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Sebastién Tutenges

Sébastien Tutenges

Docent | Universitetslektor

Sebastién Tutenges

Respect and anxiety : Guns as ambiguous symbols for criminally involved youth in Sweden

Författare

  • Anna Hedlund
  • David Wästerfors
  • Sébastien Tutenges

Summary, in English

Youth gun violence has surged in Sweden recently. Quantitative studies have described the prevalence and geographical locations of gun violence, but little research has examined how perpetrators and victims themselves experience and make sense of guns. This article draws on ethnographic interviews with young men who have firsthand experience of gun violence in a criminal context. Drawing on narrative analysis, it shows that guns are given multifaceted significance by the research participants and featured both implicitly and explicitly in their stories of their everyday lives. Guns were portrayed ambiguously, as a drastic means of self-protection that could also be used to remedy strained relations. Moreover, guns were presented as a means to build a reputation and gain respect. Gun violence was also charged with a range of emotions, notably hate, fear, and numbness. Even though young men considered that obtaining and using a gun could be justified, they also lamented the shootings, especially those committed by younger, putatively naive individuals.

Avdelning/ar

  • Sociologi
  • Sociologiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2024

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Sociology
  • Law

Aktiv

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1748-8958