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Coronapandemins inverkan på bidragsbrott i Sverige: En kvantitativ studie
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Criminology.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Criminology.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Denna kvantitativa uppsats avser att undersöka hur Covid-19 restriktioner påverkatutvecklingen av bidragsbrottsligheten i Sverige och vidare försöka förklara det resultat somobserverats med hjälp av beskrivande statistik och teoretiska förklaringsmodeller.Datamaterialet som användes består av aggregerad data på gruppnivå hämtat frånBrottsförebyggande rådet, Statistikmyndigheten SCB och Folkhälsomyndigheten. Ettdeduktivt tillvägagångssätt tillämpades med hjälp av beskrivande statistik i form avfrekvenstabeller och stapeldiagram, och kompletterades därefter med hjälp av chi-2 test.Vidare gjordes en teoretisk analys för att förklara de frekvensmönster som påvisats under denstatistiska bearbetningen.Resultaten visar på ett påtagligt frekvensmönster där bidragsbrottslighet, arbetslöshet ochekonomiskt bistånd ökat tillfälligt under 2020 när covid-19 bröt ut. Med hjälp avkriminologiska teorier om Sociala band och Strain kan studien identifiera och förklara dessaobservationer, samt resonera kring ökningen av bidragsbrottslighet som ett potentiellt resultatav covid-19 restriktioner.

Abstract [en]

The aim of this quantitative study is to examine the impact that Covid-19 restrictions havehad on the development of benefit fraud in Sweden and to further try to explain the study’sobserved results using descriptive statistics and a theoretical framework. The data materialused in the study consists of aggregated data at group level collected from The SwedishNational Council for Crime Prevention, Statistics Sweden and The Public Health Agency ofSweden. A deductive approach was applied using descriptive statistics in form of frequencytables and bar graphs, which were then supplemented using chi-2 tests. Furthermore, atheoretical analysis was conducted to explain the frequency patterns detected during thestatistical processing.The results show a noticeable frequency pattern where benefit delinquency, unemploymentand financial aid increased temporarily during 2020 when Covid-19 was most prominent.Using criminological theories consisting of Social bonding theory and Strain theory, we canidentify and explain these observations, as well as argue for the increase in benefit crime as apotential result of Covid-19 restrictions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
Criminology, benefit fraud, fraud, economic crime, Covid-19
Keywords [sv]
Kriminologi, bidragsbrottslighet, bedrägeri, ekonomisk brottslighet, Covid-19
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42447OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42447DiVA, id: diva2:1774085
Subject / course
Criminology
Educational program
Study Program in Applied Criminology
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Available from: 2023-06-27 Created: 2023-06-25 Last updated: 2023-06-27Bibliographically approved

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