Ethnicity has become a frequently used concept, not only in the academic world but also in the media and in public debates. The purpose of this paper was to have a closer look at what ethnicity actually is and what it means to people as well as to scientists, ethnicity as a concept and as a phenomenon. Focus was on the more recent research that has been done about what is described as "new et

This study investigated the validity of the Children's Sense of Coherence Scale, CSOC (in Swedish BarnKASAM-testet). We also studied if the test, from a developmental psychological point of view, was possible to use with children in grade 1-4, aged 7-11 years old. The results of the scale were also compared with two other test instruments that were expected to measure similar qualities. The CS

The purpose of this study was to examine how mangers in eldercare in the municipality of Helsingborg view the causes of burnout among employees and staff members, how they handle the situation when burnout appear and which preventive measures they use at the working site. The purpose was also to examine if the facts mentioned by the managers was supported by former studies and already existing res

The purpose of our paper was to examine what it is like to be a young mother in todays society. We have focused on the young mothers social network and how people around them has been treating them. We have also looked at what kind of support the young mothers get from the society and how they picture their future. We have been working out of a qualitative method of inquiry and interviewed ten mot

The main purpose of this essay was to study how the needs of the children and the best interest of the child, as it is described in the UN Conventions on the rights of the child (crc), are covered during the evaluation of providing supplementary benefit on a social services department. Based on this, I have formulated important questions. · How is the concept " best interest of the child"

Criminality is a constant current and distressing phenomenon of the society and we assume that crimes affect and awaken strong emotions, for instance fear and insecurity, in people. We chose to, with the help of quantitative method, investigate senior high school students' harassment of becoming victims of crime and the risk of being exposed to crime. Essential questions at issue run as follow

The purpose with this essay was to investigate if the sexmajority at work has any meaning for how the parties concerned act with abuseproblems. The essay was built on following questions: What obligations does an employer have when abuse occurs at work? What measures and comtributions are being used in abuse? How is abuse defined? What is thought about drogtests and is it being used? Are the abuse

The aim of our essay was to examine what a few young former drug addicts, who have gone through treatment, consider to be significant factors in giving up their addiction. Has any event taken place, which has been important for their giving up the addiction? Has it been a long process or a definite break? What influence has the treatment, or specific persons, had? How is the breaking up from life

American studies have shown that sexual abuse allegations within the family during divorce cases occur in the USA. No previous studies regarding this matter has been undertaken in Sweden. I therefore decided to investigate the occurrence of sexual abuse allegations in Sweden and more specifically in Helsingborg. My purpose was to find out the frequency of sexual abuse allegations within families r

The purpose of this essay has been to describe and analyze the planning and achievement of the aftercare in the coercion car law (LVM), applied to addicts in Sweden. To achieve this, we have conducted qualitative interviews with social workers and politicians in three Swedish municipalities. Our issue has been related to the following topics: · How does the social service look upon LVM? · In what

The main purpose of this study was to compare young girls' and boys' attitudes regarding alcohol, intoxication and their own drinking habits to see if there were any resemblances / differences. The main questions that guided us in our empirical study were: What are young girls' and boys' attitudes regarding alcohol and what drinking habits do they have? What are young girls' an

The main purpose with our essay was to investigate if there is a problem with the drug khat in Helsingborg. We also wanted to find out if the use of khat amongst somalian people is connected to in what sense they are integrated into the swedish society. As empirical material we used qualitative interviews with both somalians and people who comes in contact with somalians in their work. In our essa

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the social and psychological situation of a group of women that are involved in prostitution in combination with drug- or alcohol addiction, and to gain understanding of it. The study focuses on commercial streetwalkers. The purpose is based on the following questions: 1) What is the consensus on the reasons, causes and factors for entering into

Syftet med uppsatsen var att få kunskap om hur livssituationen ser ut för de funktionshindrade ungdomar som inte genomgått sin gymnasieutbildning på riksgymnasiet. Mitt intresse riktade sig mot ungdomarnas egen syn på sin situation. Syftet var att utifrån deras berättelser om sig själva och sina upplevelser beskriva hur deras gymnasieutbildning blev och hur den fört dem till den situation de befin

We wanted to examine children's views on families and traditions surrounding family formation. Our main questions were; What are children's views on the concept "family" and how does this compare to the different definitions of family? How traditional or modern are children in comparison with historical and present views? and What are the effects of their own experiences, and val

The purpose of this essay was to study the social planning, in terms of age care, of the elderly immigrants in Sweden. I wanted to examine if elderly immigrants have special needs and if so, how they are met. I also wanted to find out in what way elderly immigrants are taken into consideration in the planning process of age care and how one can relate that to the planning of age care in general. M

The overriding aim of the prison and probation service is to provide sentenced offenders proper care and personal change opportunities so as to prevent relapse into criminal activity. The municipalities, county councils and labour market agencies are responsible for the social welfare services as well as for housing and employment assistance and this is where the real possibility to influence the

During many of the lectures this spring we have heard how important and essential a social secretary can be for the youngsters they come in contact with. We therefore thought that it would be interesting to investigate how this works in reality. The purpose of the thesis was to investigate young girls own experiences of contact and their relationship with their social secretary whilst they were in

The purpose of this study was to examine the cause of the major increase of the number of pupils in the special school in the Swedish school system during the 1990's in Sweden. The main questions were: What were the criteria for rights to undergo education within the special school and had they changed? What structural changes could had contributed to the increase of the number of pupils in th

This is a qualitative study of how personal assistants (working with disabled) experience their "occupational role" that is created by and formulated during their counselling (or supervision). The empirical base consisted of interviews. In my analysis, I used Goffman’s "dramaturgical approach", an approach that views social life as performances similar to those performed at a t