AbstractJuvenile delinquency is a problematic social phenomenon that could lead to major future social problems. These social problems are very likely to affect the juveniles as well as the society overall. Because of this, it is extremely important, but also interesting, to investigate and highlight this particular problem. An effort made to counteract this problem is a community intervention team (Sociala insatsgrupper), which through collaboration with various authorities aim to help juveniles from a criminal life. The purpose of the study was to investigate how community intervention teams in the city of Malmö work with juveniles who are living a criminal lifestyle. We also intended to investigate how the information that emerged about the effort harmonized with selected theory and previous research. In order to achieve this, we chose to conduct a document analysis based on selected documents, all of which explain and describe the work with community intervention teams. The results from the study shows that the work done by the community intervention teams, are highly well functioning, due to the collaborations between different authorities. Further on, the result shows that the information from the chosen documents do harmonize with theory and previous research, about juvenile delinquency.

Föreliggande uppsats undersöker hur deltagande i en social insatsgrupp (SIG) kan bistå upphörandeprocessen. Uppsatsens empiri bestod av elva semistrukturerade intervjuer som har utförts med totalt sex individer vilka har deltagit i en social insatsgrupp (SIG) och som uppgav att de har upphört begå brott. Intervjuerna bearbetades med en tematisk analys där resultatet analyserades utifrån Giordanos et al.s (2002) teori om kognitiva transformationer. Resultatet visade att SIG kan ses som en ”hook for change” (dvs. en krok för förändring). SIG-deltagarna behövde emellertid vara mottagliga för att förändras för att kunna dra nytta av insatsen och de behövde aktivt använda sitt aktörskap för att framgångsrikt upphöra med brott. Den del av insatsen som förefaller ha haft störst betydelse för upphörandet är relationen till samordnaren. Andra viktiga delar i insatsen som underlättat upphörandet av brott är materiellt och ekonomiskt stöd. / The aim of this paper was to investigate how participants in a community intervention team (SIG) perceived support from the intervention and how it helped them desist from crime. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with six participants in SIG who claimed to have desisted. The data was analysed with a qualitative thematic analysis and linked to Giordano's et al.s (2002) theory of cognitive transformations. The results showed that the participant need to have an openness to change in order to desist with help from SIG. We also concluded that the participants needed to use agency in order to desist with support from SIG. The most important part of the intervention for assisting desistance was the relationship to the social worker employed in SIG. Structural support also played an important role in SIG assisting desistance, particularly housing opportunities.