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1. 1. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

   Författare :Moa Lidén; Minna Gräns; Peter Juslin; Steven Penrod; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal decision making; bias; confirmation bias; criminal cases; criminal procedure; police; prosecutor; judge; legal system; empirical legal research; evidence based law; debiasing technique; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

   Sammanfattning : Confirmation bias is a tendency to selectively search for and emphasize information that is consistent with a preferred hypothesis, whereas opposing information is ignored or downgraded. This thesis examines the role of confirmation bias in criminal cases, primarily focusing on the Swedish legal setting. LÄS MER

3. 2. Kriminaldårar : Sinnessjuka brottslingar och straffrihet i Sverige, ca 1850–1930

   Författare :Lars Garpenhag; John Rogers; Sofia Ling; Jenny Björkman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of psychiatry; history of crime and criminal justice; 19th century; 20th century; Sweden; forensic psychiatry; forensic medicine; criminal lunatics; asylum; patient records; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explain how the management of insane offenders operated and changed in Sweden in the approximate period 1850–1930. The investigation concerns primarily a level of practice, i.e. how insane offenders were treated in courts and insane asylums as a part of the everyday activities of these institutions. LÄS MER

4. 3. Påföljdsbestämningen i Sverige och straffutmålingen i Norge : med en studie av rättsfall från Högsta domstolen och Höyesterett

   Författare :Eva Stenborre; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminal proceedings; penal theories; sentencing; criminal law; criminal cases; straffrätt;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis is concerned with the penal theories. The general opinion is that it is neoclassicism that mainly motivates sentencing in Sweden but not in Norway. The penal theories concerning sentencing in Norway is supposed to be a combination of theories between general deterrence and special deterrence with elements of retribution. LÄS MER

5. 4. Skuld

   Författare :Samuel Cavallin; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminal; fault; guilt; concept of crime; culpa; subjective; objective; dolus; criminal proceedings; dolus ex re; praesumptio doli; intent; criminal law; mens rea; straffrätt;

   Sammanfattning : The description and explanation of the determination of mens rea, or fault, in this thesis begins so to speak, at the “shop-floor” of criminal law. The analysis is based on a survey of judgements of the Swedish courts of first instance for the years 1989-1992 in cases involving intentional killing, causing death through recklessness/negligence as well as gross assault, where such offences constituted the principal crimes. LÄS MER

7. 5. Stödbevisning i brottmål

   Författare :Katrin Lainpelto; Christian Diesen; Frank Lindblad; Dan Frände; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory of evidence; evidence law; evaluation of evidence; evidence; evidentiary facts; circumstantial evidence; auxiliary facts; corroborating evidence; the principle of free evaluation of evidence; equal treatment; legal certainty; reasons for a decision; conceptual analysis; epistemology; rationality; justification; precedent; processrätt; Procedural Law;

   Sammanfattning : Corroborating evidence is a modern evidence law concept used in furtherance of the administration of justice. The exact meaning of the term is, however, unclear, which is why the concept can be described as both vague and ambiguous. Accordingly, the aim of this thesis was to examine this type of evidence with the help of functional analysis. LÄS MER