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1	Offer och trovärdighet : En studie om hur offer och trovärdighet konstrueras efter införandet av den nya sexualbrottslagen / Victims and credibility : A study about how victims and credibility are constructed after the new sexual offence law Höglund, Kerstin January 2018 (has links) Abstract This study aims to describe and analyse how victims and credibility are constructed in the government bill and verdicts concerning the new sexual offence law in Sweden that became effective 1 July 2018. A qualitative content analyse has been used to answer the purpose of the study and the result has been analysed using Christies theory of the ideal victim. The results show that the construction of the victim is not consistent with Christies theory of the ideal victim. If the victim has acted with resistance is no longer considered significant. The perpetrator is described to have responsibility to assure that the victim participated with free will. However, victim reactions after the assault are described as important for the victims credibility. The victim is constructed as more credible if acting with sadness, crying and being jumpy. Results also show that it is important for the credibility that the victim leaves a consistent, truthful story and make a clear distinction of what is a clear memory and what is unsure. The main finding is that there has been a change in how the victim is constructed and what is needed for the victim to seem as credible. victim sexual offence law construction credibility ideal victim victimology offer sexualbrottslagstiftning konstruktion trovärdighet idealiskt offer viktimologi Social Work Socialt arbete Law and Society Juridik och samhälle

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Offer och trovärdighet : En studie om hur offer och trovärdighet konstrueras efter införandet av den nya sexualbrottslagen / Victims and credibility : A study about how victims and credibility are constructed after the new sexual offence law