Kriminologi I, Metod I

Forskningsområde: Felaktigt dömda och resning i brottmål

När en person som har blivit dömd för ett brott anser sig ha blivit felaktigt dömd kan denne ansöka om att få resning, vilket benämns som resning till förmån för den tilltalade. Om resning beviljas innebär det att den gamla domen kan upphävas och det finns möjlighet att den dömde får en mildare påföljd eller blir frikänd. Resning kan också ske till nackdel för den tilltalade och innebär att en person som tidigare blivit friad från brottsmisstankar kan bli åtalad för samma brott igen.

I mitt avhandlingsprojekt undersöker jag det svenska resningsförfarandet i brottmål och vilka som fått, respektive inte fått, status som ”felaktigt dömda”. Detta görs genom att studera flödet av resningsmål, från ansökan till ett eventuellt frikännande, om detta resningsflöde förändrats över tid och hur det kan relateras till andra kriminalpolitiska diskurser. Utgångspunkten är ett tvärvetenskapligt angreppssätt där kriminologi kombineras med inslag av bl.a. rättssociologi, juridik och psykologi.

 

Publikationer

Hellqvist, S. (2021). Access to Justice for Wrongful Conviction Claimants in Sweden Nordic Journal of Human Rights 39 (3), 320-338.

Hellqvist, S. (2019). Vad står på spel när rättsväsendet gör fel? Några perspektiv på offerskapande inom forskningsfältet ”the victimology of wrongful convictions” Att odla kriminologi, 101-113.

Hellqvist, S. (2017). The Narrow Road to Exoneration - the Incidence, Characteristics and Outcomes of Wrongful Conviction Claims in Sweden over a One-Year Period Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice 5 (2), 131-153.

Sundling, C., Nilsson, M., Hellqvist, S., Pendrill, L. R., R, E., & Berglund, B. (2015). Travel behaviour change in old age: the role of critical incidents in public transport. European Journal of Aging.

Hellqvist, S. (2015). Felaktiga domar och resning i brottmål – ett resningsinstitut för vem? Paper presented at The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (NSfK), Stavern, Norway, May 2015.

Hellqvist, S. (2014). Sociala insatsgrupper i Huddinge kommun. Utvärdering av ett projekt riktat mot unga i riskzon för en kriminell livsstil. FoU Södertörns skriftserie nr 131/14.

I urval från Stockholms universitets publikationsdatabas

• Vad står på spel när rättsväsendet gör fel? Några perspektiv på offerskapande inom forskningsfältet ”the victimology of wrongful convictions”

  2019. Sara Hellqvist. Att odla kriminologi, 101-113

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• Access to Justice for Wrongful Conviction Claimants in Sweden

  2021. Sara Hellqvist. Nordic Journal of Human Rights 39 (3), 320-338

  Artikel

  Although there is no common right to contest convictions in Europe, the prevention of miscarriages of justice plays a central part within the European legal framework and the formulation of human rights, and scholars have described the conviction of innocents as one of the biggest justice gaps in contemporary society. However, little attention has been focused on directing a critical gaze at the legal path individuals are obliged to take towards possible exoneration, i.e. the post-conviction review process. Drawing on legal claims relating to potentially wrongful convictions in Sweden, the aim of this article is to examine the accessibility of this remedy. The findings were studied through the lens of access-to-justice theory and illustrate the difficulties these persons have formulating a satisfactory application unless they receive legal support. This suggests that, in practice, having access to the review remedy is in many cases equivalent to having access to legal assistance. Yet convicted persons are generally not entitled to any legal support once the appellate procedure has come to an end. The worst-case scenario is that a lack of resources may result in potentially innocent persons remaining convicted for crimes they have not committed.

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• The Narrow Road to Exoneration - the Incidence, Characteristics and Outcomes of Wrongful Conviction Claims in Sweden over a One-Year Period

  2017. Sara Hellqvist. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice 5 (2), 131-153

  Artikel

  One way of investigating the phenomenon of wrongful convictions is to study the road to exoneration. In some respects, the post-conviction review process lies at the heart of the wrongful conviction issue, since this is where alleged miscarriages of justice are either acknowledged or rejected. However, the number and characteristics of the criminal cases that pass through the Swedish post-conviction review process are unknown. Against this background, the overarching objective of the present article is to provide an empirical basis for an informed discussion of wrongful convictions. More specifically, this article examines wrongful conviction claims and the judicial outcomes of these claims over a one-year period. The findings are discussed in relation to the view that the operation of the post-conviction process may be understood as a means by which the legal system may preserve its legitimacy. It is also discussed why there is a need for more transparency in this particular part of the criminal justice system.

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• Travel behaviour change in old age

  2016. Catherine Sundling (et al.). European Journal of Ageing 13 (1), 75-83

  Artikel

  Older people’s travel behaviour is affected by negative or positive critical incidents in the public transport environment. With the objective of identifying such incidents during whole trips and examining how travel behaviour had changed, we have conducted in-depth interviews with 30 participants aged 65–91 years in the County of Stockholm, Sweden. Out of 469 incidents identified, 77 were reported to have resulted in travel behaviour change, 67 of them in a negative way. Most critical incidents were encountered in the physical environment on-board vehicles and at stations/stops as well as in pricing/ticketing. The findings show that more personal assistance, better driving behaviour, and swift maintenance of elevators and escalators are key facilitators that would improve predictability in travelling and enhance vulnerable older travellers’ feeling of security. The results demonstrate the benefit of involving different groups of end users in future planning and design, such that transport systems would meet the various needs of its end users.

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