Essays about: "Swedish Sexual Offense law"

Found 2 essays containing the words Swedish Sexual Offense law.

  1. 1. A culture of consent - but to what extent? A qualitative interview study in Sweden on how the legislators' ambitions to create a consent culture could be achieved and manifested in practice.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Seitz; [2022]
    Keywords : Consent; Consent Culture; Changing Norms and Culture; Communicative Action; Lifeworld and System; Legislation; Swedish Sexual Offense law; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In May 2018, the Swedish Parliament voted in favor of a Sexual Offense legislation based on voluntariness and the new law came into force on the first of July. In the proposal to change the legislation, the government claimed that a new consent culture must be established. READ MORE

  3. 2. How rape myths are used in Swedish child rape court cases in comparison with adults : A critical discourse analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Umeå universitet/Juridiskt forum

    Author : Evelina Karhu; [2017]
    Keywords : rape; child; rape myths;

    Abstract : A commonality in rape trials is that the legal system is colored by myths and norms – more specifically ‘rape myths’. These myths includes the perception of ‘men as more sex needing’, ‘rape victim brought the offense on themselves’ and so forth. READ MORE