Utan samverkan är det inte möjligt : En kvalitativ studie om samverkan i det lokala brottsförebyggande arbetet mot ungdomskriminalitet

Sammanfattning: Juvenile delinquency is a recurring and currently discussed topic in today's media, and studies indicate that in the last few years there has been an increase in reports of juvenile delinquency to the social services. Researcher shows that a key factor in preventing youths’ involvement in crime is to take early preventative actions. It also appears that one important condition within preventive work is cooperation, and major parts of their contributions today consist of cooperation between different actors. The aim of this essay is to study how actors in the district of Teleborg in Växjö municipality cooperate in the preventive work against juvenile delinquency. By an empirical study of cooperation in Teleborg, we hope to be able to find a complete understanding and be able to raise any obstacles as well as success factors with the cooperation. This study is based on seven active actors in Teleborg, where each one of them are aiming towards keeping the youth away from juvenile delinquency. The result of the study proves that within Teleborg, there are various factors that encourage and inhibit the current cooperation. There are general and more organizational obstacles. Furthermore, it also appears when the cooperation is actualized, and what factors that are conductive within the preventive work.