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For centuries the criminal justice system of Sweden has been strictly regulated by legislation, supplemented by ordinances and administrative provisions. Thus, the Code of 1734 included a “Book on Offences” and a “Book on Punishments”. In 1864 these parts of the Code were replaced by a new Penal Code of 1862 which in turn was superseded in 1965 by the present Penal Code of 1962. Provisions concerning the enforcement of criminal justice have by tradition been kept in the Code of judicial Procedure.
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The Swedish Penal Code, 1962 has been published twice in English translation
The Penal Code of Sweden, translated by Thorsten Sellin. Introduction by Ivar Strahl. Ministry ofJustice, Stockholm 1965. The text is out of date, but the introduction is still valuable.
The Penal Code of Sweden as amended Jan. I st, 1972. Introduction by Dr. Lennart Geijer, Minister of Justice. The American Series of Foreign Penal Codes 17. Fred B. Rothman, South Hackensack N. J. 1972.
A short survey of the Swedish Criminal Justice System is given in Nelson, A., Responses to Crime. Introduction by Warren E. Burger. C lear-Center. New York University onograph Series, vol. 6. Fred B. Rothman, South Hackensack N. J. 1972.
A description of the components of the Swedish Criminal Justice System is given by Becker, H. K. and Hjellemo, E,.O., Justice in modern Sweden, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield Illinois 1976.
Nelson, A., The Politics of Swedish Criminal Law Reform. The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. XXI, 1973, 269–86.
Thornstedt, H., The Day-Fine System in Sweden. The Criminal Law Review, 1975, 307–12.
The National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ, Box 12070, S-10222 Stockholm) has published papers from two international conferences
General Deterrence, Stockholm 1975;
Police and the Social Order, Stockholm 1979.
BRÅ has also published summaries of reports e.g. A new Penal System, Stockholm 1977.
The National Prison and Probation Board Kriminalvårdsstyrelsen, S-601 80 Norrköping) has published translations of relevant acts and ordinances and of a few reports from its Development unit.
The National Central Bureau of Statistics (S-10250 Stockholm) publishes a Yearbook of Legal Statistics with translations of technical terms.
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Nelson, A. (1981). Crime and Responses to Crime. In: Strömholm, S. (eds) An Introduction to Swedish Law. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4347-1_5
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