Youth Supervision

The plan warns that repression and harsher measures are held up as a solution instead of taking the problems seriously, and demands that focus is directed at preventing recruitment of children to crime. Expanding movement restrictions with weekend home arrest and lowering the threshold for removing the penalty for minor breaches goes in the opposite direction. The programme also establishes that growing surveillance should be countered and that the best interests of children should come first.

• repression does not solve criminalitydecisive»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All too often repression and harsher measures are held up as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
• prevention ahead of harsher penalties»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Some penalties may need to be raised but much more focus must be directed at preventing recruitment of new children to gang crime.”
• counter surveillanceweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär som skyddas på praktisk och principiell grund. Växande övervakning och registrering ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere that is protected on a practical and principled basis. Growing surveillance and registration should be countered.”
• best interests of children first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy should be shaped so that the best interests of children come first.”

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The election manifesto wants to toughen penalties for those who commit repeated and serious crimes and maintains the fight against criminality as uncompromising, which argues for stricter freedom restrictions and a lower threshold for removing the sentence for misconduct. At the same time the plan is based on far-reaching social measures and parents' participation, which qualifies but does not abolish the toughening line. The design of youth surveillance is not addressed in the documents.

• toughened penalties for repeated criminalitydecisive»för den som begår upprepade och allvarliga brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“for those who commit repeated and serious crimes”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös. Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against criminality shall be uncompromising. Society's full force shall be mobilized to push back crime”
• clear reaction to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must react clearly to crime and rule violations.”
• social measures for young people»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas. Vi vill se fler och mer långtgående sociala insatser och föräldrar ska vara skyldiga att medverka när deras barn behöver socialtjänstens åtgärder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person shall become criminal. New recruitment must be stopped. We want to see more and far-reaching social measures and parents shall be required to participate when their children need social services' interventions.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The counter-proposal wants to combine movement restrictions with home confinement and lower the threshold for removing the sanction. The plan's decisive commitment is that sanctions shall be rehabilitative and criminal care humane, and that young people deprived of liberty shall be met with reinforced care measures, education and release support. Therefore, increased restrictions without care content do not receive support, but the conclusion is uncertain.

• rehabilitative sanctionsdecisive»Brottspåföljder har både ett brottsförebyggande och ett rehabiliterande syfte. Kriminalvård ska vara human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska återfalla i kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal sanctions serve both a crime prevention and a rehabilitative purpose. Criminal care shall be humane and aim to ensure that the convicted person does not reoffend.”
• care content for young people»höja maxtiden för sluten ungdomsvård och förstärka vårdinsatser och utbildning under tiden den unge är frihetsberövad, samt införa en utslussningsverksamhet när straffet är avtjänat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the maximum time for closed youth care and reinforce care measures and education while the young person is deprived of liberty, as well as introduce release support activities when the sentence is served.”
• early support for young people»Barn i behov av särskilt stöd ska uppmärksammas och ges adekvat hjälp av bland annat skola, socialtjänst och sjukvård så tidigt som möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“Children in need of special support shall be identified and given adequate help from school, social services and health care, among others, as early as possible.”

The plan requires stricter penalties and harder actions against criminality combined with preventive measures, which speaks for sharper movement restrictions and clearer consequences for misconduct within youth supervision. At the same time, the party programme emphasizes that criminal policy shall stimulate the person who has committed a crime to a new life situation, which calls for caution. The sanction is not addressed in the plan, so the conclusion is uncertain.

• stricter penaltiesdecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not give way to gangs. To defeat them requires better preventive measures, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and stricter penalties.”
• stricter penalties and prevention»Sverige behöver fler poliser, hårdare straff och bättre förebyggande insatser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs more police, stricter penalties and better preventive measures”
• rehabilitation as goal»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy shall therefore both prevent and deter from crime, support those affected by crime and stimulate those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without criminality.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto requires earlier, clearer and tougher measures against young people sliding into crime and wants to extend the maximum care time for closed youth care. The party programme wants repeated crime to result in stricter punishment. Tightened movement restrictions with weekend imprisonment and a lower threshold for removing the sanction if misconduct occurs is thereby in the plan's direction.

• tougher measures against young peopledecisive»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent and stop young people sliding into crime must be introduced.”
• tightened youth sanctions»Den maximala vårdtiden för sluten ungdomsvård ska förlängas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The maximum care time for closed youth care shall be extended”
• reoffending results in stricter punishment»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff« (party programme ↗)“The penalty system shall be changed so that reoffending and repeated crime result in stricter punishment”
• early clear measures»Tidiga och tydliga insatser för unga brottslingar ökar möjligheten att bryta ett kriminellt beteende.« (party programme ↗)“Early and clear measures for young offenders increase the possibility of breaking criminal behaviour.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to strengthen social services' possibilities for compulsory measures against young people who commit crimes, which entails a tightening of youth supervision with weekend arrest and lower threshold for misconduct. The plan moreover requires fast and predictable reactions and increased detection risk. That special youth sanctions should not be used for adults follows from community service and youth sanctions in the plan being tied to young people.

• compulsory measures against young peopledecisive»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen social services and social services' possibilities for compulsory measures against children and young people who commit crimes.”
• predictable reactions»förutsägbara reaktioner som är förankrade i en human och tydlig lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“predictable reactions that are grounded in a human and clear legislation.”
• increased detection risk»snabb reaktion på begångna brott och en ökad upptäcktsrisk för förövarna är viktigt.« (party programme ↗)“swift reaction to committed crimes and increased detection risk for perpetrators is important.”
• youth sanctions for young people»Samhällstjänst ska alltid övervägas i första hand« (party programme ↗)“Community service shall always be considered first”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto removes all sentence reductions for those who have turned 18, which directly supports that youth sanctions should not be used for adults. The plan also wishes to see early and clear consequences for young offenders, more remand detentions for serious crimes and new possibilities for monitoring with electronic tagging. Stricter movement restrictions and a lower threshold for misconduct thus align with the plan's direction.

• no sentence reduction after age 18decisive»Ta bort alla straffrabatter för den som fyllt 18 år och slopa dagens mängdrabatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all sentence reductions for those who have turned 18 and abolish today's quantity reductions”
• early and clear consequences»men att de som ändå väljer den brottsliga vägen ska mötas av tidiga och tydliga konsekvenser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but those who still choose the criminal path shall be met with early and clear consequences.”
• expanded movement monitoring»Införa en helt ny möjlighet till långtidsövervakning med fotboja« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce an entirely new possibility for long-term monitoring with electronic tagging”
• harsher response for reoffending risk»Se till att fler unga lagöverträdare häktas när det rör sig om allvarliga brott och det finns risk för återfall« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that more young offenders are remanded when it concerns serious crimes and there is risk of reoffending”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan wishes to give social services, schools and the justice system the opportunity to intervene with a tougher hand at an early stage and explicitly opens the possibility of restricting freedom of movement for young people in criminal environments. It also rejects reduced sentences for those who committed a brutal act when young. Combining movement restrictions with home confinement at weekends and lowering the threshold for removing the sentence upon misconduct aligns with this direction. The committee's reference to ongoing investigation is not affected.

• early and sharp interventionsdecisive»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system the opportunity to intervene with a tougher hand at an early stage”
• restricted freedom of movement»att begränsa rörelsefriheten för gängaktiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“restrict freedom of movement for gang-active individuals”
• no sentence reductions for the young»Straffrabatter för den som begått flerfaldig brottslighet eller begått en rå gärning som ung ska tas bort« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sentence reductions for those who have committed multiple offences or committed a brutal act when young shall be removed”
• swift consistent punishment»lagöverträdelser bestraffas snabbt och konsekvent« (party programme ↗)“law violations are punished swiftly and consistently”