Balancing Criminal Law - vulnerabilities as an interest to protect by and from criminal law

• Societal challenges inevitably raise fundamental questions about power and the exercise of power. What role does media descriptions of realities play and how are these interpreted and reformulated as part of a political agenda? How does the government exercise its power against individuals through the use of law, and in particular the criminal law, to deal with societal problems connected to these challenges? We see the tendencies of an offensive criminal law but at the same time a hesitation against the use of criminal law combatting violence against women. The contributions in this special issue discusses and point to the difficulty to strike a balance between the rule of law and the interests of the perpetrator as well as of the victim/survivor.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik -- Juridik och samhälle (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law -- Law and Society (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

criminal law

vulnerability

challenges

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