Ungdomsbrottslighet : En studie om lokala tjänstemän inom socialt och brottsförebyggande arbetes syn på brottslighet bland unga män i en svensk förort.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study was to examine if there are common factors that lead to young people committing crimes according to professionals in social work, crime prevention and the police. The study also aims to examine if juveniles in Swedish suburbs commit more crimes, the consequences that follows and what actions socialworkers have for these juveniles. The study was conducted through qualitative interviews of five professionals in the area who were contacted from different units. In the analysis Goffmans (1971) theory of stigma was used and Goldberg's (2005) Conspiracy Theory. Some of the conclusions that could be drawn from the study was that there is not only one factor influencing young people to delinquency, but often combinations of different factors that lead to this. In the study it was also found that juveniles who commit crimes in general always faces consequences of this and the social services' actions are slightly different depending on which commune you live in and what they have invested on in that particular commune.