“Jag trodde att det kunde vara ok”. Polisens rättsmedvetande i relation till dess brott.
(2020) RÄSK02 20201Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- This bachelor thesis, regarding Swedish police officers' legal consciousness, in relation to their convictions, is a content analysis. It includes the convictions and/or interrogation protocols of 26 charges. The documents have been coded, analysed and reduced into pronouncements and explanations as to why the police officer has chosen to commit a crime, in relation to their service as a police officer.
The hypothesis has been that these pronouncements are reflections of legal consciousness, and that they can be a guidance, in understanding and interpreting it. The notion legal consciousness has been based on three aspects: knowledge and interpretation of as well as attitude towards the law. The pronouncements have been analysed with a... (More) - This bachelor thesis, regarding Swedish police officers' legal consciousness, in relation to their convictions, is a content analysis. It includes the convictions and/or interrogation protocols of 26 charges. The documents have been coded, analysed and reduced into pronouncements and explanations as to why the police officer has chosen to commit a crime, in relation to their service as a police officer.
The hypothesis has been that these pronouncements are reflections of legal consciousness, and that they can be a guidance, in understanding and interpreting it. The notion legal consciousness has been based on three aspects: knowledge and interpretation of as well as attitude towards the law. The pronouncements have been analysed with a starting point in Gresham Sykes and David Matza's five techniques of neutralization (1957), that are generally used to explain why individuals commit criminal acts, and an indication on how they justify their crime.
The analysis has shown that the officers’ pronouncements reflect parts of their legal consciousnesses, particularly by descriptions of their interpretation(s) of the situation. Most of the officers expressed that there were, by their judgment, extenuating circumstances in their case. The aspects of legal consciousness that were identified, were found to be partly related to the kind of circumstance and the type of neutralization technique that the officer had been using when justifying his action. Above all, the officers’ legal consciousness consisted of significant margins of interpretation. (Less)
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- Jansson, Jennie LU and Nelson, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Legal Consciousness, Legal Interpretation, Neutralization Techniques, Police Misconduct, Rule of Law
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- Swedish
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- 9019096
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abstract = {{This bachelor thesis, regarding Swedish police officers' legal consciousness, in relation to their convictions, is a content analysis. It includes the convictions and/or interrogation protocols of 26 charges. The documents have been coded, analysed and reduced into pronouncements and explanations as to why the police officer has chosen to commit a crime, in relation to their service as a police officer.
The hypothesis has been that these pronouncements are reflections of legal consciousness, and that they can be a guidance, in understanding and interpreting it. The notion legal consciousness has been based on three aspects: knowledge and interpretation of as well as attitude towards the law. The pronouncements have been analysed with a starting point in Gresham Sykes and David Matza's five techniques of neutralization (1957), that are generally used to explain why individuals commit criminal acts, and an indication on how they justify their crime.
The analysis has shown that the officers’ pronouncements reflect parts of their legal consciousnesses, particularly by descriptions of their interpretation(s) of the situation. Most of the officers expressed that there were, by their judgment, extenuating circumstances in their case. The aspects of legal consciousness that were identified, were found to be partly related to the kind of circumstance and the type of neutralization technique that the officer had been using when justifying his action. Above all, the officers’ legal consciousness consisted of significant margins of interpretation.}},
author = {{Jansson, Jennie and Nelson, Elin}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Jag trodde att det kunde vara ok”. Polisens rättsmedvetande i relation till dess brott.}},
year = {{2020}},
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