“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People
Although violence among youth remains an important, global issue, little research has been conducted regarding how young people themselves define violence and what practices in relation to violence that are evident in their everyday lives. Using an intersectional gender perspective, specifically exp...
Published in: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
SAGE Publications
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/08862605231155131 |
id |
crsagepubl:10.1177/08862605231155131 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crsagepubl:10.1177/08862605231155131 2024-06-23T07:55:37+00:00 “It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People Skott, Sara Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/08862605231155131 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Interpersonal Violence volume 38, issue 13-14, page 8422-8452 ISSN 0886-2605 1552-6518 journal-article 2023 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231155131 2024-06-11T04:32:35Z Although violence among youth remains an important, global issue, little research has been conducted regarding how young people themselves define violence and what practices in relation to violence that are evident in their everyday lives. Using an intersectional gender perspective, specifically exploring the intersection of gender, age, and class, this paper therefore aims to explore how young people define violence, as well as to explore what practices in relation to violence that are evident in young people’s everyday lives. By using a photovoice methodology, 11 focus groups of young boys and girls (17–19 years old) living in two municipalities in northern Sweden were interviewed and asked to take photographs representing themes that were discussed. Overall, three main themes in the young peoples’ stories were identified: Violence as ubiquitous, Easy prey and dangerous predators, and The way forward. The findings demonstrated that violence is pervasive, all-encompassing and normalized in young people’s everyday lives, and that this violence is moderated by intersecting power orders of gender, age, and class. Any future theoretical frameworks or prevention strategies should therefore aim to include an intersectional perspective as well as including the voices of the youths themselves. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden SAGE Publications Journal of Interpersonal Violence 38 13-14 8422 8452 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
SAGE Publications |
op_collection_id |
crsagepubl |
language |
English |
description |
Although violence among youth remains an important, global issue, little research has been conducted regarding how young people themselves define violence and what practices in relation to violence that are evident in their everyday lives. Using an intersectional gender perspective, specifically exploring the intersection of gender, age, and class, this paper therefore aims to explore how young people define violence, as well as to explore what practices in relation to violence that are evident in young people’s everyday lives. By using a photovoice methodology, 11 focus groups of young boys and girls (17–19 years old) living in two municipalities in northern Sweden were interviewed and asked to take photographs representing themes that were discussed. Overall, three main themes in the young peoples’ stories were identified: Violence as ubiquitous, Easy prey and dangerous predators, and The way forward. The findings demonstrated that violence is pervasive, all-encompassing and normalized in young people’s everyday lives, and that this violence is moderated by intersecting power orders of gender, age, and class. Any future theoretical frameworks or prevention strategies should therefore aim to include an intersectional perspective as well as including the voices of the youths themselves. |
author2 |
Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Skott, Sara |
spellingShingle |
Skott, Sara “It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
author_facet |
Skott, Sara |
author_sort |
Skott, Sara |
title |
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
title_short |
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
title_full |
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
title_fullStr |
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
title_full_unstemmed |
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People |
title_sort |
“it’s kind of our everyday life. it sort of becomes natural”: everyday violence and violent practices among young people |
publisher |
SAGE Publications |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08862605231155131 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/08862605231155131 |
genre |
Northern Sweden |
genre_facet |
Northern Sweden |
op_source |
Journal of Interpersonal Violence volume 38, issue 13-14, page 8422-8452 ISSN 0886-2605 1552-6518 |
op_rights |
https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231155131 |
container_title |
Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
container_volume |
38 |
container_issue |
13-14 |
container_start_page |
8422 |
op_container_end_page |
8452 |
_version_ |
1802648269652754432 |