Since January 1st, 2008, there is a law in Sweden prescribing that all municipalities must be able to offer youths under 21 years of age mediation in case of crime. When mediating, two different kinds of mediators are used, one being a professional mediator and the other one a layman mediator. The purpose of my essay has been to examine how two rather small municipalities use laymen mediators and

Summary: The purpose of school essay is to investigate the outlook of Staffanstorp´s youth in private finances. Our target groups are all 9 graders who attend at the three different municipal schools in Staffanstorp´s nine-year compulsory school. In our empirical study have we used both qualitative and quantitative strategies for the reason that they complement one another and seize the subject fi

In this essay my intention has been to investigate the introductional efforts provided for newly arrived immigrants and whether these efforts have an integrating effect. To work this out I have taken use of the theory about social inclusion/exclusion and also by interviewing six persons who are professionally experienced in these particular matters. I also explain the very concept of integration a

This essay examines the meeting and the conversation that takes place between the minister and the next of kin to prepare the funeral. The main purpose of this essay is to examine and analyse this meeting and conversation from the minister’s perspective. The main questions in the essay focus on different themes, purposes of this meeting and the relationship between the minister and the next of kin

Abstract Author: Ellen Andåker Title: Living with anorexia - a qualitative study on how anorexics experience their lives. Supervisor: Anders Giertz The aim of this study was to create an understanding for how it is to live with the disease anorexia nervosa and how the anorexics feel about their living conditions within the areas family, employment, health and social life is affected by the disease

The aim of this essay has been to se if creative activity can be used in social work, and if so how? Our main question has been if creative activity can effect a persons wellbeing. We did this by interviewing the staff on places where they use this kind of workmodel. We did six interviews. The theories we chose to use were cognitive theory and salutogenes. We found out that creative activity can b

The purpose of this essay was to shed some light on client’s experiences of meetings with a social worker in a social office. More specifically the aim was set to link together details in the clients stories with theories regarding micro power. To gather information a number of interviews were made. Included in the essay are four people’s different stories about meetings with social workers. One o

Since we came across many negative opinions regarded BBIC as a working model, the question: how this model influences the work satisfaction of the social workers who work with children and youth inquiries, was aroused. Our questions concerned work satisfaction and social workers ideals regarded their work. Our study is a qualitative study of social workers who work with children and youth inquiri

The purpose of this essay was to explore the meaning of interculturality and intercultural competence and its importance in social work. In Malmö there are currently over 285 000 citizens representing 170 different nationalities speaking over a hundred different languages. Is this diversity being exploited within the social services in Malmö, and if so in what ways? Our empirical material is based

The purpose of this study was to examine which perceptions the nursing staffs in the elderly care has about leadership styles, the leader's position in the organization and the leader's competence. I chose this subject because there have been major changes in the welfare sector that have affected the organization, leadership and the direct care work. My quantitative study was carried out u

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undersöka hur personer med olika fysiska besvär upplever effekten av den ergonomiska anpassningen av sin kontorsmiljö, samt om och hur det har påverkat arbetet men också aktiviteter utanför arbetet. Studien är en uppföljning av interventioner som tidigare genomförts av en arbetsterapeut. Åtta undersökningspersoner med arbete vid datorer har medverkat. Sa

Occupational balance is a complex phenomenon with a number of different definitions. In this study, which purpose was to investigate how working occupational therapists describe and experience occupational balance, eight occupational therapists participated. The study had a qualitative approach including focus group interviews as a method. As the method of analysis qualitative content analysis wit

Purpose: Examine the effects of different warehousing strategies. Problem: What effects can be seen through the use of different warehousing strategies based on different customer behavior? Method: The simulation methodology used was based on Banks’ line of action. The methodology regarding design of experiment was based on Montgomery’s recommendations. Objective: Quantify the picking efficiency g

Det här är en studie som berör området förändringsprocesser. En empirisk undersökning har gjorts i en kommuns HR avdelning. Studien har haft syftet analysera en pågående förändringsprocess med avseende på att identifiera möjliga hinder för processens förankring. För att svara på detta har vi använt oss av kvalitativ studie som metodval. Datainsamlingen har skett genom en observation, intervjuer av

Uppsatsen analyserar hur diskursen om moderskapet konstrueras. Detta för att nå en förståelse för hur en respektabel moder enligt normer förväntas vara. Vidare analyseras också om en mammas klasstillhörighet kan tänkas påverka moderskapets respektabilitet utifrån hur den för samhället normerande bilden av moderskapet ser ut. Studiens empiriska material består av föräldrainformation i form av föräl

This paper discusses the European Union sugar policy and its impact on the sugar industry in Mozambique. The paper examines the importance of sugar to Mozambique, the foreign investments, export and trade, the rural sector, employment and what effect the EBA initiative has had and will have in the country. The European Union has presented a new reform proposal that will be effective in 2006.The pr

Denna uppsats analyserar dynamiken i orderflödet i limitorderboken på Stockholmsbörsen utifrån unika data som gjorts tillgängliga tack vare ett samarbete mellan SIX AB och Lunds Universitet. Studien finner att så väl orderläggning som handel på Stockholmsbörsen uppvisar ett kraftigt autokorrelerat mönster vilket ligger i linje med vad tidigare studier funnit på andra börser. Resultat från tidigare

In order to know how to efficiently allocate resources in health care we need a measure of its outcome, health. There is an ongoing debate on how the values of different health states are best measured. The dominating approach is to elicit utilities from decisions made by the public, in an experimental setting. In order to elicit valid utilities a theory of how decisions are made is needed. Tradit

Elektroniska böcker är ett relativt nytt koncept som inte riktigt gjort några stora landvinningar, trots att ny teknik kommit och framsteg görs. Syftet med uppsatsen är att se vilka brister som finns i utlåningssystem för e-böckerna. Med hjälp av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod tar vi en närmare titt på Malmö och Lunds stadsbiblioteks hemsidor. Intervjuer av bibliotekspersonal och användbarhetste

Uppsatsen undersöker förekomsten av politiska budgetcykler i Sverige under perioden 1973 till 2002. En politisk budgetcykel sägs uppkomma om regeringen, med hjälp av till buds stående finanspolitiska instrument, systematiskt försöker expandera ekonomin under valår, i syfte att maximera andelen röster vid riksdagsvalen. I den modell som utgör undersökningens teoretiska ram, ursprungligen utarbetad