Vägen ut från gängkriminalitet – professionellas perspektiv : En kvalitativ studie om unga mäns inträde, exit, professionellas stöd och samverkan

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the present study is to gain new knowledge about the underlying dimensions related to young men's entry into gang crime and the support that young men involved in gang crime can receive from professional actors to leave gang crime. In addition, the purpose is to analyze the importance of collaboration between professional actors in order to help young men's exit from gang crime. The study has a hermeneutic perspective with a qualitative starting point. Several semi-structured interviews have been conducted with various professional actors who work in connection with young men who want to leave the gang activities. The study is linked to two theories, Ebaugh´s exit process and social pedagogy. The result shows that collaboration with different professional actors is important and something that our Interviewees bring up is that actors collaborate especially with the social services. Although there are already several initiatives and support, several affected areas need to be developed. In addition, factors regarding preventive work must be improved. Efforts must be made at an early stage to prevent young men from joining gang crime. The study is focused on the social pedagogical work because much of the work with young men´s exit is about creating motivation for change work. It is important that the young men feel included in their treatment during the exit process.