Barnfridsbrott och rekvisitet bevittna
(2023) LAGF03 20232Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Barnfridsbrottet infördes i svensk rätt den 1 juli 2021 och utgör alltså ett förhållandevis nytt brott. Bestämmelsen återfinns i 4 kap. 3 § brottsbalken (1962:700) (BrB) och innebär att det är straffbart att låta barn bevittna vissa i bestämmelsen angivna brott mellan närstående eller tidigare närstående personer till barnet. Syftet med lagstiftningen var att uppmärksamma barn som utsätts för att bevittna våld och hot mellan närstående och att ge dessa barn rättsligt skydd. Remissinstanserna ställde sig positiva till lagförslaget. Några remissinstanser var dock kritiska till utformningen av rekvisitet bevittna och menade att detta var alltför snävt och därför riskerade att inte komma att omfatta alla situationer där barn upplever våld... (More)
- Barnfridsbrottet infördes i svensk rätt den 1 juli 2021 och utgör alltså ett förhållandevis nytt brott. Bestämmelsen återfinns i 4 kap. 3 § brottsbalken (1962:700) (BrB) och innebär att det är straffbart att låta barn bevittna vissa i bestämmelsen angivna brott mellan närstående eller tidigare närstående personer till barnet. Syftet med lagstiftningen var att uppmärksamma barn som utsätts för att bevittna våld och hot mellan närstående och att ge dessa barn rättsligt skydd. Remissinstanserna ställde sig positiva till lagförslaget. Några remissinstanser var dock kritiska till utformningen av rekvisitet bevittna och menade att detta var alltför snävt och därför riskerade att inte komma att omfatta alla situationer där barn upplever våld mellan närstående.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att, med den rättsdogmatiska metoden, undersöka hur rekvisitet bevittna bör förstås enligt förarbetena till bestämmelsen om barn-fridsbrott och utreda om domstolarnas tillämpning av rekvisitet stämmer över-ens med hur det är avsett att tillämpas. Utredningen visar att domstolarnas tillämpning av rekvisitet bevittna stämmer väl överens med de uttalanden som framgår av förarbetena till bestämmelsen. Det kan dock konstateras att be-greppet är snävt och att alla situationer där barn upplever våld mellan närstående inte omfattas av bestämmelsen. (Less) - Abstract
- The criminalization of letting children witness domestic violence entered into force in Swedish law on 1 July 2021 and is thus a relatively new offence. It is found in Section 4. Chapter 3. in the Swedish Criminal Code and means that it is now a criminal offence to expose a child to witnessing domestic violence. The purpose of the penalty provision is to notice and give legislative protection to children who are exposed to witnessing domestic violence. The consultation instances were in favor to the legislative proposal. However, some of the consultation instances were critical to the construction of the criterion of witnessing. They expressed concern that the concept was too narrow and that some children would therefore be excluded from... (More)
- The criminalization of letting children witness domestic violence entered into force in Swedish law on 1 July 2021 and is thus a relatively new offence. It is found in Section 4. Chapter 3. in the Swedish Criminal Code and means that it is now a criminal offence to expose a child to witnessing domestic violence. The purpose of the penalty provision is to notice and give legislative protection to children who are exposed to witnessing domestic violence. The consultation instances were in favor to the legislative proposal. However, some of the consultation instances were critical to the construction of the criterion of witnessing. They expressed concern that the concept was too narrow and that some children would therefore be excluded from the legal provision.
The aim of the essay is to investigate how the criterion of witnessing should be understood according to the preparatory works to the penalty provision on the offence and to examine whether the courts’ application of the criterion is consistent with how it is intended to be applied. The result of the investigation shows that the courts’ application of the criterion of witnessing is well in line with the statements made in the preparatory work for the penalty provision. However, it can be said that the concept is narrow and that not all situations where children experience domestic violence are covered by the penalty provision. (Less)
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- author
- Mellqvist, Viola LU
- supervisor
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- Mariya Senyk LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20232
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Straffrätt, criminal law
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9143271
- date added to LUP
- 2024-02-02 12:21:29
- date last changed
- 2024-02-02 12:21:29
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abstract = {{The criminalization of letting children witness domestic violence entered into force in Swedish law on 1 July 2021 and is thus a relatively new offence. It is found in Section 4. Chapter 3. in the Swedish Criminal Code and means that it is now a criminal offence to expose a child to witnessing domestic violence. The purpose of the penalty provision is to notice and give legislative protection to children who are exposed to witnessing domestic violence. The consultation instances were in favor to the legislative proposal. However, some of the consultation instances were critical to the construction of the criterion of witnessing. They expressed concern that the concept was too narrow and that some children would therefore be excluded from the legal provision.
The aim of the essay is to investigate how the criterion of witnessing should be understood according to the preparatory works to the penalty provision on the offence and to examine whether the courts’ application of the criterion is consistent with how it is intended to be applied. The result of the investigation shows that the courts’ application of the criterion of witnessing is well in line with the statements made in the preparatory work for the penalty provision. However, it can be said that the concept is narrow and that not all situations where children experience domestic violence are covered by the penalty provision.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Barnfridsbrott och rekvisitet bevittna}},
year = {{2023}},
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