Recruitment of children and young people

The election manifesto explicitly requires that schools and social services get better resources to work preventively and with child protection, and that focus is directed at preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime. The counter-proposal's requirement for early, coordinated action between school, social services and police is the same line. The party programme points out well-functioning schools and meaningful leisure as crucial for breaking destructive life paths.

• resources for school and social servicesdecisive»ge skolan bättre resurser för att stödja elever som behöver det för att klara betygen och förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“give schools better resources to support students who need it to pass grades and strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection.”
• stop new recruitment of children»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Certain penalties may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime.”
• school as crime prevention»välfungerande skolor, meningsfull fritid och full sysselsättning är« (party programme ↗)“well-functioning schools, meaningful leisure and full employment are”
• preventive action in leisure»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School and leisure activities need to be given better resources, likewise social services.”

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 commits to for every pound spent on more police, spending at least one pound on preventive work and points to cooperation between police, student health services, social services and school as decisive for breaking recruitment into crime. It also requires that school fulfils its compensatory mission and offensive measures against children being exploited by criminals. The counter-proposal's demand for early, coordinated measures with school at the centre is thus the plan's own line.

• equal amount to preventiondecisive»För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For every pound spent on more police, at least one pound should be spent on preventive work.”
• cooperation around young people»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More cooperation is needed between police, student health services, social services and school.”
• stopped recruitment into crime»Offensiva insatser mot nyrekrytering och utnyttjande av barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Offensive measures against recruitment into crime and exploitation of children and young people.”
• school's compensatory task»Goda förutsättningar för skolan att klara sin kompensatoriska uppgift.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for school to fulfil its compensatory task.”

The plan requires that school, social services and police cooperate closely to early identify children and young people at risk and give them strong support, and that preschool and school are crucial for preventing future crime. The counter-proposal's requirement for equivalent school, early coordinated efforts and better support to identify at-risk children is the same commitment. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• cooperation school social services policedecisive»Skola, socialtjänst och polis ska samarbeta nära för att tidigt identifiera barn och unga i riskzonen och erbjuda dem och deras familjer kraftfullt stöd.« (party programme ↗)“School, social services and police shall cooperate closely to early identify children and young people in risk and offer them and their families strong support.”
• school as crime prevention»Förebyggande insatser ska börja tidigt. Förskola och skola är avgörande för att stärka barn och motverka framtida kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Preventive efforts shall start early. Preschool and school are crucial for strengthening children and preventing future crime.”
• information sharing for children»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease confidentiality between local police, school, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no children fall through the cracks in preventive work.”
• prevention in vulnerable areas»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major effort on preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”

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 election manifesto makes preventive measures and an equivalent school central parts of the social contract and requires better measures that prevent recruitment into gangs. The plan also wants school staff to be trained and children at risk to be caught early. The counter-proposal's requirement for early, coordinated measures between school, social services and police is therefore a direct application of the party's own commitments.

• preventive measures and equivalent schooldecisive»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to strengthen Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire justice chain, invest in preventive measures and an equivalent school.”
• prevent recruitment to gangs»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better preventive measures that discourage recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons, and stricter sentences.”
• school as equality work»För det är i skolan som det första och största jämlikhetsarbetet sker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For it is in school that the first and greatest equality work takes place.”
• catch at-risk children early»För att snabbare fånga upp barn i riskzonen vill vi se handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck i alla skolor och bättre utbildning av personal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In order to catch at-risk children faster we want to see action plans against honour-based oppression in all schools and better staff training.”

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 plan makes a stronger school the central tool against recruitment into crime: criminality shall be stopped already in the classroom and the school shall always make police reports and concern reports when criminal activity is suspected. It also demands that police and social services as a main rule can exchange information and that social teams exist in vulnerable schools. The counter-proposal's demands for early, coordinated interventions and trained school personnel thus precisely align with the plan's line.

• school as crime preventiondecisive»Stoppa kriminaliteten redan i klassrummen. En starkare skola i Sveriges utsatta områden kommer göra att färre unga glider in i kriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop crime already in the classroom. A stronger school in Sweden's vulnerable areas will make fewer young people slide into crime.”
• school's reporting obligation»För att polis och socialtjänst alltid ska få kännedom om barn som är på fel väg i livet ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“So that police and social services always become aware of children who are heading in the wrong direction in life, the main rule shall be that the school always makes police reports and concern reports when criminal activity is suspected.”
• coordination of police and social services»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall more often share premises.”
• social teams in schools»sociala team på utsatta skolor som kan komma tillrätta med unga på glid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“social teams in vulnerable schools that can address young people who are sliding into crime”

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 establishes that the most important way to combat crime is through preventive measures and that social services, police and schools should have close cooperation to at an early stage prevent crime among children and young people. The election manifesto adds a national social action force and significantly strengthened student welfare. The counter-proposal's demands for early, coordinated measures and better support for schools to detect children at risk are therefore precisely what the plan asks for.

• cooperation school, social services and policedecisive»Socialtjänsten, polisen och skolan har en stor uppgift i« (party programme ↗)“Social services, police and schools have a large task in”
• preventive measures most important»Det viktigaste sättet att bekämpa brottslighet är genom förebyggande insatser och det är« (party programme ↗)“The most important way to combat crime is through preventive measures and it is”
• national social action force»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott. Inrätta en nationell social insatsstyrka, så det förebyggande arbetet stärks och blir mer lika i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen social measures and social services' opportunities for coercive action against children and young people who commit crime. Establish a national social action force, so the preventive work is strengthened and becomes more equal in the country.”
• significantly strengthened student welfare»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthened student welfare with a coordinated child and youth healthcare and parental support programme offered to all parents.”

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 promises over 50 crime-prevention reforms that specifically strengthen social services, schools, and substance abuse care, and wants to remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police and establish a national no entry programme for young people at risk. This is the same as the counter-proposal's requirement for early and coordinated efforts between schools, social services, and police. The plan also emphasizes that early intervention is crucial.

• no entry programme for young peopledecisive»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen i syfte att snabbt stoppa en påbörjad kriminell karriär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove confidentiality barriers between police and social services and establish a national no entry programme for young people at risk with the aim of quickly stop an incipient criminal career”
• crime prevention through schools»Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It involves over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools, and substance abuse care.”
• information sharing between authorities»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
• early intervention in schools»Forskning pekar på att tidiga insatser är avgörande för att höja kunskapsresultaten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Research shows that early intervention is crucial for raising knowledge results.”

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 requires that social services, schools and law enforcement get the ability to intervene with tougher action at an early stage and that social services' preventive efforts increase to catch young people going astray. The counter-proposal's demand for early coordinated action between schools, social services and police and training of school staff to detect gang recruitment is a direct application of this. The plan also wants to make school a sanctuary from gang culture.

• early interventionsdecisive»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and law enforcement the ability to intervene with tougher action at an early stage”
• preventive social services»Att socialtjänstens förebyggande insatser ska öka för att tidigt fånga upp ungdomar på glid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social services' preventive efforts should increase to catch young people going astray at an early stage”
• school free from gang culture»Skolan ska göras till en fristad genom särskild placering av kriminella elever och nolltolerans mot attribut med gängassociationer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School should be made into a sanctuary through special placement of criminal students and zero tolerance for attributes with gang associations.”
• sharp tools for young people in distress»Socialtjänsten behöver också verktyg att tidigare gå in med skarpa åtgärder när det kommer till unga som far illa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social services also needs tools to act earlier with sharp measures when it comes to young people in distress.”

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.