In five years, the number of children reported to social services for crime has doubled in Gävle. Only a few of the children are reached by efforts from social services, according to a review.
Social Services is responsible for providing children and young people with support and interventions in the event of suspicion of crime. Experts are now sharply criticizing the agency's work, saying cooperation with other actors such as the police and schools in their crime prevention work is lacking. All three teenage boys in custody for the murder in Sätra had input from social Services.