Tittel: | Rape in Finnish criminal law and process - A discussion on, and beyond, consent |
Ansvar: | Daniela Alaattinoğlu, Heini Kainulainen, Johanna Niemi |
Forfatter: | Alaattinoğlu, Daniela / Kainulainen, Heini / Niemi, Johanna |
Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk |
Signatur: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice |
Utgitt: | Bergen : Universitetet i Bergen, 2020 |
Omfang: | S. 33-53 |
ISBN/ISSN: | 1894-4183 |
Serie: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice ; 2/2020 |
Emneord: | Voldtekt |
Stikkord: | Straffeloven (1889/39) Finland kap 20 |
Geografiske emneord: | Finland |
Note: | Open access, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. (CC BY 4.0)
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Innhold: | Abstract Chapter 20 of the Finnish Criminal Code, which regulates sexual offences, is currently undergoing structural changes. Focusing on the section of rape, this article investigates the amendments proposed by the Ministry of Justice in 2020 in the light of the current Finnish legislation, legal practice, supranational normative developments and societal change. Lessons are drawn from a recent research project about the attrition of sexual violence in the Finnish criminal process by a research team at the University of Turku. The article welcomes the increased emphasis on voluntariness, contextuality, power imbalances and communication in the suggested draft law. It also criticises some weaknesses of the draft legislation. Conclusively, it proposes further action to improve legal clarity and strengthen the enforcement of a new legal conceptualisation of sexual violence. (Utgivers sammendrag / Artikkelens innledning)
Strafflag (19.12.1889/39) 20 kapitel (24.7.1998/563) Om sexualbrott. For lovtekst se www.finlex.fi |
Del av verk: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 2/2020 (Vol. 8) |