Säkerhetsstraff - en påföljd för brottsoffer eller politiska poäng? En kritisk granskning av förslaget om en ny tidsobestämd påföljd utifrån proportionalitet och brottsofferperspektiv.
(2025) LAGF03 20251Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- The Inquiry on Sanctions, Recidivism and Enforcement left a proposal to introduce a new sanction through their report SOU 2024:48. The sanction is an indefinite custodial sentence with a preventative structure and is meant to counteract recidivism and ensure protection of members of society against serious crime. The proposed sanction is called 'security penalty' in Swedish and is supposed to be imposed in a limited number of qualified situations where the need for societal protection is particularly evident. The preventive structure of the sentence implies that, when imposing it, account is taken of both the severity of the offence committed and the offender’s risk of reoffending after serving the sentence. The preventive as well as... (More)
- The Inquiry on Sanctions, Recidivism and Enforcement left a proposal to introduce a new sanction through their report SOU 2024:48. The sanction is an indefinite custodial sentence with a preventative structure and is meant to counteract recidivism and ensure protection of members of society against serious crime. The proposed sanction is called 'security penalty' in Swedish and is supposed to be imposed in a limited number of qualified situations where the need for societal protection is particularly evident. The preventive structure of the sentence implies that, when imposing it, account is taken of both the severity of the offence committed and the offender’s risk of reoffending after serving the sentence. The preventive as well as intrusive nature of the ‘security penalty’ raises questions about its compatibility with principles of law and its effectiveness in achieving its objectives, namely the need to protect society from recidivism. This paper critically examines the proposal from the perspective of the principle of proportionality and the victim of the crime. The principle of proportionality is applied from two angles; the constitutional proportionality as set out in the Swedish constitution, and the proportionality of criminal law, applied when deciding on penalty scales as well as in determination of penalties in individual cases. The victim of crime’s perspective involves many different interests, in this paper, the interest of the victim’s rectification is particularly emphasised. Rectification can include many things, but especially the distribution of blame to recognize the victim, as a victim of serious crime. There are different ways of presenting a victim of crime perspective. In the case of the proposed sanction, it has the most importance for potential victims. The paper further tests the ‘security penalty’ in a case study against a highly topical case of serial rape. The conclusion of this case study is that the sentence could not have been imposed since the total penal value of the offence in the case was not serious enough to impose a ‘security penalty’.
The critical examination of the ‘security penalty’ leads to several conclusions about the proposed sanction. Such as whether the penalty covers the situations to which it aims, and whether the penalty is sufficient in relation to its objectives to be as intrusive as it is. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Utredningen om påföljder återfall och verkställighet lämnade genom sitt betänkande, SOU 2024:48, ett förslag om en ny tidsobestämd frihetsberövande påföljd med preventiv utformning som en del av arbetet mot återfallsbrottsligheten. Straffet kallas för säkerhetsstraff och ska gå att utdöma i ett begränsat antal kvalificerade situationer där behovet av samhällsskydd är särskilt påtagligt. Påföljdens preventiva utformning innebär att det vid utdömandet beaktas dels straffvärdet för den begångna brottsligheten, dels den dömdes risk att återfalla i brottslighet efter avtjänat straff. Säkerhetsstraffets preventiva och ingripande karaktär aktualiserar frågor om dess förenlighet med dels gällande rätt, dels effektiviteten att uppfylla sina syften,... (More)
- Utredningen om påföljder återfall och verkställighet lämnade genom sitt betänkande, SOU 2024:48, ett förslag om en ny tidsobestämd frihetsberövande påföljd med preventiv utformning som en del av arbetet mot återfallsbrottsligheten. Straffet kallas för säkerhetsstraff och ska gå att utdöma i ett begränsat antal kvalificerade situationer där behovet av samhällsskydd är särskilt påtagligt. Påföljdens preventiva utformning innebär att det vid utdömandet beaktas dels straffvärdet för den begångna brottsligheten, dels den dömdes risk att återfalla i brottslighet efter avtjänat straff. Säkerhetsstraffets preventiva och ingripande karaktär aktualiserar frågor om dess förenlighet med dels gällande rätt, dels effektiviteten att uppfylla sina syften, det vill säga behovet av samhällsskydd. Uppsatsen granskar kritiskt förslaget utifrån proportionalitetsprincipen respektive brottsofferperspektiv. Proportionalitetsprincipen görs gällande utifrån två vinklar, dels den konstitutionella proportionaliteten som framgår av 2 kap. 21 RF, dels den straffrättsliga som görs gällande vid beslut om straffskalor, liksom i påföljdsbestämningen i det enskilda fallet. Brottsofferperspektivet innefattar många olika intressen, i uppsatsen görs särskilt brottsoffrets intresse av upprättelse gällande. Upprättelse kan innebära mycket, men särskilt utdelning av klander. Det finns olika sätt att presentera ett brottsofferperspektiv, vad gäller säkerhetsstraffet får det störst betydelse för potentiella brottsoffer, och inte i samma utsträckning för konkreta brottsoffer. Uppsatsen prövar vidare säkerhetsstraffet mot ett högaktuellt serievåldtäktsfall. Slutsatsen blir att straffet inte hade kunnat utdömas på grund av att det samlade straffvärdet för brottsligheten i fallet inte var tillräckligt allvarlig för att utdöma ett säkerhetsstraff.
Den kritiska granskningen utmynnar i ett antal slutsatser om säkerhetsstraffet, så som huruvida påföljden faktiskt omfattar de situationer som den avser, samt om påföljden är tillräckligt effektiv i förhållande till sina syften för att vara så ingripande som den är. (Less)
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- author
- Angelin, Molly LU
- supervisor
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- Karol Nowak LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Straffrätt, rättsvetenskap, påföljder, straffvärde, brottsoffer, brottsofferperspektiv, proportionalitet, säkerhetsstraff
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9191954
- date added to LUP
- 2026-02-10 10:49:42
- date last changed
- 2026-02-10 10:49:42
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The critical examination of the ‘security penalty’ leads to several conclusions about the proposed sanction. Such as whether the penalty covers the situations to which it aims, and whether the penalty is sufficient in relation to its objectives to be as intrusive as it is.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Säkerhetsstraff - en påföljd för brottsoffer eller politiska poäng? En kritisk granskning av förslaget om en ny tidsobestämd påföljd utifrån proportionalitet och brottsofferperspektiv.}},
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