I domen rekonstrueras verkligheten : en dokumentanalys om hur genus reproduceras och upprätthålls i LVU-mål

Title: "In the verdict, reality is reconstructed" - a documentary study of how sex is reproduced in verdicts of LVU-cases. The aim in our study is to see how existing circumstances revolving power between the gender, are contained in court, through language and differences in the sentences and expressions that are used in the verdicts. In this study we have reviewed verdicts about young people who are taken in to custody care by Lag (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga. We have reviewed verdicts from the county administrative court in Kalmar, from January in 2007 to October in 2008. Through the analysis we have taken into considerations and worked with earlier research and litterateur containing different theoretical approaches to feminism. The result of the study shows, that despite of a neutral law, girls and boys, women and men are judged and treated different, because of their sex. Depending on your sex, you are expected to behave according to norms and values. These norms and values are not the same for girls and boys. Society have chosen and created limits for each sex and if you don't follow the limits you become deviant. The court provides an image of how girls/women are hold responsible for their deviant behavior, meanwhile boys/men are hold responsible for their actions, that breaks the law. Keywords: gender, sexuality, power, LVU and court