Young Offenders – The News Media’s Portrayal of the Proposed 2021 Amendment on the Swedish Criminal Code A comparative study on right-wing news media’s and left wing news media’s influence on criminal discourse
This thesis investigates the news media’s portrayal of the amendment to the Swedish Criminal Code, also known as Brottsbalken in Swedish (BrB, 1962:700), in which the sentencing rules in regard to young offenders were changed. Prior to the new amendment, individuals younger than 21-years-old were entitled to an ‘ungdomsrabatt’ or ‘straffrabatt’ that applied during sentencing for all crimes. Under