The present study deals with the scope of action available to a social worker when analyzing, assessing and proposing measures regarding young persons experiencing social problems. The interest in the subject area emanates from the fact that the number of youth placed in different forms of round the clock out-of-home care in Sweden increases, whereas research in the subject shows that such placement gives few positive results and sometimes even has negative consequences for their development. The study investigates how the preconditions of the social worker influence their scope of possible action, in particular as regards their place of work, the situation of the individual dealt with, and the profession itself being one based both on scientific evidence and knowledge gained by experience. Lipsky’s theory on ”street-level bureaucracy” and Hasenfelds theory on human servicing organizations form the theoretical framework of the present study. The empirical input comes from interviews with focus groups of active social workers. The analysis of the interviews shows that social workers generally feel that they have a broad scope of action as far as the regulatory framework and office management are concerned. They have, however, less room of manoeuvre when it comes to the resources of their place of work and their ability to use the whole range of possible measures may be limited by an insufficient level of experience and a weak management structure. According to the interviews social workers feel that the situation of the juvenile clients themselves constitutes the most limiting factor. It is evident that placements in out-of-home care are almost exclusively done for protective reasons, when the social worker sees no other possibility to break a seriously destructive way of life.

Transpersoner är en grupp som i forskning observerats löpa särskild risk för social utsatthet. Transpersoners levnadsvillkor i relation till den egna könsidentiteten i fråga om sådant som juridisk könstillhörighet och könskorrigerande är något som regleras i lag. Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur transpersoners attribut och den statliga regleringen av transpersoners kroppar och könsidentitet framställs i statens offentliga utredningar under 1960- och 2010-talet. En tematisk analys av en utredning från respektive tidpunkt har genomförts, och materialet har analyserats med utgångspunkt i Judith Butlers teorier om den heterosexuella matrisen och gender performance theory samt Natacha Kennedys framställning av begreppet cisgenderism. Vi fann att framställningen av transpersoners attribut såväl som regleringen av transpersoners könsidentitet i lag till vissa delar skiljer sig mellan utredningarna, men att vissa aspekter kvarstår. Framställningen av transpersoners psykiska varande har förändrats från en psykiskt sjuk avvikare som behöver diagnostiseras som sådan och behöver anpassas såväl beteendemässigt som fysiskt till rådande könsnormer, till en delvis mer tillåtande syn på transpersoners könsidentitet där den juridiska könstillhörigheten menas kunna tillåtas vara upp till transpersonen själv att besluta om. Dock kvarstår diagnosförfarandet även under 2010-talet i fråga om könsdysforidiagnosen som villkorar transpersoners rätt till könskorrigerande vård av kroppen, något som visar på att aspekten av medikalisering av transpersoners varande såväl som den statliga kontrollen över könsidentiteten har kvarstått över tid. Med utgångspunkt i våra valda teorier har vi även noterat att beskrivningen av könsnormernas samhälleliga roll har förändrats över tid från något samhällsavgörande till något som till viss del betraktas som föränderligt, och att förändringen i framställningen av dessa normers innebörd även tycks inverka på hur transpersoner framställs.

Hemlöshet är ett mångfacetterat begrepp och socialt problem som funnits i århundraden, trots detta finns ingen samsyn kring fenomenets orsaker eller lösningar. Denna studie har ämnat bredda kunskapen kring konstruktioner av hemlöshet och särskilt inriktat sig på svenska statens syn på, och anspråk om, personer i hemlöshet och hemlöshet som socialt problem. I studien har en dokumentstudie utförts för insamling av empiriskt material och därefter har en kvalitativ textanalys genomförts. Med ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv och Losekes teori om anspråk har två utredningar som anses vara representativa för respektive tidsperiod analyserats. Dessa är SOU 1929:9 och SOU 2001:95. I analys av utredningarna framkom att hemlöshet har konstruerats på två olika sätt. I den tidigare utredningen anses personer i hemlöshet ha förorsakat sin egen situation och ses som ett problem som samhället lider av. I den senare utredningen ses personer i hemlöshet som offer för primärt strukturella omständigheter och förtjänta av samhällelig uppslutning för problemets lösning. Analysen resulterade även i att belysa hur anspråk formulerade om problemets orsaker var avgörande vid formuleringen för givna anspråk om problemets lösningar. Denna studie kan ses bidra till kunskapsutvecklingen om hemlöshet genom att belysa vikten av att inte glömma historien för att kunna utveckla det framtida sociala arbetet ytterligare.

January 1, 1999 Sweden was the first country in the world who instituted the law of sex purchase act. It means that now was the person who was buying sex to be criminalized. But in 2005 the law was substituted by a new punishment provision called purchase of sexual services.  But before the law sex purchase act was instituted, Sweden had different types of laws. One law was “lösdrivierilagen”. It means that the prostituted was accused crime. This law was abolished 1965. The purpose with this study is to view two Swedish state public investigations (SOU) that is focusing on prostitution. These two investigations published the years 1962:22 and 1995:15. The third investigations from 2010:49 will be used the consequences of the laws. To do this study gender needs to analyze the investigations. The professor Caroll Lee Bacchi´s method What is the problem represented to be? will be used in this essay.

The following study examines the process behind the legalization of homosexual acts in Sweden between the years of 1933-1944. This is done through Michel Foucault’s thoughts about bio-power and episteme. The study also relies on the definition of heteronormativity found in Tiina Rosenbergs book Queerfeministisk agenda. I have made use of public Swedish government publications in the form of Statens offentliga utredningar (loosely translated to public investigations by the government) and motions, propositions and protocol from the Swedish parliament between the investigated period (1933-1944). The goal of the study was to identify the most influential episteme which in turn was analysed to see, if it in any way, influenced the discourse against homosexuals in a positive or negative way. Results from the study confirms that the contemporary episteme named after Emil Kraeplin which concludes that homosexual behaviour was seen in the light of being something socially constructed and could therefore be spread between individuals in the means of homosexual manipulations. This lead the episteme to influence the discourse against homosexuals to be viewed as a disease and a mental illness. By looking at homosexuality from the outlook of the Kraeplin episteme the Swedish law was formed in a way to protect the Swedish youth from being able to be manipulated into spreading the homosexual acts.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how social workers within LSS relate to her professional space in the writing practice. The method we used to collect data was through qualitative semi structured interviews. Our study found that when there are no clear guidelines for writing an investigation text, the responsibility falls on the individual social worker. The social worker has the ability to customize the language so that a user with low reading comprehension understands, but they choose not to because they are hindered by a strong idea from the organization that a representative of a authority should write correctly and professionally, which becomes a form of power.

Inledning: Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur en metod för neuropsykiatriska utredningar upplevdes av de föräldrar som deltagit i den. Utredningsmetoden kallas TA-C, eng. Therapeutic Assessment with Child. I den sätts särskilt värde till delaktighet och den terapeutiska potentialen. Frågeställningar: 1: Vad var föräldrarnas anledning att söka utredning? Hur beskrev föräldrar sig delaktiga i den neuropsykiatriska utredningen av deras barn? Hur var utredningen till hjälp att förstå sitt barn? Metod: Kvalitativ metod, semistrukturerad intervju, 10 föräldrar som genomgått en form av neuropsykiatrisk utredning för deras barn. Resultat: Resultatet visar att föräldrarna har upplevt betydande delaktighet och förståelse för sitt barn, och kopplar ofta ihop begreppen, som att de har en ömsesidig påverkan. Det upplevdes i huvudsak under arbetet med frågeställningar som blev kopplade till vardagen, i att de deltog i utredningens samtliga delar, i att de fick vara med, uppmuntra och observera, samt att de löpande kunde resonera och delta med barnet och utredarna. Några uppfattade minskad delaktighet och förståelse i samband med återgivningen av resultatet. Diskussion: I diskussionen används begreppen delaktighet och förståelse i samverkan, samspel, intersubjektivitet, anknytning och mentalisering. Studien synliggör den terapeutiska effekten med den sortens utredning. / Introduction: The aim of this study was to find out how a particular method for neuropsychiatric assessments was experienced by the parents who participated in it. The Assessment method is called Therapeutic Assessment with Child, which add particular value to participation and the therapeutical potential. Questions: What was the parents’ need to seek assessment? How did parents describe their involvement in the neuropsychiatric assessment of their child? How was the assessment helping to understand the child? Metod: Qualitative method, semi-structured interview, 10 parents of children who have undergone a certain neuropsychiatric assessment. Resultat: The results show that parents have experienced significant involvement and understanding of their child, and often link together those concepts, as they have a mutual influence. It was felt mainly during work on issues that were related to everyday life, in that they participated in the assessment in all the parts, in that they could be involved, encourage and observe, and that they continously could discuss and engage with the child and the assessors. Some perceived reduced participation and understanding in relation to the presentation of the result. Diskussion: The discussion uses the terms participation and understanding collaborating, interaction, intersubjectivity, attachment and mentalization. The study reveals the therapeutic effect of the kind of assessment.

A wide range of professions is enjoying the privilege of standardized work, where a document states what operations are the best way to go about any given task. In the work of a digital forensic examiner, standards and guidelines are harder to define given the full range of tasks and continuously developing digital aspect. This study has the goal of mapping out existing digital forensic standards and examining whether or not any digital standards and guidelines are being used in the field of law enforcement. This study is also setting out to explain why, or why not these standards and guidelines are being used. This task is being performed using a literary study, using existing digital forensic standards, and also a set of interviews targeting digital forensics working in law enforcement. The study shows how digital forensic standards are not actively being used, and when guidelines are being used, they are used somewhat vaguely and not firmly enforced. The work of a digital forensic proves to use a more “best practice” approach where experience and competence are key. Standards and guidelines are being used so rarely because, with the extremely different cases, the constant development of technology, and the use of “unrestrained evaluation of evidence”; it simply cannot exist without limiting the digital forensic process.

The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which children participate in the social services childcare investigations but also what impact the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child had on the investigations according to the social workers. A qualitative method was used, and the study was based on six interviews with social workers from the Swedish social services working with childcare investigations with children in the ages between 0-18 years. The theoretical framework used in this study was Shiers model of pathways to participation. The result of this study shows that the social workers place themselves at least at the third level in Shiers model of pathways to participation while most of the respondents placed themselves at the fourth level of participation before the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Half of the respondents placed themselves higher on the model of pathways to participation regarding after the convention was incorporated. Although, most of the respondents agreed that the incorporation of the convention has not had any significant impact in practice and expressed that they do not work differently after the incorporation.

Inledning: Studier visar att antalet ADHD-diagnosticerade barn och ungdomar successivt har ökat. Det finns i dagsläget få studier om hur barn/ungdomar upplever sin utredning, behandling och samlade vård. Detsamma gäller underlag för att bedöma delaktighetens eventuella effekter på behandlingen, samt vad som kan främja delaktigheten. Det behövs således ökad kunskap om hur barn och tonåringar med ADHD upplever vård och stöd, samt sina möjligheter till att vara delaktiga däri. Frågeställningar: *Hur upplever tonåringar de insatser som givits till dem och deras familjer efter genomgången ADHD-utredning? *Vilken betydelse har insatserna haft för den enskilda tonåringens självbild och dennes del i olika system, samt tankar om sin framtid? *Har den unge känt sig delaktig i de insatser som erbjudits och har hen upplevt att det gått att påverka insatserna? Metod: Kvalitativ undersökningsmetod med tematisk analys av sex semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultat: Det är viktigt för ungdomarna att känna sig förstådda och delaktiga, vilket även påverkar självbild och upplevelsen av insatser. Skolsituationen och det stöd som skolan ger har betydelse för tonåringens förutsättningar. Respondenterna har inte upplevt svårigheter med att berätta om sin diagnos för andra. Diskussion: Delaktighet, egen motivation och upplevelsen att bli förstådda och respekterade utifrån sina styrkor och behov framstår som viktiga för respondenterna. / Introduction: Studies show that the number of ADHD-diagnosed children and adolescents has gradually increased. Currently there are few studies on how children/adolescents experience their assessment, treatment and overall care. The same applies for assessing the possible effects of the participation in treatment as well as factors that can promote the participation. Thus, there is a need for increased knowledge of how children and adolescents with ADHD experience care and support, as well as their opportunities to participate in it. Research questions: * How do teenagers experience the intervention given to them and their families after the review of the ADHD-assessment? * What significance do the intervention have on the individual's self-image and its part in different systems, as well as thoughts about the future? * Has the young person felt involved in the interventions and felt that it is possible to influence the interventions? Method: Qualitative survey methodology with thematic analysis of six semistructured interviews. Results: It is important for young people to be understood and involved, which also affects self-esteem and experience of interventions. The school situation and the support given by the school are important for the teenager's condition. Respondents have not experienced difficulties telling others about their diagnosis. Discussion: Participation, own motivation and experience to be understood and respected on the basis of their strengths and needs appear to be important for the respondents.