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Crime among persons born in Sweden and other countries

English summary of Brå report 2005:17

The objective of this study is to update the picture of registered crime among immigrants that has been presented in previous research.

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    Peter Martens, Stina Holmberg
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    © Brottsförebyggande rådet 2005
    urn:nbn:se:bra-209
    Report 2005:17

    About the study

    The primary intention has been to compare the findings from an earlier study conducted by the National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) with corresponding data from more recent years. The most recent findings available on persons suspected of offences relate to the period up to and including the year 1989. Since this time, almost 300,000 refugees have arrived in Sweden. The number of persons born in Sweden to one or two parents who were themselves born abroad has also increased. At the same time, the recession of the 1990s has involved increased levels of problems for these groups. The proportion within these groups who were unemployed and dependant on welfare benefits increased, as did levels of residential segregation.

    It is against this background that the National Council decided it was warranted to investigate how these factors have affected the extent to which persons from an overseas background are registered as suspects in connection with criminal offences. The crime period examined covers the five years between 1997 and 2001 inclusive, i.e. the period twelve years subsequent to that previously studied by the Council (1985-1989). The study relates only to persons registered as resident in Sweden during the period in question, and not to persons who only stayed in Sweden on a temporary basis.