The purpose of the study is to explore how children are made involved in the administrative court's judgments in cases relating to coercive interventions with the support of § 3 LVU. Fifteen LVU-judgments have been analyzed through a qualitative content analysis to find relevant thematic areas. The material has been analyzed using previous research, Gallagher's theory of children's participation and power and Hart's theory of participation. The result shows that children are made involved to varying extents in the administrative court's judgments by being allowed to express their opinion and attitude. However, the children's opinions and attitude have not had any influence in the administrative court's decision. Furthermore, it appears that it is not entirely clear what is meant by applying children's participation in practice and that it thus becomes a question of interpretation. In the judgements, the children state that they consent to care and that the care can thus take place through voluntary efforts. However, the administrative court considers that the consents are not reliable, whereupon they approve the social welfare board's application for compulsory care. The conclusion is that an adult perspective is decisive for the outcome of the judgments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-67641 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Löf, Johanna, Eriksson, Kajsa |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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