"He said that I had a too dark history... it doesn't say anything about who I am". En kvalitativ studie kring ungdomars upplevelse av en frivårdspåföljd
UngdomsperspektivFrivårdKontaktFörändringUpplevelseSocial problems and welfareNational insuranceSociala problemSocial välfärdSocialförsäkringLaw and Political Science
The purpose of this paper was to examine how youths, age 18-20, experience the verdict to the probation service and how it affects their lives. We have examined the relation between youths and the probation service from a youth perspective, what kind of support and intervention they receive and how their surroundings react and respond on the verdict. Our research was based on a qualitative method consisting of individual interviews with eight youths and one interview with a social worker from the probation service. We have used Urie Bronfenbrenner's "the Ecology of Human Development" as our main theory and the conceptions labeling, participation and the key terms adversity and protective environment to analyse and comprehend the material. We found that all eight youths were satisfied with the probation service and the help they had received. Partly as a result of the verdict and intervention, many of the youths had made positive changes in their lives. Several of them had changed their friends, as well as made new plans for their future. A common fear that the youths expressed was their concern that the verdict would have a negative influence on their future labour market.