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"Acoso Sexual Real": Desgaste entre los delitos de abuso sexual reportados por la policía en Suecia
Linnea Wegerstad1, Ulrika Andersson1
1Faculty of Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Violence against women
|September 3, 2025
Resumen
Este estudio analizó 215 casos de abuso sexual en Suecia, encontrando una tasa de eliminación del 9%. La criminalización a menudo implica ataques físicos por parte de extraños en público, destacando un escenario típico de "acoso sexual real".
Área de la Ciencia:
- Criminología
- Sociología
- La ley
Sus antecedentes:
- El acoso sexual es un problema social importante con diferentes definiciones legales.
- Comprender el manejo de este tipo de casos por parte del sistema de justicia penal es crucial para una política e intervención eficaces.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para analizar cuantitativamente los expedientes de la policía sueca sobre abusos sexuales.
- Determinar la tasa de resolución y identificar los factores que influyen en la progresión del caso en el sistema de justicia penal.
- Examinar las características de los casos criminalizados de abuso sexual.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis cuantitativo de 215 casos de abuso sexual reportados a la policía sueca.
- Seguimiento de incidentes a través del sistema de justicia penal.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una tasa de aclaramiento del 9% en los casos de abuso sexual.
- Las tasas de eliminación más altas se asociaron con ataques físicos, perpetradores extraños y lugares públicos.
- El estudio identificó un perfil típico de acoso sexual criminalizado, llamado "acoso sexual real".
Conclusiones:
- El sistema de justicia penal en Suecia procesa una pequeña fracción de los incidentes de abuso sexual denunciados.
- Las características del caso influyen significativamente en la probabilidad de criminalización y resolución del caso.
- Los hallazgos sugieren una divergencia entre la definición legal amplia y la aplicación práctica de las leyes sobre acoso sexual.
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