This phenomenon, which has been termed the Nordic paradox, requires elucidation. The aim of this review is to explore what previous qualitative studies, based on interviews with or field observations of victims, perpetrators, or professionals working in the area, primarily in Sweden, have to teach us about the nature of this paradox. Three interrelated themes are discussed. The first is how gender equality is perceived and addressed as linked, or not, to IPVAW in Swedish research and practice. The second is how violence tends to be othered, for example, through assumptions that violence is perpetrated by foreign rather than Swedish men. The third is how causal mechanisms of IPVAW have been described, typically with reference to norms and dynamics of masculinity, femininity, and heterosexual interaction.

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Towards understanding the Nordic paradox: A review of qualitative interview studies on intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden

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“…Socialtjänstens stöd till våldsutsatta kvinnor studeras specifikt i avhandlingen Det besvärliga våldet (Ekström 2016). Där framkommer att skyddat boende, ekonomiskt stöd, praktiskt stöd och stödsamtal/behandling är insatser som i varierande grad erbjuds våldsutsatta kvinnor.…”

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2019

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Boundaries under negotiation – social services’ responsibility for support to women exposed to violence in close relationshipsThis article examines social workers’ perceptions of the social services’ mission and task as regards support for women who are subjected to violence in close relationships and where the social services are considered to be limited. The study is qualitative and based on interviews with 16 social workers in eleven municipalities. The interviews have been analysed with conventional content analysis. The analysis shows that the task or obligation of the social services can be formulated in two different ways: to offer support to women exposed or previously exposed to violence in close relationships, or to offer support to women who have left or intend to leave a relationship where they have been subjected to violence. In the analysis of social workers’ descriptions of support they offer, as well as the boundaries for what is beyond the social services’ responsibility, three levels can be identified. The first level, consisting of financial support, placements at women’s shelters and a social worker to talk to, forms a sort of core for the work in the social services, which most, albeit to varying degrees, offer. The second level describes forms of enhanced support, and the third level describes such support which only a few state that they work with or where responsibility issues are more diffuse.

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“…I den här artikeln utforskas socialtjänstens arbete med våld i nära relationer. Området har det senaste decenniet mött ökade krav på formalisering och standardisering (Ekström, 2016), vilket kan ses som ett sätt att försöka handskas med godtyckliga bedömningar som identifierats inom problemområdet (jfr Socialstyrelsen, 2014;Ulmestig & Panican, 2015). Tidigare svenska studier visar att tillämpningen av manualbaserade riskbedömningsverktyg är en viktig del inom socialtjänstens specialiserade verksamhet mot våld i nära relationer (Helmersson, 2017) och att införandet av verktyget både är ett resultat av statens engagemang och professionellas engagemang i lokala kontexter (Skillmark et al, 2017).…”

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“…Den tilltagande standardiseringen av socialarbetares utrednings-och bedömningsarbete har skett samtidigt som socialtjänsten kritiserats för att vara otillräcklig när det gäller att stödja dem som utsätts för våld i nära relationer (Ekström, 2016;IVO, 2014) och verka i enlighet med socialtjänstlagens intentioner (Ulmestig & Panican, 2015). Att standardisering av riskbedömningsarbete kommit att bli ett viktigt inslag för de socialarbetare som är verksamma vid de framväxande specialiserade kommunala verksamheterna kan därför ses som en logisk följd (se Ekström, 2016;IVO, 2014;Socialstyrelsen, 2014;SOSFS 2014:4).…”

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Skillmark¹

2018

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Risk assessment logics when working with men’s violence against women Over the past two decades, social workers’ assessment and decision-making skills in client cases have been the subject of increased attention. The profession’s ability to conduct accurate assessments has been questioned. One way to seek to improve assessment work has been to implement various risk assessment tools. This article describes how social workers reason in risk assessment situations involving women exposed to violence by a previous male partner. The assessments studied here have been carried out with the assessment tool FREDA. The analysis reveals three logics in the social workers’ reasoning: the addiction logic, the normalization logic and the safety logic. These logics illustrate how social workers’ deliberations and assessments are not governed in a rectilinear manner by the standardized tool but that risk is negotiated also by drawing on other knowledge sources. Although standardization can be seen as a way for professionals to strive for more secure social work, the participants at the same time acknowledge the uncertainty associated with assessment work in which future violence is to be predicted. This however can have consequences for how the victims of violence are expected to live their lives.

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Det besvärliga våldet : Socialtjänstens stöd till kvinnor som utsatts för våld i nära relationer

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Towards understanding the Nordic paradox: A review of qualitative interview studies on intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden

Towards understanding the Nordic paradox: A review of qualitative interview studies on intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in Sweden

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