NSfK:s 47th Research Seminar Oslo, Norway 2005 - Scandinavian ...

inmates, do not trust the inmates, do not show weakness in front of inmates. In both cultures
stereotypical social representations of “the other” is created.
Criminally Queer: Homosexuality and the Law in Modern
Scandinavia – a Historical Perspective 4
Mustola, Kati
The last 150 years are characterized by a tension between, on the one hand, a homophobic
tendency to identify, control, and punish, later merely to discriminate against homosexuals,
and on the other hand, a drive toward liberalizing criminal legislation and introducing new
laws in order to protect the civil rights of homosexual citizens and to promote sexual equality
in the Nordic countries. A recurrent pattern of progress by degrees can be seen in legislative
development, beginning with a redefinition and then decriminalization of homosexual acts
between consenting adults, followed by the passing of anti-discrimination laws and then by
statutes regulating partnerships, where the Scandinavian countries where leading the way in
introducing the concept of registered partnership for same-sex couples.
In all Nordic countries, except for Sweden, the issues that remain unresolved and that are
targeted in public debates revolve around homosexual parenting. Sweden is the only
Scandinavian country to grant same-sex couples full adoption rights and to give female
couples full access to assisted reproduction.
The focal point of the discourse has changed during the last 150 years, but homosexuality, in
one form or another, still lives on as a divisive issue in societal debates and is targeted in legal
reforms. The legal situation of homosexuals and the attitudes among the general population
towards them are the litmus test of liberal tolerance in individual societies.
Knowledge-based crime prevention.
Theoretical points of departure for practical crime prevention
Sarnecki, Jerzy
Under 2004 arbetade man i Stockholms kommun med en plan för brottsförebyggande arbete. I
samband med detta ombads artikelförfattaren att utarbeta på kriminologisk forskning baserade
utgångspunkter för denna plan. Föreliggande artikel är utgör sammanfattning av dessa
utgångspunkter.
Vid planering av brottsprevention måste man hålla i minnet att brottspreventiva effekter inte
sällan uppstår i aktiviteter och förhållande som inte har brottsprevention som huvudsyfte.
Samtidigt ger ofta de aktiviteter som har brottspreventiva syften inte brottspreventiva effekter.
Här görs en bred definition av brottsprevention som inte endast omfattar åtgärder/förhållanden
som minskar sannolikheten för brott utan också åtgärder som syftar till att minska skador av
4 This paper is based on a book manuscript carrying the same title. The book is a joint effort of five Scandinavian
scholars: Thorgerdur Thorvaldsdóttir (Iceland), Jens Rydström (Sweden) Wilhelm von Rosen (Denmark), Martin
Halsos (Norway) and me (Finland). NSfK has financially helped the book project.
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