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“When we talk about intimate partner violence we talk in an adult way” – Social workers’ descriptions of intimate partner violence between teenagers
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Tagesson, Emmy Högström Gallo, Carina |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | This article examines how seven social workers within the Swedish social services describe intimate partner violence between teenagers (IPV-BT). The article adds to the literature by examining IPV-BT outside a U.S. context, where most studies have been conducted. Based on semistructured qualitative interviews, the authors analyze descriptions of IPV-BT in relation to Charles Tilly’s notion of category making through transfer, encounter, negotiation, and imposition. They also analyze how the social workers’ descriptions of IPV-BT relate to the intersection between age and gender. The results show that the social workers mostly described IPV-BT by referring to encounters with teenagers and by transferring knowledge and theoretical definitions from their specialized working areas, primarily intimate partner violence between adults (IPV-BA) and troubled youth. More rarely, the social workers based their definitions of IPV-BT upon negotiating dialogues with teenagers. Also, those who worked in teams specialized on IPV had the mandate to impose their definitions of IPV-BT to other professionals and teenagers. When taking age and gender hierarchies in consideration, the results show IPV-BT risks being subordinate IPV-BA on a theoretical level, a practical level and in terms of treatment quality. The study suggests that social work with IPV-BT needs to be sensitive to the double subordinations of the teenage girl and of the teenagers who do not follow gender expectations. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14733250211002890?download=true |
| Starting Page | 332 |
| Ending Page | 348 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| ISSN | 14733250 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Journal | Qualitative Social Work (QSW) |
| e-ISSN | 17413117 |
| DOI | 10.1177/14733250211002890 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2021-03-18 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | Social work practice violence young people gender relationship |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health (social science) Social Sciences Social Work |
