Enligt 29 kap. 5 § brottsbalken ska domstolen vid straffmätning i skälig omfattning beakta vissa förmildrande omständigheter. Dessa omständigheter, vilka man brukar kalla billighetsskälen, kan leda till ett lindrigare straff för gärningsmannen. Regeringen har nyligen föreslagit att billighetsskälen bör utökas till att även omfatta de fall där den tilltalade i väsentlig omfattning medverkat till utAccording to chapter 29 § 5 brottsbalken, the court shall take reasonable consideration to certain extenuating circumstances when deciding the sentence. These circumstances, which are usually called fairness reasons, can lead to a more lenient penalty for the offender. The Swedish government has recently proposed that the equitable grounds should be expanded to include cases where the defendant ha

Ett flertal svenska kommuner har konstaterats ha svaga bostadsmarknader. En svag bostadsmarknad kategoriseras ofta av ett överskott på bostäder och ett lågt intresse av bostadsföretag att investera på marknaden. För att kommunen skall kunna uppfylla det bostadsförsörjningsansvar som åvilar dem aktualiseras frågan om vilka möjligheter en kommun har att behjälpa sitt kommunala bostadsbolag på en svaA great number of the municipalities in Sweden have a delicate housing market. A delicate housing market is an unattractive market that consists of a surplus of domiciles and which few or none real estate companies want to invest in. The Swedish law provides a responsibility for the Swedish local authorities to satisfy the selection of available houses for the citizens in the municipality. The que

De flesta av anmälningarna till diskrimineringsombudsmannen rör etnisk diskriminering i arbetslivet. Trots detta har enbart ett fall av indirekt etnisk diskriminering och ett fall av etniska trakasserier konstaterats av de trettiotal mål rörande etnisk diskriminering som Arbetsdomstolen prövat sedan 1994. Allvarlig kritik har riktats till Sverige från Europarådets kommission mot rasism och intolerIn recent years, most reports regarding discrimination received by the Equality Ombudsman concern ethnic discrimination at work. Nevertheless, there are only two cases in which discrimination have been established by the Labour Court since 1994; one case regarding indirect ethnic discrimination and the other concerning ethnic harassment. A significant amount of criticism has been directed towards

In times of demographic changes where people are getting older, there is a large group of elderly suffering from depression and other mental illness. We have therefore found it relevant to examine how the mental health issue among this population is identified by care workers. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate how care workers recognized and worked with mental illness among elderl

I detta examensarbete har sex olika mellangrödor (hampa, honungsört, oljerättika, sudangräs, luddvicker och vitsenap) undersökts för användning till biogas produktion som ett alternativ för framställning av biobränsle. Miljöfrågor, behovet av nya bränslen och ökningen av världens befolkning har lett till uppmärksamheten för förnybara bränslen det senaste årtiondet. Den Europeiska Unionen har sattThe eminent dilemma around the relationship between the increasing world population, the need of new fuel sources and environment issues has raised great awareness in the last decades. The European Parliament has set common goals such as the reduction of the greenhouse gases by 20 % by the year of 2020, followed by the requirement of at least 10 % of the fuel has to be biofuel. An adjacent issue i

This is a diploma work in industrial design by me Raine Sorvoja. In this project I am both the designer and the business manager and the goal was to provide my own lifestyle company Joey Sixfinger with a new, innovative product. In this report you can read about my search for a new product to the narrow target group of Joey Sixfinger and how I proceeded with the task. Joey Sixfinger’s new produc

En webbenkät utformades för att i explorativt syfte undersöka barnönskan, föräldraskap och livstillfredsställelse hos transpersoner i Sverige. Sammanlagt 154 inkomna svar analyserades med hjälp av envägs mellangrupps variansanalys (ANOVA). Resultaten visade bland annat att de respondenter som hade egna barn skattade högre livskvalitet och psykisk hälsa, upplevde i större utsträckning att de kunde An online survey was designed to explore desire for children, parenthood and life satisfaction among transgender people in Sweden. A total of 154 responses were analysed with one way between group analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that those with children of their own to a larger extent rated higher on items measuring life satisfaction, psychological well-being and the extent to which t

This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on inc

This paper investigates if a relationship exists between women in TMTs and firm performance for 187 Large- and Mid-Cap firms in Scandinavia for the period 2009-2013. Thereby adding to the scarce international evidence within the gender diversity in TMTs literature. The theoretical simultaneous relationship between performance and gender diversity in TMTs is taken into account and a 2SLS approach i

Software acquisition is very important for any type of company nowadays, including start-up companies. This study examined which software applications are acquired by start-ups, in what ways, with what motivations, and for what purposes they are used. The study was done by first conducting a survey amongst 50 start-up companies in the Netherlands and Sweden and by then doing four follow-up intervi

The project was intended to explore the user needs around death and grief in todays Swedish society, with the assumptions that there is a mismatch between the needs and the existing offer of products and services in the area. An extensive research was made by qualitative user interviews, on-line research and readings. A number of opportunity areas for improvement was identified. The finally selec

Nowadays, business is highly reliant on information technology (IT). The IT systems confront risks and threats all the time, thus there is increasing necessity to implement powerful IT risk management. Previous studies indicate that effective communication can improve the overall risk management performance within an organization. Whereas there is absence of studies about the relationship between

The connection between supply chains, markets and businesses is getting more and more complex and it can be a big problem for enterprises to solve. One solution to the problem is the usage of a business intelligence system. This system helps the organization analyze critical data that can lead to saving resources by making the right decisions. The world is getting more and more mobile, and the BI-

The phenomenon of migration is a highly debated topic in international politics, rising in importance on the global agenda. This can be seen in the securitisation of migration policies of the EU, who has sought to restrict migration and sharpen border controls since mid-70s. In this process Turkey is of vital importance, considered one of the main ‘bridges’ for transit migration into the EU. Thus,

Patienters upplevelse av oro och ångest inför ett operativt ingrepp är vanligt förekommande inom sjukvården. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva effekterna av komplementära behandlingsmetoder i samband med patienters preoperativa oro och ångest. Studien bygger på elva vetenskapliga artiklar. De komplementära behandlingsmetoder som kunde påvisas i denna studie var musikterapi, vägled

This thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of the so-called “leverage-effect”. This asymmetry in volatility after negative shocks, relative to positive shocks has been documented extensively before. However, except for findings that it is not due to leverage, the underlying or enhancing factors that cause it have not been investigated. This thesis aims to do so, by testing for the influence of f

On 22 January 2015, the ECB finally announced its expanded asset repurchase programme, better known as quantitative easing (ECB, 2015c). In this thesis, we are examining the effect of this announcement on sovereign bond yields in the Eurozone using the event study methodology and by time series forecasting (ARMA). We are particularly interested to see if there have been some abnormal variations (i