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Virtuell gromning - En framställning om gällande och möjliga utredningsmetoder

Resare, Alva LU (2020) LAGF03 20202
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Gromning är brottet där en vuxen tar kontakt med ett barn under 15 år för att träffas i sexuellt syfte, och återfinns i Brottsbalken 6 kap. 10 a §. Idag är internet den vanligast brottsplatsen för gromningförövare. Framställningen granskar de metoder det svenska rättsväsendet använder idag vid identifikation, bevisföring och lagföring av en gromningförövare. De mest använda metoderna är polisens slagningar på mobilnummer, mejladresser eller alias samt att genom IP-adresser finna en fysisk adress där gärningspersonen har verkat ifrån. Statistik visar att det finns stora svårigheter för polisen vid ett utredningsarbete av gromning. Hemliga tvångsmedel och provokativa åtgärder undersöks också men är idag två otillåtna metoder vid en... (More)
Gromning är brottet där en vuxen tar kontakt med ett barn under 15 år för att träffas i sexuellt syfte, och återfinns i Brottsbalken 6 kap. 10 a §. Idag är internet den vanligast brottsplatsen för gromningförövare. Framställningen granskar de metoder det svenska rättsväsendet använder idag vid identifikation, bevisföring och lagföring av en gromningförövare. De mest använda metoderna är polisens slagningar på mobilnummer, mejladresser eller alias samt att genom IP-adresser finna en fysisk adress där gärningspersonen har verkat ifrån. Statistik visar att det finns stora svårigheter för polisen vid ett utredningsarbete av gromning. Hemliga tvångsmedel och provokativa åtgärder undersöks också men är idag två otillåtna metoder vid en gromningutredning. De hemliga tvångsmedlen används utan en misstänkts vetskap för att få information om bland annat en gärningspersons kontaktnät, eller kommunikation en gärningsperson och offer haft. De provokativa åtgärderna kan delas upp i bevisprovokation och brottsprovokation, där bevisprovokationen kan vara tillåten under vissa former medan brottsprovokationen aldrig är tillåten. De otillåtna metoderna analyseras i ljuset av behovs- och proportionalitetsprincipen, om de har potential att bli tillåtna metoder i framtiden. Behovsprincipen innebär att behov finns av metoden samt att inte andra mindre ingripande metoder finns, medan proportionalitetsprincipen innefattar att en åtgärd som ska vidtas inte får gå utöver vad som är nödvändigt med hänsyn till ändamålet. Efter en genomgång av de vanligaste använda metoderna och vad de bidrar med kunde jag dra slutsatsen att både hemliga tvångsmedel och provokativa åtgärder kan bli möjliga metoder då de kan bistå en utredning med både snabba och starka bevis. Slutligen gjordes avvägningar mellan den personliga integriteten som de otillåtna metoderna inkräktar på samt vinsten i att få lättillgängligare bevis och därmed kunna fälla fler gromningförövare. Slutsatsen utmynnade i att det är mer sannolikt att provokativa åtgärder kan bli tillåtna, då dessa regleras i praxis och debatt har förts om inte gromning bör betraktas som ett svårt brott sett till utredningssvårigheterna och bör därmed omfattas av brott där provokativa åtgärder får vidtas. (Less)
Abstract
Grooming is the designation of a crime where an adult initiates contact with a child under 15 years with the intention of committing a sexual offence, and the Swedish regulation of grooming is found in the Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) chapter 6 section 10 a. Today, the most common crime scene for grooming is the internet. This petition reviews methods that the Swedish judiciary use nowadays regarding identification, submission of evidence and prosecution of grooming perpetrators. The most utilized methods includes searching for phone numbers, email addresses or aliases and through obtaining IP addresses receive a physical address where the perpetrator has performed the grooming from. Statistics show that there are... (More)
Grooming is the designation of a crime where an adult initiates contact with a child under 15 years with the intention of committing a sexual offence, and the Swedish regulation of grooming is found in the Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) chapter 6 section 10 a. Today, the most common crime scene for grooming is the internet. This petition reviews methods that the Swedish judiciary use nowadays regarding identification, submission of evidence and prosecution of grooming perpetrators. The most utilized methods includes searching for phone numbers, email addresses or aliases and through obtaining IP addresses receive a physical address where the perpetrator has performed the grooming from. Statistics show that there are great difficulties when investigating a case of grooming. Secret coercive measures and provocative measures is also studied in the thesis. However, these are not allowed to be utilized. The secret coercive measures are taken without the knowledge of a suspect in order to receive information regarding a suspects network of contacts, or the communication between a suspect and victim. The provocative measures can be divided in to entrapment in order to secure evidence for a crime already committed, which is allowed under some circumstances, and entrapment provoking a crime on the other, which is never allowed. The illicit methods are analyzed in the light of the principle of need and the principal of proportionality, to examine if they have potential of being allowed methods in the future. The principle of need implies that there are needs of the method moreover no other methods less interfering exist. The principle of proportionality implies that a taken measure can not transcend what is necessary with respect to the purpose. After a walkthrough of the most utilized methods and what they contribute to, conclusions were made that both secret coercive measures and provocative measures can be possible methods since they can assist an investigation with both quick and string evidence. Finally, balancing between the personal integrity that the illicit methods interfere with and the profit of more easily accessible evidence leading to more convicted perpetrators. The conclusion resulted in a more likely use of the provocative measures, since they are regulated by practice and debates has arisen regarding that grooming should be distinguished as a serious crime if looked at an investigative perspective. Therefore, grooming should be a part of the crimes where provocative measures are allowed to be taken. (Less)
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Resare, Alva LU
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LAGF03 20202
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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straffrätt, gromning, grooming, sexualbrott
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Swedish
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9034255
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  abstract     = {{Grooming is the designation of a crime where an adult initiates contact with a child under 15 years with the intention of committing a sexual offence, and the Swedish regulation of grooming is found in the Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) chapter 6 section 10 a. Today, the most common crime scene for grooming is the internet. This petition reviews methods that the Swedish judiciary use nowadays regarding identification, submission of evidence and prosecution of grooming perpetrators. The most utilized methods includes searching for phone numbers, email addresses or aliases and through obtaining IP addresses receive a physical address where the perpetrator has performed the grooming from. Statistics show that there are great difficulties when investigating a case of grooming. Secret coercive measures and provocative measures is also studied in the thesis. However, these are not allowed to be utilized. The secret coercive measures are taken without the knowledge of a suspect in order to receive information regarding a suspects network of contacts, or the communication between a suspect and victim. The provocative measures can be divided in to entrapment in order to secure evidence for a crime already committed, which is allowed under some circumstances, and entrapment provoking a crime on the other, which is never allowed. The illicit methods are analyzed in the light of the principle of need and the principal of proportionality, to examine if they have potential of being allowed methods in the future. The principle of need implies that there are needs of the method moreover no other methods less interfering exist. The principle of proportionality implies that a taken measure can not transcend what is necessary with respect to the purpose. After a walkthrough of the most utilized methods and what they contribute to, conclusions were made that both secret coercive measures and provocative measures can be possible methods since they can assist an investigation with both quick and string evidence. Finally, balancing between the personal integrity that the illicit methods interfere with and the profit of more easily accessible evidence leading to more convicted perpetrators. The conclusion resulted in a more likely use of the provocative measures, since they are regulated by practice and debates has arisen regarding that grooming should be distinguished as a serious crime if looked at an investigative perspective. Therefore, grooming should be a part of the crimes where provocative measures are allowed to be taken.}},
  author       = {{Resare, Alva}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Virtuell gromning - En framställning om gällande och möjliga utredningsmetoder}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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