Longer prison sentences for serious violent crime in Sweden
An evaluation of the 2010 sentencing reform. English summary of Brå report 2014:6
In 2010, the Swedish Parliament passed a bill focused on increasing the severity of the sentences imposed for serious violent offences. Brå (the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention) has evaluated what effect the sentencing reform had produced.
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- © Brottsförebyggande rådet 2014
- urn:nbn:se:bra-562
- Report 2014:6
About the study
This report presents the results of the evaluation, and is organised on the basis of three central research questions:
- Have the sentences imposed for serious violent offences become more severe
- Has there been an increase in the degree of variation in the length of the sentences imposed?
- Has the clarification of the requirement to consider recidivism produced any measurable effects?