sou-2015-52-rapport-fran-bergwallkommissionen

Summary SOU 2015:52of proceedings, and that weaknesses in the evidence should lead tothe prosecution being dismissed.Despite the fact that expert statements usually have a major impacton the courts’ assessment of the evidence, expert statementscited in court are not quality-assured. The possibility of establishinga system of quality assurance of expert statements should beinvestigated.We consider that central government and the county councilsneed to devote greater attention to forensic psychiatry and compulsorypsychiatric care. Knowledge development needs to be reinforced.The Government should instruct the Swedish ResearchCouncil to review forensic psychiatric research in Sweden from aninternational perspective. The Government should also instruct theSwedish Council on Health Technology Assessment to look at theareas of forensic psychiatry in which there is a need for systematicknowledge reviews.A background memorandum by Kjell Asplund is also attachedto the report.28