Barn som begår brott - En utvärdering av 31 § LUL
(2019) JURM02 20192Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Barn som är under 15 år kan inte straffas i svensk rätt enligt 1 kap. 6 § brottsbalken (BrB) och därmed kan de inte heller bli föremål för rättsväsendets åtgärder p.g.a. brott. När samhällsåtgärder därmed måste tas, ligger ansvaret på socialtjänsten. Begår ett barn ett brott kan det ändå utredas av polis och åklagare genom stöd av lagen om unga lagöverträdare (LUL), en s.k. 31 § LUL-utredning.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka syftet med 31 § LUL, ändamålet med utredningarna och effekten av lagändringen år 2010. Genom ändringen ville lagstiftaren att fler brott skulle utredas och att utredningarna skulle bli mer effektiva med utökad möjlighet till användandet av tvångsmedel med tydligt samband mellan brott och konsekvens. Vidare... (More) - Barn som är under 15 år kan inte straffas i svensk rätt enligt 1 kap. 6 § brottsbalken (BrB) och därmed kan de inte heller bli föremål för rättsväsendets åtgärder p.g.a. brott. När samhällsåtgärder därmed måste tas, ligger ansvaret på socialtjänsten. Begår ett barn ett brott kan det ändå utredas av polis och åklagare genom stöd av lagen om unga lagöverträdare (LUL), en s.k. 31 § LUL-utredning.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka syftet med 31 § LUL, ändamålet med utredningarna och effekten av lagändringen år 2010. Genom ändringen ville lagstiftaren att fler brott skulle utredas och att utredningarna skulle bli mer effektiva med utökad möjlighet till användandet av tvångsmedel med tydligt samband mellan brott och konsekvens. Vidare motiverade lagstiftaren ändringen med att finns ett samhällsintresse av att utreda allvarliga brott samt att de ska bli uppklarade på ett rättssäkert sätt. Brottsoffret intressen och barnets bästa ska tas större hänsyn till. Samtidigt är huvudsyftet med en 31 § LUL-utredning att ge socialtjänsten tillräckligt med underlag för att bedöma sociala insatser.
Här skapas en spänning mellan socialrätten och straffrätten som alltid är aktuellt gällande barn som begår brott. Historiskt sett har sociala myndighet alltid haft huvudansvaret för barn som begår brott. Skärpningen av utredningsskyldigheten vad gäller brott av straffomyndiga år 2010 har ändå inte lett till att fler utredningar av brott begångna av barn enligt en rapport av Brottsförebyggande rådet. Vidare har synen på barn och kriminalitet förändras med samhällsnormerna och ger ses allvarligare på idag än tidigare. Uppsatsen presenterar olika preventionsteorier som ger förklaringar till brottslighet. För att förhindra återfall krävs insatser på olika nivåer av samhället och olika risk- och skyddsfaktorer kan ha verkan för att påverka framtida brottslighet vilket också diskuteras. (Less) - Abstract
- Children under the age of 15 can commit crimes but they cannot be punished under Swedish law in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 6 of the Criminal Code and therefore they cannot be subject to a preliminary criminal investigation by a Prosecutor or the Police. Instead, when children have committed a crime other societal measures can be taken. The responsibility for the care for these children lies primarily with the municipal Social Service Committee. However, if a child commits a crime, they can still sometimes be investigated by the police and prosecutors according to the Young Offenders Act (LUL) a so-called. Section 31 investigation, if they have committed a crime with a minimum sentence of one-year imprisonment or if it is a less... (More)
- Children under the age of 15 can commit crimes but they cannot be punished under Swedish law in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 6 of the Criminal Code and therefore they cannot be subject to a preliminary criminal investigation by a Prosecutor or the Police. Instead, when children have committed a crime other societal measures can be taken. The responsibility for the care for these children lies primarily with the municipal Social Service Committee. However, if a child commits a crime, they can still sometimes be investigated by the police and prosecutors according to the Young Offenders Act (LUL) a so-called. Section 31 investigation, if they have committed a crime with a minimum sentence of one-year imprisonment or if it is a less serious crime, if the Social Service Committee requests the Police authority to open an investigation so the Committee can get sufficient facts to take a decision on measures for the care of the child that has committed a crime
The purpose of the thesis is to examine the intentions for a LUL Section 31 investigation, and the motives behind a change of Section 31 in 2010 and to evaluate the outcome of the reformed section. Through the change, the legislator wanted more crimes by young children to be investigated by the police and that the investigations should become more effective with an increased possibility of using coercive means during the investigation. This was intended to show the child that there is a clear connection between a crime and consequences thereof. The victim's interests and the best interests of the child should also be taken into account to a larger extent. At the same time, the main purpose of a LUL Section 31 investigation is to provide the social services with sufficient facts to take a decision on what care should be provided.
Here, a tension is created between social and criminal law, which are applicable at the same time on children who commit crimes. Historically, social service authorities have always had the primary responsibility for children committing crimes. The enlargement of the investigative duty in 2010, has not yet led to more investigations by the Police according to a Crime Prevention Council (Brå) report. There are various theories of prevention as explanation for why crimes occur. In order to prevent crime and relapse thereof, interventions at different levels of society are required, and different risk and protective factors can have an effect on influencing future criminal behavior of the child which are discussed. (Less)
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- author
- Strindlund, Klara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Crime committed by Children
- course
- JURM02 20192
- year
- 2019
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- straffrätt, 31 § LUL-Utredning, Barnkriminalitet, Brottsutredningar
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9000438
- date added to LUP
- 2020-02-01 15:27:43
- date last changed
- 2020-02-01 15:27:43
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abstract = {{Children under the age of 15 can commit crimes but they cannot be punished under Swedish law in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 6 of the Criminal Code and therefore they cannot be subject to a preliminary criminal investigation by a Prosecutor or the Police. Instead, when children have committed a crime other societal measures can be taken. The responsibility for the care for these children lies primarily with the municipal Social Service Committee. However, if a child commits a crime, they can still sometimes be investigated by the police and prosecutors according to the Young Offenders Act (LUL) a so-called. Section 31 investigation, if they have committed a crime with a minimum sentence of one-year imprisonment or if it is a less serious crime, if the Social Service Committee requests the Police authority to open an investigation so the Committee can get sufficient facts to take a decision on measures for the care of the child that has committed a crime
The purpose of the thesis is to examine the intentions for a LUL Section 31 investigation, and the motives behind a change of Section 31 in 2010 and to evaluate the outcome of the reformed section. Through the change, the legislator wanted more crimes by young children to be investigated by the police and that the investigations should become more effective with an increased possibility of using coercive means during the investigation. This was intended to show the child that there is a clear connection between a crime and consequences thereof. The victim's interests and the best interests of the child should also be taken into account to a larger extent. At the same time, the main purpose of a LUL Section 31 investigation is to provide the social services with sufficient facts to take a decision on what care should be provided.
Here, a tension is created between social and criminal law, which are applicable at the same time on children who commit crimes. Historically, social service authorities have always had the primary responsibility for children committing crimes. The enlargement of the investigative duty in 2010, has not yet led to more investigations by the Police according to a Crime Prevention Council (Brå) report. There are various theories of prevention as explanation for why crimes occur. In order to prevent crime and relapse thereof, interventions at different levels of society are required, and different risk and protective factors can have an effect on influencing future criminal behavior of the child which are discussed.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Barn som begår brott - En utvärdering av 31 § LUL}},
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