Verbala kränkningar i hemmet – en grund för omhändertagande enligt 2 § LVU?

Sammanfattning: My aim with this thesis was to study verbal abuse as an equivalent to psychological abuse in The Care of Young Persons Act (LVU). The primary focus was on verbal abuse in the home as a reason to take a child into protective custody according to LVU. I made a thematic analysis on 8 court cases, with the purpose to find how the Social welfare board and County administrative board reasoned, when it came to verbal abuse in the home. Theoretical tools for understanding this certain issue was public law principles. The main issue of this thesis has been the fact that verbal abuse in the home can be difficult to detect and its consequences can be hard to predict. However, just like other types of abuse, verbal abuse can be detrimental to a child's well-being, and should not be taken lightly. The ambition of this thesis has not been to argue for more legal intervention in the lives of young people. My result indicates that public law principles affect the outcome of whether verbal abuse in the home will be understood as emotional abuse according to the law or not. Another important finding is that the social welfare board’s application affects which matter of law may be examined in court or not. If the social welfare board has not applied for LVU due to emotional abuse, even though emotional abuse may have occurred, the court will not try that question.