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Law & order
Law & order

Sentences for serious gang-related crimes should be doubled.

Of the 8 Riksdag parties, 5 broadly agree and 2 broadly disagree.

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Riksdag parties

Liberalerna Liberalerna
Strongly agree
Därför ska vi fortsätta slå mot gängen, höja straffen för rekrytering av barn och utvisa fler gängkriminella utan svenskt medborgarskap.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Liberalerna on Law & order
Moderaterna Moderaterna
Strongly agree
krävs ett starkt brottsförebyggande arbete, hårda straff för brott i gängmiljö och omfattande befogenheter och resurser för rättsväsendet.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Moderaterna on Law & order
Miljöpartiet Miljöpartiet
Disagree
Samtidigt ser vi med oro på att flera av de åtgärder som Tidöpartierna föreslår innebär ökad repression i allmänhet och generella straffskärpningar för alla typer av brott.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Miljöpartiet on Law & order
Vänsterpartiet Vänsterpartiet
Disagree
Straff och andra påföljder för brott behöver vara noggrant utformade för att faktiskt leda till lägre brottslighet och inte förvärra problem.

Quote in Swedish, from the party’s programme

Vänsterpartiet on Law & order
Arguments

Common arguments on each side, written without party attribution.

For
  • Longer sentences keep convicted gang members off the streets, reducing immediate violence capacity.
  • Harsher penalties may deter recruitment by raising the expected cost of joining criminal networks.
  • Sweden’s sentencing for serious violence has historically been mild compared to many peer countries.
Against
  • Empirical evidence that sentence length deters violent crime is weak compared to certainty of detection.
  • Doubled sentences sharply raise prison costs without proportional public-safety gains in most studies.
  • Long sentences without effective rehabilitation can reinforce gang networks inside prisons.
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