En studie om kontaktmännens upplevelser av utslussningsarbetet inne på en klass 1 anstalt i Sverige - "Det är ju inte kriminaliteten man behandlar utan det är människan..."

Sammanfattning: Authors: Ewa Johansson Sölberg & Vanessa Tuuliainen Title: A Study of the Liaisons’ Experience of the Work Situation Inside A Swedish High Security Penitentiary – “It’s Not the Criminality You Are Treating, It’s the Human…” Supervisor: Johan Cronehed Assessor: Lars B Ohlsson The goal of this study was to identify the liaison’s experience of working with transitioning prisoners from a Swedish high security penitentiary into society. The specific goal was to identify what their observations were and what experience they have gained with regards to this profession. The study is based on five different qualitative semi-structured interviews held with liaison staff at a Swedish high security penitentiary. The interviews were carried out with the aid of a guiding document. Together with each liaison we formed discussions around relevant themes. As a result of the interviews we found two main concepts, these were relationships and profession. We have analyzed these concepts from a point of view of discretion. Our conclusion was that the liaison has a certain amount of discretion in its profession, and mainly in the aspects of creating relationships and in forming its professional role. Key words: Liaison, discretion, relationship creation, penitentiary