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dc.contributor.advisorGarcia-Godos, Jemima
dc.contributor.authorOlievskiy, Ariana
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T10:56:25Z
dc.date.available2019-07-15T10:56:25Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-15
dc.description.abstractEvery day in American society, acts of violence are committed in the form of trauma, injustice and inequality. Within each victimization looms the potential for further destruction, but also lies an opportunity for healing and a pathway to peace. This thesis considers victim services as the frontline in encountering all forms of latent and overt violence—direct, structural and cultural. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the capacity of victim service organizations in fostering positive peace by treating direct violence, overcoming structural violence and challenging cultural violence through their services. This inquiry entails a close examination of the services available to victims of violent crime in California, analyzed for patterns and trends reflecting current State and community approaches to victimization. A mixed methods approach is employed for this purpose, producing an exhaustive database profiling all victim service organizations in the state of California for analysis through descriptive statistics and content analysis. A hybrid conceptual framework of peace and victimization studies is applied to the findings of the database in order to theorize victim service organizations as potential positive peacebuilding forums.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15757
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSVF-3901
dc.subjectpositive peaceen_US
dc.subjectvictimhooden_US
dc.subjectcultural violenceen_US
dc.subjectvictim service organizationsen_US
dc.subjectvictimizationen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240::International politics: 243en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Internasjonal politikk: 243en_US
dc.titleFrom Victimization to a Culture of Peace: Applying a hybrid conceptual framework to theorize California's victim service organizations as a potential arena for positive peaceen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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