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Dieser Text befasst sich mit Gewalt von Mädchen und spezifischer mit der Art und Weise, wie Mädchen in einem schwedischen Kontext ihre eigene Gewaltanwendung als einen Akt des Widerstands, als einen Weg, für sich selbst einzutreten und gegen Ungleichheit zu kämpfen, konstruieren und verstehen. Der Text schildert einführend kurz den Forschungshintergrund, gefolgt von Ziel und Methode der Studie. Danach werden die Ergebnisse vorgestellt. Der Text schließt mit einer kurzen Diskussion und einer Beschreibung der möglichen Konsequenzen für die Sozial- und Jugendarbeit.

This article explores how professionals talk about girls' and young women's use of violence; more specifically, how violence is constructed and conceptualized and its effects on social work practice. The data analyzed consist of focus group sessions with 11 professionals within social and youth work. The findings revealed that violence is conceptualized through interpretative repertoires as social functionality, psychological functionality, or dysfunctionality, which affect the professionals' conceptualizations of violence and social work practice. Accordingly, a multifaceted understanding of violence is needed, otherwise girls' and young women's violent acts risk being diminished and made into an individual problem to solved.

"In recent decades, large-scale social changes have taken place in Europe. Ranging from neoliberal social policies to globalization and the growth of EU, these changes have significantly affected the conditions in which girls shape their lives. Living Like a Girl explores the relationship between changing social conditions and girls' agency, with a particular focus on social services such as drug rehabilitation programs and compulsory institutional care. The contributions in this collected volume seek to expand our understanding of contemporary European girlhood by demonstrating how social problems are managed in different cultural contexts, political and social systems"--

ABSTRACTDomestic violence (DV) shelters provide a safe place for women and children; however, they are only intended to be a temporary solution until residents can find a safe place of their own. In Sweden, the social services are responsible for helping and supporting victims of DV to get away from the violence, which can include everything from practical help and housing to emotional support. The present article aims to investigate mothers' descriptions of leaving a DV shelter where they were staying with their children. Interviews with 13 mothers of children aged 0–6 years are analysed using thematic analysis. The results show that the process of leaving a DV shelter begins almost as soon as the mother and her children arrive, as it can take quite some time to find a new safe place and to mentally prepare for the move. Additionally, it takes a lot of effort to plan for life outside the shelter. This involves hardship for the mothers and children, meaning that they need support from both shelter staff and social services. Implications for social work practice and policy are discussed.

Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study is to analyze mothers' narratives about their children's life situation while living at domestic violence shelters in Sweden. More precisely, the analysis focuses on determining what aspects are highlighted as being most important for the children's living situation during their stay.

Method
This study is based on interviews with mothers who have experience of living at a domestic violence shelter together with their young child/ren. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the narratives.

Results
The analysis resulted in seven themes important for the children's lives during their shelter stay. These are: safety, isolation, a child-friendly environment, shared living space, social relations at the shelter, children's health during their stay, and support at the shelter.

Conclusion
In the narratives, safety was highlighted as the most important issue, and as something that also affects other aspects of the children's lives during their time at the shelter. A child-friendly environment, access to activities and support, and positive social relations at the shelter are also important. In addition, positive experiences regarding these aspects can be understood to counteract the feeling of isolation and improve children's ability to process their experiences.

Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study is to investigate children's sense-making about their fathers' attitudes about using violence against the child's mother. More specifically, we examine various ways in which the children reflect on whether, and if so how, their father showed regret.

Method
This study used data from interviews with 31 children (14 boys and 17 girls) aged between 10 and 14 years, using a semi-structured interview guide. The children's narratives were analyzed using discourse analysis.

Results
We found that most of the children in this study positioned their fathers as regretful in relation to two discourses—on violence and on fatherhood—that are prominent in the interviews. Some children, however, positioned their fathers as inconsistent or non-regretful, saying they did not express regret emotionally, did not change their behavior, did not communicate regret, or communicated it in a self-contradictory way. In their narratives the children sometimes used interpretative repertoires—about feelings, actions, and communication—to explain why they thought their father did or did not regret his use of violence.

Conclusion
Positioning one's father as regretful after having committed IPV can be a way to make the father's attitudes about the violence understandable, both to the children and to others. Discourses on violence and fatherhood can, however, constrain children's narratives about their fathers' violence, which is important to keep in mind when working with children who have been exposed to IPV and making decisions that concern them.

In this article, we explore how young women in Sweden negotiate their gendered subject positions in relation to psychiatric diagnoses, particularly Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and the meanings of their own violent acts. The data consists of transcripts of face-to-face interviews with young women who have experienced using aggressive and violent acts. Given that the analysis is informed by ideas developed in discursive psychology, we identified the centrality of the concepts of responsibility and self-management. In this study responsibility is connected to gendered notions of passivity and activity. What we call the ordinary girl is neither too active nor too passive, and the extraordinary girl is either too active or too passive in the managing of herself. Similar to those of a troublesome past, the narratives of ADHD enable the understanding of an intelligible violent self, and therefore make female externalized violence what we describe as narrative-able.

AbstractThe aim of this systematic integrative review was to review existing research on children in domestic violence shelters, and specifically to examine previous research on how shelters contribute to children's life situation after leaving a violent home. The review includes 28 scientific articles published between 1984 and 2021. These were thematically analyzed and discussed using a children's rights perspective to identify strengths and limitations in existing research and social work practice. The analysis resulted in five themes: (1) safety and security, (2) health, behavior, and support, (3) schooling, (4) spare time and shelter environment, and (5) social relationships. Safety and security is a theme of great importance, and if this aspects is lacking, it can adversely affect other areas of the children's lives. Overall, the children feel safe at the shelters, and they appreciate the playgrounds and activities offered by the shelter. They often make friends at the shelter. The children's right to be protected from violence appears to be prioritized, but the studies show the importance of also acknowledging children's rights to support, education, recreational time, and social relationships, to improve their life situation at the shelter.