Research offers no evidence to support tougher sentencing
Despite harsher sentences and increased resources for the criminal justice system, research shows nothing to indicate that this leads to reduced criminality. “We wanted to problematise the notion that punishment is the best option,” says Tova Bennet, researcher in Criminal Law at Lund University. Over the past 15 years, tougher sentencing has been a popular tool in Swedish law and order politics.
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-offers-no-evidence-support-tougher-sentencing - 2025-11-24
