Akademiska nybörjare känner en stor osäkerhet. En mer ämnesnära gemenskap är nyckeln för att få studenter att stanna kvar. Det menar i vart fall en ny brittisk studie i Higher Education, som särskilt identifierar tre typer av osäkerhet (eng: awkwardness) förknippade med att vara akademisk gröngöling.

I ”Glassplittret i väskan” kommer Högsta domstolen fram till att en kvinna som berättat om en annan persons brottslighet ska få strafflindring. JP Infonets expert Dennis Martinsson funderar över vad som – trots att strafflindringsgrunden är ny – egentligen framkommer i det aktuella avgörandet.

I "De två narkotikadistributörerna" behandlar Högsta domstolen frågan om två personer ska få strafflindring efter att de själva berättat om den egna brottsligheten och slutar med att de två åtalade personerna får två års strafflindring vardera. JP Infonets expert Dennis Martinsson ställer sig tveksam till vad man egentligen kan ta med sig från det aktuella avgörandet.

In Sweden, the Welfare State and gender equality have fused, as illustrated by e.g. prioritizing gender equality in several policy areas, which to a high extent include criminal law and policy. Since the 1970s reforms concerning sexual offences have been supported by gender-equality arguments. Recently, the #metoo movement affected the regulation on sexual offences. In light of the #metoo movement, a reform was made in 2018, which introduced involuntariness as an actus reus element in the provision on rape and, also, negligent rape as a new offence. But what lessons can be learned from Sweden? Can statutory reform actually contribute to correct attrition in sexual offences? When analyzing the 2018 reform, particularly the statutory law on rape, two areas of attrition exists: (1) the construction of the statutory law, (2) the gap between the statutory law, its policy background and the case law. Consequently, there are disconnects between, on one hand, the construction of the statutory law and its application, and on the other the political ambition of the 2018 reform. This, in turn, results in ambiguity in the application of the rape provision, suggesting a lack of legal certainty and foreseeability. Evidently, although the 2018 reform politically marked an important normative shift, several legal issues were left unsolved. Until adjusted, the attrition identified, will remain.