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I have studied 40 individuals in order to see if there´s a relationship between poor dental health and osteitis pubis, because the two characters can be a sign of pregnancy. The individuals in my study are from S:t Petri cemetery in Helsingborg and Löddeköpinge cemetery in Scania, Sweden. Both cemeteries are dated to the medieval period. Of 22 women, I could establish that 19 had osteitis pubis, a
After the first known honor killing of Sara in 1996, in Sweden, a discussion started about the concept of honor which in turn opened the doors for some other discussions. The purpose of this study is to find out how the discourse of the concepts of honor, honor culture, and honor killings, are built in manuals directed to government authorities and organizations working against honor repression, a
Gestures are used by people in all cultures to express themselves. This is done through both conventional gestures, sometimes called emblems, and non-conventional gestures whose meaning is more dependent on the situation in which they are made. The purpose of this study is to examine how Swedish children between the ages 18 and 30 months use nodding and head shakes, both of which are conventionali
With the increasing importance of regions and their new role of promoting a balanced regional development, which demand cooperation and coordination among actors within the region, the theories of urban development that strongly emphasizes the competitive relations between cities are challenged. This master’s thesis examines the relations between the municipalities in the Swedish region of Skåne,
This thesis analyses the rise and fall of social movements. Social movements functions in the civil society, by contentious collective action they form identities, mobilize their forces and use repertoires of contentions to make new or previously unaccepted claims. They function in a limited timeframe, sooner or later they get institutionalized, marginalised or succumb into violence. The landl
Today the school is a given place for preventing social problems. The school struggles continuously to live up to the expectations of balancing preventive social work with pedagogy in a satisfactory way. The purpose of this essay is to get a picture of priorities of social work in school. I want to know what it is that affects and controls the principal's decision about what kind of social pr
The purpose of this study was to examine how professional workers understand the bullying problem among Swedish youth in the age of 13-15 years. The main focus was to examine the new phenomena electronic bullying, from a professional point of view. The biggest question to answer was: "How does the school and organizations understand the bullying situation among Swedish youth today?" Ind
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of being a homosexual immigrant in the Swedish society. Our questions were how the interviewed homosexual immigrants experience being treated by the people in their surroundings and how they are influenced by their attitudes. We also wanted to know what kind of thoughts they have about affiliation considering origin and sexuality, and what p
En ordning av naturen given. Den svenska arvsrätten synes nästintill opåverkad av tidens gång. Successionsrättens rötter sträcker sig långt bak i historien. Samhället har genom åren genomgått omfattande förändringar och anpassat sig till nya rådande samhällsstrukturer. Den arvsrättsliga regleringen har däremot förblivit i stort sett oförändrad. Sedan 1300-talet har det enbart funnits fyra versioneAn order given by nature. The Swedish inheritance law appears almost unaffected by the passing of time. The roots of the Swedish succession law extends far back in history. Swedish society has gone through extensive changes over the years in order to adjust to the prevailing social structures, however, the succession regulation seems to have remained almost the same. There has, in fact, only been
Barnpornografibrottet har sedan dess tillkomst 1980 diskuterats och kritiserats flertalet gånger, bland annat för att vara för opreciserat och för långtgående i relation till yttrande- och informationsfriheten. 2022 uppstod diskussionen på nytt genom identifieringen av ett nytt brottsfenomen, unga sprider barnpornografiskt material till varandra utan sexuellt syfte. Fenomenet har varit föremål förThe criminalization of child pornography has been discussed and criticized since its incorporation for not being precise and for limiting fundamental rights. In 2022 the discussion arose again after the identification of a new crime phenomenon; young people sharing child pornography without a sexual purpose. The new phenomenon has been subject to trail in at least 3 decisions in district court. Th
Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka hur ensamkommande flyktingbarn och personal på boenden oftast på hem för vård eller boende, så kallade HVB-hem, såg på flyktingmottagandet 2015/2016. Vilka behov som var viktigast och vad som hade kunnat förbättras. Studien har utformats som en kvalitativ undersökning i följd av fem semistrukturerade intervjuer. Tre intervjuer med unga vuxna som kommThe purpose of this study has been to investigate how unaccompanied minor refugees and staff at accommodation for children at home for care or accommodation, so called HVB-homes looked at the refugee reception during 2015-2016. Which needs were the most important and what could be improved. The study is qualitative and includes five semi-structured interviews, three with young adults who came to S
This thesis examines how bisexuality get constructed as a distinct sexual orientation category through asylum determination processes in Sweden. With a theoretical focus on the interaction between notions of sexuality and national borders this study also investigates how the assessment of ‘sexual orientation’ asylum claims contribute to the regulation of the Swedish border. To investigate these tw
I denna uppsats undersöks brottsoffrets roll i straffprocessen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att klargöra brottsoffrets roll i straffprocessen och undersöka om det finns behov av att förändra brottsoffrets roll och ställning i processen ur ett upprättelse- och relationsvåldsperspektiv. En undersökning utförs om straffprocessens funktioner, grundläggande principer och brottsoffrets rättigheter enligt gäThis thesis discusses the role and participation of victims in criminal procedures through a domestic violence and restitution perspective. The aim of this paper is to clarify the role of victims in criminal procedures and to examine whether there is any need to change victims’ role and position through these perspectives. The aim and functions of the criminal procedure together with its fundament
Sickness presence, also referred to sickness presenteeism, applies when the individual goes to work, despite feeling ill. This thesis serves to highlight this fairly new research area in the context of compulsory school teachers in the southern part of Sweden. The response rate of the survey was 37 % (n=71 valid cases). Earlier research states that there are many factors with a connection to sickn
The aim of this essay is to examine the phrasing of gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development focusing on Goal 5: Gender Equality. The focus of the study also extends to analyze the potential consequences of the goal’s phrasing and understand why the empowerment of women and girls are seen as essential for the progression on all levels of sustainability. Through qualitative in
Different aspects of hybrid control systems are treated: analysis, simulation, design and implementation. A systematic methodology using extended Lyapunov theory for design of hybrid systems is developed. The methodology is based on conventional control designs in separate regions together with a switching strategy. Dynamics are not well defined if the control design methods lead to fast mode sw
Individuals with mental illness and a contemporary substance addiction has been more and more noticed within social work and issues on interaction between different instances that have a mutual responsibility for the individual has been illuminated within research. It has shown that the goal of interaction between for example Social Services and the Psychiatry has been difficult to achieve. We hav
