The aim of this study was to examine social workers' experiences of internal collaboration in the work with women who are exposed to domestic violence, in order to get more knowledge about conditions for internal collaboration in organizations that are specialized. The study was conducted by qualitative research through semi-structured interviews in two middle-sized and two small-sized municipalities. Seven social workers were interviewed. Three of them are working with drug abuse, two of them are working with domestic violence and one of them is working with financial aid. The results show that the internal collaboration between social workers are working fairly well but there exists both obstacles and opportunities in the work with women who are victims of violence. The social workers describe that collaboration is very important in the work with women who are exposed to violence since they are in need of help from different social workers in the same organization. Result shows that social workers often cooperate in three different ways; daily/informal collaboration, formalized collaboration and shared efforts. Economy/budget, lack of understanding, different approaches, ”downpipes thoughts' ' and different assessments were described as obstacles in internal collaboration. Opportunities that have been identified are a good relationship, consensus and geographical closeness. The result also shows that the descriptions about internal collaboration can be understood in relation to New Public Management (NPM) and Street-Level bureaucracy. Result shows that NPM has brought several obstacles like ”downpipes thoughts”, geographical distance and separated budgets. The municipalities require collaboration which can be related to NPM in the shape of goal accomplishment since there are no clearly formalized routines for what the collaboration should look like. In conclusion this study shows that social workers are in need of discretion to find individual solutions to women's problems which can be understood in relation to Street-Level bureaucracy.

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Sammanfattning: Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett stort socialt problem. Vårt syfte med denna uppsats var att undersöka vilken hjälp det finns för män som har problem med våldsamt beteende i dagens samhälle. Vi undersökte om hjälp finns och vad för behandlingsmetoder som är relevanta för dessa individer. Dessutom har vi studerat hur våldsamt beteende förklaras i litteraturen. Vi försökte ge en bild av hur männen själva talar om sitt våldsamma beteende i olika diskussionsforum. För att besvara våra frågor har vi använt tre olika informationskällor: litteratur som den huvudsakliga grunden, en intervju och en sökning på Internet i olika diskussionsforum. I vår studie har vi valt två teoretiska perspektiv, den kognitiva teorin och maktlöshetsteorin. I en allmän översikt, visade våra resultat att våld kan förklaras med hjälp av barndomen, strävan efter kontroll och makt, olämplig känslor och förväntningar, biologiska och sociala faktorer. Det finns tre viktiga faktorer som allmänt anses som orsaken till våldet, de är maktlöshet, könsroller och samhällets struktur. Vår andra frågeställning visade att män inte pratar om sina problem. En av orsakerna är bristen på insikt och förnekandet av problemet, kan det även bero på grund av skam, eftersom denna typ av våld är mycket tabu i samhället. Vår tredje fråga var att identifiera var hjälp finns tillgänglig för våldsamma män. / Abstract: Male violence against women is a major social problem. Our purpose in this paper was to investigate which help is available for men who have problems with violent behavior in today's society. We examined where the help is found and what treatment methods that are relevant for these individuals. In addition, we studied how violent behavior is explained in the literature. We tried to give an idea of how men themselves speak about their violent behavior in different discussion forums. To answer our questions, we used three different sources of information: literature as the main basis, an interview and a search on the internet in various discussion forums. In our study, we have chosen two theoretical perspectives, the cognitive theory and powerlessness theory. In a general outline, our results demonstrated that violence can be explained with the help of childhood, quest for control and power, inappropriate emotions and expectations, biological and social factors. There are three key factors that are generally regarded as the cause of the violence; they are powerlessness, gender roles and the structure of society. Our second research question showed that men do not talk about their problems. One of the reasons is the lack of insight and the denial of the problem, another reason may be because of the shame, since this type of violence is very taboo in society. Our third issue was to identify where assistance is available for violent men.

A collection of poems by Katelyn Litterer.

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Domestic violence is the act of violence from a family member or partner. Domestic violence counts as a social issue that one of three women globally and one of four women in Sweden has experienced. Violence can be expressed in different ways and science has revealed that women have a higher risk than men of being victims of domestic violence. Women who endure violence usually do not show any obvious signs and therefore it is of importance to ask the question about domestic violence to all female patients. Nurses need knowledge about symptoms and signs of violence in order be able to detect these women. Even though the nurses carry the responsibility of asking female patients about domestic violence, most of the time nurses do not ask. The aim of this study was to shed light on the nurse's experience of asking female patients about domestic violence. This qualitative based literary study includes eleven articles. The results of this study show that nurses want to help women who live with domestic violence, but the subject is perceived as uncomfortable which makes asking the question more difficult. Nurses experience the heavy workload and the hospital environment as barriers to asking the question during the right conditions. Nurses expressed feelings of ambiguity as to who was responsible for handling the issue and saw that as a barrier to asking the question. For more women to have the opportunity to get adequate help, nurses need to receive further training and knowledge about domestic violence.

This study examines relationship violence among college students, focusing on the predictive roles of their sociodemographic characteristics and domestic violence beliefs. College students experience an extremely high level of abuse among intimate partners, with prevalence rates ranging between 20 and 50%. Since relationship violence among college students is such a widespread problem, it is important to understand what lies at the foundation of this type of abuse. Findings from previous studies demonstrate correlations between sociodemographic characteristics and perpetration of relationship violence as well as correlations between beliefs supportive of abuse among intimate partners and perpetration of relationship violence. However, research to date fails to fully explore the potential interactions between these variables. In an attempt to fill this void, the current study uses data from the Relationship Characteristics Study conducted in 2001, which includes a sample of 1,938 college students, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of relationship violence among college students. This study examines the associations between students' (1) sociodemographic characteristics, including race and ethnicity, university year, parents' education, family income, parents' marital status, and students' relationship status as well as additional risk factors, consisting of alcohol consumption, drug use, and witnessing interparental violence, (2) domestic violence beliefs, including empirically-based and myth-based domestic violence causation endorsements as well as physical and sexual abuse, stalking, and verbal abuse definitions, and (3) relationship violence perpetration, including negotiation, psychological aggression, physical assault, sexual coercion, and injury. Separate analyses are conducted for male and female college students. Based on previous research and theoretical foundations, it was expected that both college students' sociodemographic characteristics and their domestic violence beliefs would be predictive of relationship violence perpetration. It was further hypothesized that students' sociodemographic characteristics would impact their domestic violence beliefs. Findings generally support these expectations. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.