Deradicalization activities

The plan explicitly lists an effective exit program among the measures crime should be addressed with. A demand for additional political steering to quickly get a well-functioning exit program in place is therefore exactly what the plan seeks. The plan furthermore emphasizes that work against recruitment to gang crime must be prioritized and given resources.

• effective exit programdecisive»Kriminaliteten behöver mötas både med ett fungerande och närvarande rättssystem som fler patrullerande poliser, arbete mot narkotikahandel, kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crime needs to be met both with a functioning and present justice system with more patrolling police, work against drug trafficking, fight against access to illegal firearms and an effective exit program”
• break gang recruitment»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 toward preventing the recruitment of new children to gang crime.”
• resources for preventive work»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and leisure activities need better resources, as does social services.”

The plan wants to stem the flow back into crime and mobilise society's full strength, with more and more far-reaching social initiatives and a strengthened social service. Functioning exit support is precisely a tool for breaking ties to criminal environments. Further political steering to quickly get activities in place therefore lies along the plan's line, even though exit activities are not mentioned by name.

• stem the flow back to crimedecisive»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös. Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella, kapa återväxten in i kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising. Society's full strength shall be mobilised to push back the criminals, stem the flow back into crime and increase security.”
• far-reaching social initiatives»Vi vill se fler och mer långtgående sociala insatser och föräldrar ska vara skyldiga att medverka när deras barn behöver socialtjänstens åtgärder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more and more far-reaching social initiatives and parents shall be required to participate when their children need social services interventions.”
• strengthened social services»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services are strengthened is central to catching young people in time.”
• social crime prevention»Men den långsiktigt bästa brottsbekämpningen är att bygga ett samhälle där de sociala klyftorna är små, där alla har rätt till ett arbete och där barn och ungdomar har trygga uppväxtvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“But the best long-term crime prevention is to build a society where social inequalities are small, where everyone has the right to work and where children and young people have secure upbringing conditions.”

The plan establishes that it should become easier to break free from the gangs' destructive life and wants to introduce exit assistance programs when the sentence is served. It links this to a major investment in preventive work in disadvantaged areas. The demand for additional political guidance to quickly get a functioning exit assistance program in place is thereby supported in substance.

• easier to leave gangsdecisive»gör det lättare att bryta sig fri från deras destruktiva liv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make it easier to break free from their destructive life”
• exit assistance after sentence served»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 duration of closed youth care and strengthen care and education while the young person is deprived of liberty, and introduce exit assistance programs when the sentence is served.”
• prevention in disadvantaged areas»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest heavily in preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”

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 party programme establishes that criminal policy shall stimulate those who have committed crimes to a new life situation without criminality, which is precisely exit programmes' task. The election manifesto complements this with demands for better measures preventing recruitment and more resources to the justice chain. The plan therefore speaks for functioning exit programmes quickly coming into place throughout the country.

• the way out of criminalitydecisive»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 should therefore both prevent and deter crime, support crime victims and stimulate those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without criminality.”
• action against gangs»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 yield to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures preventing recruitment, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and criminal justice and harsher sentences.”
• preventive measures prioritized»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.”

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 explicitly requires that a national exit programme be introduced so that more can leave a criminal life. The counter-proposal's requirement for further political control to quickly get a functioning exit operation in place is the same thing in substance. The party programme also presupposes a criminal justice system and a civil society that gives the individual conditions to break with a criminal lifestyle.

• national exit programmedecisive»Ett nationellt avhopparprogram ska införas för att fler ska kunna lämna ett kriminellt liv bakom sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A national exit programme shall be introduced so that more can leave a criminal life behind.”
• break criminal lifestyle»en kriminalvård som ger individen förutsättningar att bryta med en kriminell« (party programme ↗)“a criminal justice system that gives the individual conditions to break with a criminal”
• path back after punishment»Den som avtjänat sitt straff ska få ökade möjligheter till ett tidsbegränsat jobb med offentligt stöd« (party programme ↗)“Those who have served their sentence should be given increased opportunities for a time-limited job with public support”
• no one condemned to remain criminal»Ingen människa föds kriminell eller är dömd att förbli kriminell.« (party programme ↗)“No person is born criminal or condemned to remain criminal.”

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 explicitly demands a national exit programme, which is exactly what the counter-proposal wants to see quickly in place with additional political direction. The plan moreover demands that society support the convicted so that relapse is avoided and that voluntary organizations are encouraged in this work. The requirement thus directly corresponds to an explicit commitment.

• national exit programmedecisive»Förebygg brott genom att stärka föreningslivet samt inrättande av mentorskapsprogram och nationellt avhopparprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime by strengthening civil society and establishing mentorship programmes and a national exit programme.”
• re-entry into society»för att denne efter avtjänat straff ska kunna återinträda i samhället och inte återfalla i brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“so that this person after serving their sentence can re-enter society and not relapse into crime.”
• break gang recruitment»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize status symbols of criminals and thereby combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime.”
• the role of voluntary organizations»Frivilligorganisationerna ska uppmuntras att vara« (party programme ↗)“Voluntary organizations shall be encouraged to be”

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 explicitly promises a national exit programme for gang criminals as part of a broad crime prevention package. The counter-proposal's demand for additional political direction to quickly get a functioning exit activity in place is thus the plan's own line. The plan sees gangs as a system threat that requires more to disappear from the street.

• national exit programmedecisive»Inrätta ett nationellt kunskapscentrum för brottsprevention och ett nationellt avhopparprogram för gängkriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national knowledge centre for crime prevention and a national exit programme for gang criminals”
• comprehensive crime prevention reform»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moderaterna will therefore carry out the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times.”
• gangs as system threat»Gängen är Sveriges inhemska terrorister – och lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists – and the legislation must be adapted accordingly so that more are held to account and disappear from the street.”
• incarceration first in short term»På kort sikt är den mest effektiva brottsförebyggande åtgärden att sätta fler gängkriminella i fängelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the short term, the most effective crime prevention measure is to put more gang criminals in prison.”

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 states that few political measures are too far-reaching to push back gangs and the culture that allows them to take hold, and wants to break the attractiveness of a criminal lifestyle. Quickly establishing a functioning exit programme through political steering serves precisely that purpose, in line with implementing Danish measures against gangs. The plan says nothing about the preparation already being underway or about the agency mandates.

• break criminal lifestyledecisive»Bryta attraktiveten av en kriminell livsstil« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Break the attractiveness of a criminal lifestyle”
• uncompromising stance against gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to take hold.”
• Danish anti-gang measures»Många åtgärder som prövats i Danmark ska genomföras för att bekämpa gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many measures tested in Denmark shall be implemented to combat gangs.”
• resources against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”

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.