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Karl Dahlstrand - Lund University, Sociology of Law
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The thesis takes its starting point in the question of how damages for violation of crime is determined. This type of non-pecuniary damages to crime victims has a fundamental uncertainty regarding the computation of damages and what is really meant by “violation” in the meaning of the law. There is also a gliding between the violation and the suffering, as to which the compensation is related. The violation-dimension has a more “objective” connotation as a sanction in the sense of an attack on a protected interest within the rule of law. Whereas the suffering-dimension focuses more on the “subjective”, individualized injury as the object of attack. According to law, damages for violation should be determined such that it reflects the present social norms within society. Therefore, the compensation must be seen in relation to the context of criminal law, levels of punishment, the proportionality of the compensation in relation to the punishment and the crimes’ penal value. Thus before the empirical study, two central suppositions were: (1) if the applicator of the law “succeeds” in this task an
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Lund University
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Dahlstrand - Lund University, Sociology of Law
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SND-ID: SND 0994
Description
The thesis takes its starting point in the question of how damages for violation of crime is determined. This type of non-pecuniary damages to crime victims has a fundamental uncertainty regarding the computation of damages and what is really meant by “violation” in the meaning of the law. There is also a gliding between the violation and the suffering, as to which the compensation is related. The violation-dimension has a more “objective” connotation as a sanction in the sense of an attack on a protected interest within the rule of law. Whereas the suffering-dimension focuses more on the “subjective”, individualized injury as the object of attack. According to law, damages for violation should be determined such that it reflects the present social norms within society. Therefore, the compensation must be seen in relation to the context of criminal law, levels of punishment, the proportionality of the compensation in relation to the punishment and the crimes’ penal value. Thus before the empirical study, two central suppositions were: (1) if the applicator of the law “succeeds” in this task an
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Geographic description: The study has been conducted in Sweden with respondents living in Sweden.
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Lund — Ref. 2009/43
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2016-04-04
https://doi.org/10.5878/002817
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Dataset 1
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Dahlstrand - Lund University, Sociology of Law
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: e-mail
Time period(s) for data collection: 2009-03 — 2009-03
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
37
Number of individuals/objects
1099
Response rate/participation rate
77
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2016-04-04
https://doi.org/10.5878/002818
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Dataset 2
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Dahlstrand - Lund University, Sociology of Law
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2009-05 — 2009-11
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
49
Number of individuals/objects
300
Response rate/participation rate
40
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2016-04-04
https://doi.org/10.5878/002819
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Dataset 3
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Karl Dahlstrand - Lund University, Sociology of Law
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Numeric
Collection methodology
A dataset containing few variables from datasets 0994-001 and 0994-002 constructed for statistical purposes in the study. It includes all respondents from both datasets (webb and post surveys)
Variables
8
Number of individuals/objects
1401