This master thesis has as purpose to answer the question how youths feel about and describe their contact with the social services. Can we, as socialworkers, claim that they have been listened to and do the youths, themselves, feel that they have been participating? The criteria for being a part of this studie has been youths between 15-18 years old, who have been part of investigation according t

Men´s violence against women is a wide social problem with its origin in the unequal balance of power in society, where men dominate and women are oppressed because of their sex. On the basis of feminist theory, our purpose has been to analyse whether it is possible for a "feministic organization’’ (according to themselves), supported by the male dominated state, to carry out feministic polit

The purpose of this paper was to establish what possible set of problems might be associated with three different types of social care available to young people. I chose to study institutionalised care, foster care and home-based intervention. Through interviews with three social workers, my aim was to answer the following questions: - What set of problems related to the teenagers tend to generate

The purpose with our essay was to examine which risk- and protective factors that exist for children of alcoholics. We wanted to increase our understanding and knowledge about the situation of these children. It is a literary study, which covers the most frequently quoted results in the field of research. The questions for our study were; which risk factors can one as a parent with alcoholic abuse

The aim of this essay was to try and reach an understanding of the difficulties one encounters when working with people who are drug and/or alcohol abusers and who simultaneously suffer from a mental disorder of some kind. My analysis also included the problems encountered when dealing with the two different authorities that are responsible for these people. I have made use of the following questi

The purpose of this assignment was to illuminate what some young boys consider as manliness, which male role models they have and how they look upon their future as men. Central questions were how they look upon manliness, how a man should be, how they want to be as young boys and grown men and which male role models they have. I have used a qualitative method; I have been interviewing seven boys

The purpose of this composition was to find out, from a child’s point of view, where, what and with whom children play. Our ambitions were also to examine if perspectives like gender, ethnicities and different types of housing will strike off the children’s play. Our main questions regarded the signification of language in choice of playmate, the resemblance and difference in girls respectively bo

This paper addresses the first psychological attachment between parents and children. If problems should arise, support is offered via a special infantsupport department. The aim with this study was to, on an individual level and focusing on the mothers, establish how the mothers experienced the support they have been offered and how this support has influenced their relationship to their child as

I wanted to find out if the changed values of equality in society also have changed the way girls in the age of eighteen think and act when it comes to love, relations and sex. My questions where about if they feel that society effects their behaviour, the importance of love when they have sexual relations, the acceptance of girls that have temporary sexual relations and their definitions of love

The purpose of this essay was to describe how it is possible for a treatment centre to create favourable conditions for a successful moving out, and what support is required after moving out to maintain a positive way of life. My central questions were: what does a person need to be able to develop/change and how can you work with this at the treatment centre? What are the required conditions for

Our main purpose was to enlighten the importance for the "samverkans-" project for the children of parents with a psychological disorder. The purpose of our empirical study was to examine if this project supports and give benefit to the children, a threatened group. Our questions were: How does the reality appear for a child of parents with a psychological disorder from a professional po

There are many children in Sweden today, approximately between 100.000 and 200.000, who have a parent that abuse drugs. Under what circumstances are they living and what consequences will it have for the children's development? In this essay, I will describe some of the literature about these children. I have also interviewed 8 children, who have participated in a groupactivity for children th

The purpose of this essay was to examine and shed light on how girls in their late teens look upon themselves, their present situation and their future. The aim was also to show how they through different experiences have shaped and developed their identity. ¨ What is the girls point of view according to general ideals and norms directed to women, and what do they think about different characters,

This is a study of disabled student’s situation at the University of Lund. The aim was to examine the situation of disabled students by looking at how some of the educations consider the needs of these students and how they experience their own situation. These were the main issues: Are disabled students social discriminated at the University of Lund? How do disabled students experience other stud

This thesis analyses the debate in Swedish newspapers concerning syringe exchange schemes (SES) during two periods, the late 1980s and the early 2000s. Firstly, we compared the debate between the two periods. Secondly, we made a more thorough analysis of the late period using social constructionist theory. Which are the main issues for the different actors in the debate? How do their views differ

The aim was to find out how nurses at a county hospital, came to the conclusion to bring about contact with the hospital social worker. A qualitative method was used. Unstructured interviews focused on different themes connected to the aim of the study. The questions at issue intended to shed light on what it means that the occupational field of the nurses is nursing when it comes to understanding

The purpose of this essay is to investigate if there are any factors in the childhood and in the creating of our self- image which can explain why some people become drug abusers, and the feelings they live with under the abuse. This essay investigates the importance of self-image in an individual’s choice of a life of drug abuse, the strategies used to hide deviant behaviour, the emotions that un

The purpose for this study was to see if Swedish handicap policy is living up to the goal too give disabled women full citizenship. Handicap policy is studied from outcomes of the decisions from the Swedish law of help and service for some disabled (LSS) and from the socially law (SoL) during year 2000 in Staffanstorp community. The main question is; How's the welfare for disabled women? The m

The purpose of our essay was to conduct a comparative study of development of competence within child welfare in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen and Kirseberg in the city of Malmö. The purpose was also to describe and analyse the social workers individual experiences of needs and possibilities to take part of recent knowledge within child welfare. Central questions were; is the development of competence

The purpose of this study was to examine what possibilities and obstacles there are in using art as a method in social work with children and youth. Our questions were: · When and where is art as a method used in social work with children and youth? · How is art as a method used with children and youth? · What are the possibilities and obstacles in using art as a method with children and youth? ·