The Legal Framework as A Way of Correcting Attrition in Sexual Offences: Lessons Learned from Sweden
2023 (English)In: European Perspectives on Attrition in Sexual Offenses / [ed] Erbaş, Rahime, London (UK) och Lanham, Maryland (US): Lexington Books, 2023, 1, p. 113-139Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This chapter focuses on the Swedish regulation on rape, with emphasis on a reform of the statutory law in 2018 that introduced involuntariness as the essential part of the actus reus element of rape, and also the new offense of negligent rape. To analyze the current Swedish legal framework on rape, a contextual understanding of the socio-political setting is necessary. The chapter therefore begins by portraying these features. There follows an overview of the actus reus element of rape, including a brief historical and political background of the 2018 reform, and also an overview of the mens rea element of intentional rape and negligent rape. Following this, the chapter highlights and discusses the areas of attrition present in the current Swedish provisionsons on rape.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London (UK) och Lanham, Maryland (US): Lexington Books, 2023, 1. p. 113-139
Keywords [en]
Sweden, Nordic criminal law, Swedish criminal law, gender equality, sexual autonomy, sexual integrity, attrition in sexual offenses, sexual offenses, rape, intentional rape, negligent rape, statutory law, statutory reform, legal framework, affirmative consent, consent, (in)voluntariness, feminist legal theory, comparative legal analysis, sociopolitical analysis
Keywords [sv]
nordisk straffrätt, svensk straffrätt, straffrätt, sexualbrott, sexuell självbestämmanderätt, sexuell integritet, våldtäkt, uppsåtlig våldtäkt, oaktsam våldtäkt, 2018 års sexualbrottsreform, skevheter, vilka skevheter döljer sig bakom samtyckeslagen?, rättsfeminism, jämställdhet, komparativ rätt
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology
Research subject
Criminal Law
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-220074ISBN: 9781666925135 (print)ISBN: 9781666925142 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-220074DiVA, id: diva2:1788134
2023-08-152023-08-152025-02-20Bibliographically approved