Blåljuslagen – en symbollagstiftning? En utredning om brottet blåljussabotage i förhållande till grundläggande principer för kriminalisering
(2022) LAGF03 20222Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Till följd av att angrepp mot blåljusverksamhet innefattande polis, ambulans- och räddningspersonal blivit vanligare, utreddes 2016 möjligheterna att införa ett stärkt straffrättsligt skydd mot sabotage mot blåljusverksamhet i BrB. Resultatet blev en ny blåljuslag 2020.
I lagens proposition anförde regeringen att kriminaliseringen av blåljussabotage var en nödvändig åtgärd. Trots att det funnits lagstiftning som täckt in angrepp mot blåljusverksamhet, ansåg regeringen att endast en ny kriminalisering kunde tillgodose skyddsbehovet för blåljusverksamhet på ett adekvat sätt.
Kriminalisering var inte den enda metoden som utredaren ansåg lämplig. Bl.a. föreslog utredaren en omarbetning av bestämmelserna om våld och hot mot tjänsteman i... (More) - Till följd av att angrepp mot blåljusverksamhet innefattande polis, ambulans- och räddningspersonal blivit vanligare, utreddes 2016 möjligheterna att införa ett stärkt straffrättsligt skydd mot sabotage mot blåljusverksamhet i BrB. Resultatet blev en ny blåljuslag 2020.
I lagens proposition anförde regeringen att kriminaliseringen av blåljussabotage var en nödvändig åtgärd. Trots att det funnits lagstiftning som täckt in angrepp mot blåljusverksamhet, ansåg regeringen att endast en ny kriminalisering kunde tillgodose skyddsbehovet för blåljusverksamhet på ett adekvat sätt.
Kriminalisering var inte den enda metoden som utredaren ansåg lämplig. Bl.a. föreslog utredaren en omarbetning av bestämmelserna om våld och hot mot tjänsteman i 17 kap. BrB och myndighetsutövningsbegreppet, och ett införande av en ny straffskärpningsgrund i 29:2 BrB. Båda förslagen avfärdades av regeringen.
Det finns grundläggande principer som bör tillgodoses för att en kriminalisering ska anses befogad. Om kriterierna inte uppfylls, kan en kriminalisering ifrågasättas. Uppsatsens analys visar att straffbestämmelsen inte uppfyller samtliga kriminaliseringskriterier som Straffrättsanvändningsutredningen identifierat. En diskussion om huruvida blåljuslagens egentliga syfte är att tillgodose politiska behov snarare än att lösa problematiken med angrepp mot blåljuspersonal aktualiseras således av uppsatsen, inte minst m.h.t. fenomenet straffrättslig symbollagstiftning. Lagar med högt symbolvärde är en direkt följd av den ökade politiseringen som skett inom straffrätten, och har resulterat i en offensiv inriktning av straffrättspolitiken.
Uppsatsens slutsats är att problematiken med angrepp mot blåljuspersonal inte verkar ha lösts genom en straffrättslig åtgärd. Åtalade har i ovanligt hög grad frikänts och istället dömts för andra brott, vilket indikerar att straffbestämmelsen huvudsakligen har en symbolfunktion eftersom den inte uppvisar tillräcklig effektivitet för brottsbekämpningen. Således kan brottet blåljussabotages praktiska betydelse ifrågasättas. (Less) - Abstract
- As a result of attacks against blue light operations, including police, ambulance, and rescue personnel becoming increasingly recurrent, the possibility of introducing strengthened criminal protection against blue light sabotage in the Criminal Code was investigated in 2016. The result was a new blue light law in 2020.
In the bill, the government stated that the criminalization of blue light sabotage was a necessary measure. Although there was legislation covering attacks against blue light operations, the government felt that only a new criminalization could adequately meet the need for protection for blue light operations.
Criminalization was not the only method that the investigator considered appropriate. Among other things, the... (More) - As a result of attacks against blue light operations, including police, ambulance, and rescue personnel becoming increasingly recurrent, the possibility of introducing strengthened criminal protection against blue light sabotage in the Criminal Code was investigated in 2016. The result was a new blue light law in 2020.
In the bill, the government stated that the criminalization of blue light sabotage was a necessary measure. Although there was legislation covering attacks against blue light operations, the government felt that only a new criminalization could adequately meet the need for protection for blue light operations.
Criminalization was not the only method that the investigator considered appropriate. Among other things, the investigator proposed a revision of the provisions on violence and threats against civil servants in ch. 17. the Criminal Code and the concept of exercise of authority and an introduction of a new basis for increasing punishment in ch. 29. Section 2 of the Criminal Code. Both proposals were rejected by the government.
There are basic principles that should be met for criminalization to be considered justified. If the criteria are not met, criminalization can be questioned. The essay's analysis shows that the penalty provision does not meet all the criminalization criteria identified by the Criminal Justice Investigation. A discussion on whether the actual purpose of the blue light law is to meet political needs rather than to solve the problem of attacks against blue light personnel is thus brought up to date by the essay, not least regarding the phenomenon of symbolic legislation. Laws with high symbolic value are a direct consequence of the increased politicization that has taken place within criminal law and have resulted in an offensive orientation of criminal law politics.
The essay concludes that the problem of attacks against blue light personnel does not seem to have been solved by a criminal law measure. Defendants have been acquitted to an unusually high degree and instead convicted of other crimes, which indicates that the sentencing provision mainly has a symbolic function because it does not show sufficient effectiveness for the fight against crime. Thus, the practical significance of the crime of blue light sabotage can be questioned. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20222
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Straffrätt, Blåljuslagen, Blåljussabotage, Kriminalisering, Symbollagstiftning
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9104477
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- 2023-02-03 16:24:53
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In the bill, the government stated that the criminalization of blue light sabotage was a necessary measure. Although there was legislation covering attacks against blue light operations, the government felt that only a new criminalization could adequately meet the need for protection for blue light operations.
Criminalization was not the only method that the investigator considered appropriate. Among other things, the investigator proposed a revision of the provisions on violence and threats against civil servants in ch. 17. the Criminal Code and the concept of exercise of authority and an introduction of a new basis for increasing punishment in ch. 29. Section 2 of the Criminal Code. Both proposals were rejected by the government.
There are basic principles that should be met for criminalization to be considered justified. If the criteria are not met, criminalization can be questioned. The essay's analysis shows that the penalty provision does not meet all the criminalization criteria identified by the Criminal Justice Investigation. A discussion on whether the actual purpose of the blue light law is to meet political needs rather than to solve the problem of attacks against blue light personnel is thus brought up to date by the essay, not least regarding the phenomenon of symbolic legislation. Laws with high symbolic value are a direct consequence of the increased politicization that has taken place within criminal law and have resulted in an offensive orientation of criminal law politics.
The essay concludes that the problem of attacks against blue light personnel does not seem to have been solved by a criminal law measure. Defendants have been acquitted to an unusually high degree and instead convicted of other crimes, which indicates that the sentencing provision mainly has a symbolic function because it does not show sufficient effectiveness for the fight against crime. Thus, the practical significance of the crime of blue light sabotage can be questioned.}},
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