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Crime in Sweden describes an act defined in the Swedish Penal Code ((スウェーデン語:Brottsbalken)) or in another Swedish law or statutory instrument for which a sanction is prescribed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.government.se/content/1/c6/02/77/77/cb79a8a3.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lagen.nu/1962:700#K1P1S1 )〕 Figures from the Swedish Crime Survey (SCS) show that exposure to crime has decreased since 2005. The number of convictions has remained between 110,000 and 130,000 in the 2000s — a decrease since the 1970s, when they numbered around 300,000 — despite the population growth. Consistent with other Western countries in the postwar era, the number of reported crimes has increased when measured from the 1950s; which can be explained by a number of factors, such as statistical and legislative changes and increased public willingness to report crime. ==Legal proceedings== When a crime has been committed the authorities will investigate what has happened, this is known as the preliminary investigation and it will be led by a police officer or prosecutor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Funktioner/English/Legal-proceedings/Trials-in-criminal-cases/ )〕 The Swedish police and the prosecution service are required to register and prosecute all offences of which they become aware.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aklagare.se/In-English/The-role-of-the-prosecutor/Decision-to-prosecute/Duty-to-prosecute/ )〕 The prosecutors are lawyers employed by the Swedish Prosecution Authority, a wholly independent organisation not dependent on courts or the police, and not directed by the Ministry of Justice (any ministerial interference is in fact unconstitutional).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aklagare.se/In-English/ )〕 The prosecutor are obliged to lead and direct the preliminary investigations of a crime impartially and objective, make decisions on prosecution issues, and appear in court to process actions in criminal cases. Suspects are entitled to a public defence counsel, either during the preliminary investigation stage or during the trial. The suspect is entitled to examine the material gathered by the prosecutor, and is allowed to request the police to conduct further investigation, if he or she considers this to be necessary. A preliminary investigation supervisor decides whether or not these measures can be carried out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aklagare.se/In-English/Are-you/Suspect/ )〕 In the case of less serious crimes, if the suspect admits that he/she has committed the offence and it is clear what the punishment should be, the prosecutor can pronounce a so-called order of summary punishment.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aklagare.se/In-English/The-role-of-the-prosecutor/Decision-to-prosecute/Summary-punishment/ )〕 A preliminary investigation not discontinued may result in the prosecutor deciding to prosecute a person for the crime. This means that there will be a trial at the District Court.〔 The person who has been convicted, the prosecutor and the victim of the crime can appeal against the District Court judgement in the Court of Appeal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Funktioner/English/Legal-proceedings/Trials-in-criminal-cases/Appeal/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crime in Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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