The purpose with this research is to comprehend the function of a local Victim Support Service in comparison to other local organisations, and also to receive a deeper understanding of the function role of the crime victim in the supportive work, and with this information interpret and analyse the work with crime victim on a local level. The research is based on six qualitative interviews, previou

The purpose with this paper is to illuminate a strategy that successfully helps individuals to reconstruct their ability to work and take them out of a condition of burnout. I have chosen to describe the way out of illness, from the individuals stricken with illness’ point of view. The common treatment for the burnout syndrome is often focusing on the interaction in the place of work. The research

This paper concerns the issue about juvenile delinquency and how social problems are constructed. The purpose has been to explore the debate about juvenile delinquency in Denmark and Sweden with the following sub-questions; which possibilities does the legislation give to put young people in institutional care by force? What problems are debated about juvenile delinquency in Denmark and Sweden tod

This study aimed to shed light on the conseption empowerment and paternalism, to show some of the inherent tension that lies within the conceptions. I wanted to see if empowerment and paternalism really could be seen as it´s contrary, as it often is described in litterature. I looked into the conceptions different parts to see if, and which parts, where shared or contradict each other. This is an

This essay is a study about the sexuality of young women, their riskbehavior in sexual relations and the attitudes about the sexuality of young women among the professionals. We heard from a documentary that young heterosexual women lie within the biggest riskgroup for getting infected by the HIV virus. Our main purpose with this study was to examine whether women have changed their sexual lifesty

Uppsatsskribenterna frågar sig om bidragstagare och organisationsföreträdare har samma syn på vad som är viktigt när det gäller arbetsmarknadsåtgärder, och om synen är densamma på demokrati- och ekonomivärdena. Till sin hjälp har författarna använt sig av relevant litteratur, och man har dessutom gjort ett antal kvalitativa intervjuer för att få svar på sina frågeställningar. De har dessutom titta

The aim of my essay was to compare women's and men's ways out of drug abuse, and with help from chosen theories and concepts explain and understand women's situation. My research started with a few questions concerning differences between women's and men's changing process and the role of the social network in this. I also wanted to find out how the women experienced other peop

The purpose of this paper was, from a starting point of children’s own perspectives and a perspective of gender, to find out what love and relations to peers mean to children. The main questions were: What does friendship mean to children?, Are there any differences in the way boys and girls look at and handle love and relations?, In what way do children express their feelings about love and frien

The purpose of this essay was to examine how young girls experience the media as a norm and which attitudes and values it creates within the group. Questions that have been discussed are: - In what way are the girls’ attitudes influenced by what media introduce? - What opinion do the girls have of the medias range and messages? - Do the girls have a view of media as a model, and how do they value

The purpose of this essay was to, from teenagers’ own perspective and from a perspective of gender, find out what teenagers think about friendship. The main issues were: What characterizes teenagers’ thoughts about friendship? What do teenagers think about their friends’ thoughts about friendship? What characterizes teenagers’ experiences of friendship? Is there a difference between girls and boys

The purpose was to investigate the situation of African immigrants coming to the southern coast of Spain. Also to find out if the situation at the border changed somehow the last years, since EU started to increase the control at the borders to countries outside the union. From which countries do the immigrants come? How do they come to the border? How are they received at the border? How is the s

The aim of the study was to evaluate care given at a diabetes foot clinic from the patient's perspective. A comparison between Swedish- and foreign-born patients with severe diabetic foot ulcers/problems concerning their experiences of the content and organisation of health care was made. A qualitative, descriptive study design was chosen and a consecutive sampling procedure was used. Fifteen

The aim of my essay was to understand male way out of drug abuse. I wanted to find out if there were any specific factors contributing to men’s decisions to terminate their drug abuse. I also wanted to know which problems men face on their way to a life without drugs, and where they gather their strength to continue a life without drugs. To answer these questions I made six thematic qualitative in

The purpose of the essay was to examine and understand how professionals work in different fields of action to observe children of mentally disordered parents and how they work with these children, also what it implies for the child if it doesn't get observed. Some questions we had for our essay were: - Do children of mentally disordered parents get observed and how do the professionals work t

This study aims to understand the circumstances needed for diffusion of the innovation Basta. By doing a case study of the establishing of FUNK in Gothenburg, I wanted to find explanations for successes and failures in the diffusion process, and see what role the goal of empowerment played in this process. I found that the innovation Basta has a high degree of relative advantage and compatibility

In 2014 people born in the 1940s will be retired. The Swedish labour market is facing a radical change in quantity and experience. We have studied five private companies in Sweden. Our purpose was to explore how these organizations worked with what we have defined as a future key issue – the retirement of people born in the 1940s and what that involves in terms of loss of competence. For our analy

The problem we have chosen to investigate is if women of today are inhibited by old ideas of morality concerning the female sexuality and if this affects their sexual identity. We have discussed our questions at issue in the four main headlines: "Influence of upbringing", " Sexual approach", "Sexual content" and "Ideas of morality in former and present time"