Det organisatoriska mötet
en studie om myndighetssamverkan kring våld och övergrepp mot barn
Today, it is prescribed by law that authorities should cooperate, especially around vulnerable children. There is a need in Sweden of research about cooperation and the problems that can occur. Hence, this study seeks to examine which structural organizational conditions that affect cooperation in a few consultation groups around violence and sexual abuse against children in Kronobergs län. Another aim is to see which meaning these conditions have for a functioning cooperation. Eight interviews have been done to investigate how different actors felt about cooperation, in the consultation groups. We have also studied the directives for these groups in order to get a deeper understanding how the consultation groups work. Our main results are that there are some central conditions which influence on how the cooperation in the consultation groups works, for example different regulations, distinct working areas and obvious goals for the groups. We found, beyond these conditions, that the target group also effects in our case. Our conclusion is that the cooperation in the consultation groups works fairly well but there are still some problems left to overcome.