Frihet eller förbud? - En komparativ analys av regleringen av sexköp och prostitution i Sverige och Nederländerna
(2024) LAGF03 20242Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Sverige blev 1999 första landet i världen att kriminalisera sexköp, men inte prostitution. Året efter lyftes bordellförbudet i Nederländerna. Syftet med denna uppsats är att ur ett kritiskt och komparativt perspektiv utreda de kriminalpolitiska skälen bakom Sveriges beslut att kriminalisera sexköp och Nederländernas beslut att avkriminalisera bordeller. Det tillämpas dels en rättsdogmatisk metod, dels en komparativ metod med grund i funktion-alitetsprincipen. Sexköpskriminaliseringen utreds utifrån principen om godtagbart skyddsintresse, skadeprincipen, effektivitetsprincipen och principen om ultima ratio.
I Sverige ses sexköpslagen som ett viktigt verktyg för att bekämpa människohandeln. Prostitutionen anses utgöra en del av mäns våld... (More) - Sverige blev 1999 första landet i världen att kriminalisera sexköp, men inte prostitution. Året efter lyftes bordellförbudet i Nederländerna. Syftet med denna uppsats är att ur ett kritiskt och komparativt perspektiv utreda de kriminalpolitiska skälen bakom Sveriges beslut att kriminalisera sexköp och Nederländernas beslut att avkriminalisera bordeller. Det tillämpas dels en rättsdogmatisk metod, dels en komparativ metod med grund i funktion-alitetsprincipen. Sexköpskriminaliseringen utreds utifrån principen om godtagbart skyddsintresse, skadeprincipen, effektivitetsprincipen och principen om ultima ratio.
I Sverige ses sexköpslagen som ett viktigt verktyg för att bekämpa människohandeln. Prostitutionen anses utgöra en del av mäns våld mot kvinnor, och sexköp anses upprätthålla den ojämlika synen på könen. Främst avser kriminaliseringen att skydda allmänna intressen, med målet att markera samhällets förakt mot prostitution. Nederländerna strävar efter att skapa en öppen och avstigmatiserad prostitution, vilket ses som ett yrke i behov av extra reglering. Detta görs genom skydd av sexarbetares rättigheter, kontroll och reglering av bordeller och ökad kontroll över sexarbetares arbetsförhållanden. Syftet är att minska olaglig verksamhet samt människohandel.
Uppsatsen landar i slutsatsen att Sverige och Nederländerna haft många gemensamma syften som uppfylls genom olika metoder. Sverige kriminaliserar sexköp i syfte att bli av med prostitutionen medan Nederländerna strävar efter en mer pragmatisk och realistisk syn på prostitution som ett fenomen som existerar oavsett lagstiftarens värderingar. Den svenska mo-dellen ifrågasätts eftersom den driver prostitutionen under jord och försvå-rar för en redan utsatt grupp, samtidigt som den nederländska metoden varit ineffektiv i att motverka olaglig verksamhet och avstigmatisera sexarbete. (Less) - Abstract
- In 1999, Sweden became the first country in the world to criminalize the purchase of sex, but not prostitution. The following year, the brothel ban was lifted in the Netherlands. This essay aims to investigate, from a critical and comparative perspective, the criminal-political reasons behind Sweden’s decision to criminalize the purchase of sex and the Netherlands’ decision to decriminalize brothels and regulate prostitution and the purchase of sex. A doctrinal legal research method is applied, as well as a comparative method based on the principle of functionality. The criminalization of the purchase of sex is investigated based on the principle of protection of a legitimate interest, the harm principle, the principle of effectiveness,... (More)
- In 1999, Sweden became the first country in the world to criminalize the purchase of sex, but not prostitution. The following year, the brothel ban was lifted in the Netherlands. This essay aims to investigate, from a critical and comparative perspective, the criminal-political reasons behind Sweden’s decision to criminalize the purchase of sex and the Netherlands’ decision to decriminalize brothels and regulate prostitution and the purchase of sex. A doctrinal legal research method is applied, as well as a comparative method based on the principle of functionality. The criminalization of the purchase of sex is investigated based on the principle of protection of a legitimate interest, the harm principle, the principle of effectiveness, and the principle of ultima ratio.
In Sweden, the Sex Purchase Act is seen as an important tool for combat-ting human trafficking. Prostitution is considered to be a part of men’s violence against women, and the purchase of sex maintains the unequal view of the sexes. Primarily, the criminalization aims to protect public interests by highlighting society’s disdain for prostitution. The Netherlands strives to create an open and destigmatized prostitution, which is seen as a profession in need of extra regulation. This is done by protecting sex workers’ rights, controlling and regulating brothels, and increasing control over sex workers’ working conditions. The aim is to reduce illegal activity and human trafficking.
The essay concludes that Sweden and the Netherlands have had many common goals fulfilled through different methods. Sweden criminalizes the purchase of sex to get rid of prostitution. At the same time, the Nether-lands strives for a more pragmatic and realistic view of prostitution as a phenomenon that exists regardless of the legislators’ values. The Swedish model is questioned because it drives prostitution underground and makes it more difficult for an already vulnerable group. At the same time, the Dutch method has been ineffective in combatting illegal activities and destigmatizing sex work. (Less)
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- Dino, Dilin LU
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- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20242
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Straffrätt, Prostitution, Sexköp, Människohandel, Kriminaliseringsprinciper, Sexköpskriminalisering
- language
- Swedish
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- 9179964
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- 2025-03-20 13:55:28
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abstract = {{In 1999, Sweden became the first country in the world to criminalize the purchase of sex, but not prostitution. The following year, the brothel ban was lifted in the Netherlands. This essay aims to investigate, from a critical and comparative perspective, the criminal-political reasons behind Sweden’s decision to criminalize the purchase of sex and the Netherlands’ decision to decriminalize brothels and regulate prostitution and the purchase of sex. A doctrinal legal research method is applied, as well as a comparative method based on the principle of functionality. The criminalization of the purchase of sex is investigated based on the principle of protection of a legitimate interest, the harm principle, the principle of effectiveness, and the principle of ultima ratio.
In Sweden, the Sex Purchase Act is seen as an important tool for combat-ting human trafficking. Prostitution is considered to be a part of men’s violence against women, and the purchase of sex maintains the unequal view of the sexes. Primarily, the criminalization aims to protect public interests by highlighting society’s disdain for prostitution. The Netherlands strives to create an open and destigmatized prostitution, which is seen as a profession in need of extra regulation. This is done by protecting sex workers’ rights, controlling and regulating brothels, and increasing control over sex workers’ working conditions. The aim is to reduce illegal activity and human trafficking.
The essay concludes that Sweden and the Netherlands have had many common goals fulfilled through different methods. Sweden criminalizes the purchase of sex to get rid of prostitution. At the same time, the Nether-lands strives for a more pragmatic and realistic view of prostitution as a phenomenon that exists regardless of the legislators’ values. The Swedish model is questioned because it drives prostitution underground and makes it more difficult for an already vulnerable group. At the same time, the Dutch method has been ineffective in combatting illegal activities and destigmatizing sex work.}},
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