Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018
Abstract This article focuses on what is often termed the general (or public) sense of justice, GSJ for short. It illustrates the influence that the GSJ has had on various preparatory works in Swedish criminal law during a recent decade. It is often claimed that the GSJ is used as an argument in pol...
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2020-12-01
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This article focuses on what is often termed the general (or public) sense of justice, GSJ for short. It illustrates the influence that the GSJ has had on various preparatory works in Swedish criminal law during a recent decade. It is often claimed that the GSJ is used as an argument in political discourse and decision making in the area of criminal law, especially to motivate criminalisation and harsher penal sanctions. Political points can be scored and general elections won by deploying a tough stance on crime. A problematic aspect is that by appealing to the GSJ, legislators create a way to legitimise punitive measures with little or no empirical support in criminological research. Furthermore, the very concept of the GSJ is unclear, contentious, and characterised by a plethora of interpretations. This article provides background on the GSJ in the Nordic countries and thereby gives context to some recent legislative work in Sweden. The article concludes that legislators frequently reproduce phrases which, under closer inspection, appear quite hollow. The GSJ therefore seems to be more of a vague reference used for political purposes as opposed to a representation of actual popular values. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d223b838e3a34c8e8b004aad2f3a02612025-01-08T07:29:37ZdanDe Nordiske KriminalistforeningerNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab2446-30512020-12-01107325126710.7146/ntfk.v107i3.124883118097Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018Andreas AnderbergAbstract This article focuses on what is often termed the general (or public) sense of justice, GSJ for short. It illustrates the influence that the GSJ has had on various preparatory works in Swedish criminal law during a recent decade. It is often claimed that the GSJ is used as an argument in political discourse and decision making in the area of criminal law, especially to motivate criminalisation and harsher penal sanctions. Political points can be scored and general elections won by deploying a tough stance on crime. A problematic aspect is that by appealing to the GSJ, legislators create a way to legitimise punitive measures with little or no empirical support in criminological research. Furthermore, the very concept of the GSJ is unclear, contentious, and characterised by a plethora of interpretations. This article provides background on the GSJ in the Nordic countries and thereby gives context to some recent legislative work in Sweden. The article concludes that legislators frequently reproduce phrases which, under closer inspection, appear quite hollow. The GSJ therefore seems to be more of a vague reference used for political purposes as opposed to a representation of actual popular values.https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/124883sense of justicelegislationpenal populismrättsmedvetandelagstiftningstraffpopulism |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Anderberg Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab sense of justice legislation penal populism rättsmedvetande lagstiftning straffpopulism |
| title | Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 |
| title_full | Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 |
| title_fullStr | Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 |
| title_short | Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008-2018 |
| title_sort | det allmanna rattsmedvetandet och nagra svenska forarbeten pa straffrattens omrade 2008 2018 |
| topic | sense of justice legislation penal populism rättsmedvetande lagstiftning straffpopulism |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/124883 |
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