Statistics from Swedish Crime Prevention Council show that foreign-born people are two and a half times more likely than those with Swedish-born parents to be registered for suspected crime (Martens & Holmberg, 2005). The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the suspects name is of significance when making a legal assessment and whether a person with a foreign name is punished more severely than a person with a Swedish name who has committed a similar crime. A vignette study that included two identical cases was conducted, the only difference between them was the person's name (Swedish vs foreign). After reading the case, the respondents answered legally relevant questions about what they had just read. The result showed that name affect a legal assessment. The biggest difference was in the question of punishment where those with a foreign name were considered to deserve a harsher punishment than those with a Swedish name. For other questions, the difference was small. The prejudices that occur may be related to how the cognitive system works and the need to belong to social groups (Diesen et al., 2005). Keywords: Crime, stereotypes, prejudices
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-91968 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Håkansdotter, Agnes |
| Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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