This study examines the implementation of the Youth Supervision Act (2020:616) in Sweden by examining the opportunities and challenges that probation officers face. The Study is limited to four probation offices in Sweden, wich are Halmstad, Skövde, Vänersborg och Stockholm. The study is based on Lennart Lundquist's (1992) theoretical framework "understand, can, want" where the primary goal is to investigate frontline bureaucrats (probation inspectors) understanding, know-how and willingness to enforce the law. Semi-structured interviews are used to interview the parole inspectors from the mentioned prole offices. through semi-structured interviews, nuanced insights are gained about frontline bureaucrats' perspectives, challenges and experiences related to the implementation of youth supervision. The results from the interviewees show that , overall, they view positively the team's opportunities to provide good contributions. Probation inpectors demonstrate an understanding of what the law entails, they possess the necessary skills for execution, the wide scope for action is highlighted and they express a strong will to implement the law. With the enforcement of the law, there are also challenges such as lack of knowledge , both on the part of the probation service and on the part of other actors involved. The respondents emphasize several challenges with collaboration , such as differences in knowledge, different levels of experience and the difference with municpal field-managing authorities. In addition, there are resource limitations in the smaller municipalities. The study underlines the need for further research to deepen the insights of other involved authorities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-53247 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Thunqvist Jendin, Liam, Lundén, Lukas |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle |
| 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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