Exposure to violence in public places among youths with a refugee background and their Swedish-born peers
Carolina Bråhn, Natalie Söderlind, Hongru Zhai, Isabel Lindbom, Johan Andersson, Laura Korhonen · 2026
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Bråhn and co-authors at Linköping University compare experiences of public violence among Swedish youths with and without a refugee background. Young people helped shape the questionnaire used in the study. Responses came from seventy-nine youths with refugee backgrounds and one hundred five Swedish-born peers. Data collection ran from 2019 through 2022 across Sweden.
About one third of all respondents reported facing violence in public places in Sweden. Direct exposure did not differ significantly between the two groups. Refugee-background youths, though, felt less safe and restricted their daily lives more. Participants suggested more education, more surveillance, and a stronger adult presence in public spaces.
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| CREATOR | Carolina Bråhn, Natalie Söderlind, Hongru Zhai, Isabel Lindbom, Johan Andersson, Laura Korhonen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |