Myndighetssamverkan i Barnahus : Blir det bättre för barnen?

Sammanfattning: Many children are being abused by daily basis. Mostely they are abused by a parent or another person that is close to the child. Mostely the child abuse never is reported to the social services or to the police, and even if the perpertrator is known, only a few cases are brought to prosecution. If a case allthough is drawn before the court of law, there are still too many of the perpetrators that are being acquitted. In other words, the legal security for the abused children is way too low. When suspiscions arise that a child is exposed to child abuse there are several inquiries that starts at the same time. A social inquiry to see if the child needs protection, a legal inquiry to investigate if a crime is committed, a medical inquiry if the child is sexual or physical abused and a psychiatric inquiry if the child is traumatized. As we can see the child is exposed to many authorities and many different commissioners. To prevent this from happen and to make the already difficult situation for the child better, so called Childrens Advocacy Centers (CAC) have been raised all around Sweden. Between the years of 2006 and 2007 there has also been a national project commissioned by the swedish Government with CAC´s in six cities of Sweden. With this paper I´ve been investigating if abused childrens rights are better taken care of in CAC´s. My conclusion is that the objective of the CAC´s probably will be reached in the future. Today CAC´s are mostely a guarantee for the child not to be forced to meet the different authoroties at different places, even though the best interest of the child and the legal security of the child come to be more focused on in CAC´s. I´m also discussing the possibility that maybe there is a need for a particular legislation for the children, a Barnbalk.