<p>Polisen utgör grundstommen för ordning och säkerhet i samhället. Vad händer om den kollapsar?</p><p> <a href="https://sverigesradio.se/play/program/5188?utm_source=thirdparty&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode_dystopia">Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.</a></p> <p>Snart 200 år har gått sedan världens första moderna, offentligt finansierade poliskår grundades i Storbritannien. Idag ser många polisen som en självklar och fundamental del av ett tryggt och ordnat samhälle.</p><p>Men det senaste decenniet har polisen ställts inför nya utmaningar. Hot om terrorism, eskalerande gängvåld och ny teknologi som förändrar brottslighetens natur har ökat pressen på verksamheten, samtidigt som det är svårt att behålla och rekrytera ny personal.</p><p>Så vad skulle hända med samhället – och med det statliga våldsmonopolet – om polisen slutar fungera?</p><p><strong>Programledare och producent: Anna Lillkung och Wendela Antepohl</strong></p><p><br><strong>Medverkande</strong></p><ul><li><p>Stefan Nyzell - biträdande professor i historia vid Malmö universitet</p></li><li><p>Julie Berg -&nbsp;forskare i kriminologi vid University of Glasgow</p></li><li><p>Stefan Holgersson - polis och&nbsp;docent inom informationssystem vid Linköpings universitet&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Ingrid Helmius -&nbsp;universitetslektor i offentlig rätt vid Uppsala universitet</p></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><h2 class="mellanrubrik">Klipp i urval</h2><ul><li><p>Sveriges Radio</p></li><li><p>Tunna Blå Linjen, säsong 1, SVT<br></p></li></ul><h2 class="mellanrubrik">Böcker</h2><ul><li><p>CITY OF WALLS Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in Sao Paulo<br>(TERESA P. R. CALDEIRA, 2000)</p></li><li><p>International Handbook of Violence Research<br>(Wilhelm Heitmeyer, John Hagan, 2003)</p></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><h2 class="mellanrubrik"><strong>Artiklar/källor i urval</strong></h2><ul><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392054468_The_Collapse_of_Mexico's_Police_and_the_Militarization_of_Public_Security">The Collapse of Mexico’s Police and the Militarization of Public Security(Criminalization of States, 2019)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/police/The-history-of-policing-in-the-West">The history of policing in the West (Britannica)&nbsp;<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://mau.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1400449/FULLTEXT01.pdf">The Policeman as a Worker – or Not? (Nordisk Politiforskning, 2014)&nbsp;<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/2016/09/great-expectations-what-do-the-public-want-from-the-police/">Great expectations: what do the public want from the police?</a>&nbsp;<a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/2016/09/great-expectations-what-do-the-public-want-from-the-police/">(The Police Foundation, 2016)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:798282/fulltext01.pdf">Från fjärdingsman till närpolis - en kortfattad svensk polishistoria (VÄXJÖ UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN POLICING, 2009)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://now.tufts.edu/2020/06/17/how-racial-segregation-and-policing-intersect-america">How Racial Segregation and Policing Intersect in America (Tufts Now, 2020)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/may/12/industry-of-inequality-why-world-is-obsessed-with-private-security">The industry of inequality: why the world is obsessed with private security (The Guardian, 2017)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/aug/01/crime-falling-people-dont-feel-safer#:~:text=Although%20statistics%20tell%20us%20that,thing%2C%20is%20also%20vitally%20important.">Even though crime levels are falling, why don't we feel safer? (The Guardian, 2013)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-024-09767-3">Fear of Crime as a Punitive Project—The Swedish Case (Crit Crim, 2024)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://academic.oup.com/policing/article/doi/10.1093/police/paae041/7623408">What is the problem represented to be in the Swedish police authority: A policy analysis (Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2024)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&amp;recordOId=1837778&amp;fileOId=1857054">Förväntningar på polisarbete (Examensarbete för masterexamen, Lunds Universitet, 2010)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/news-events/the-policy-spotlight/2025/ecuadors-security-challenges-and-the-governments-response.html">Ecuador’s Security Challenges and the Government’s Response (Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, 2025)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2011.561805">Can Police Legitimacy Promote Collective Efficacy? (Justice Quarterly, 2011)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1748895815580397">Police legitimacy, ideology and qualitative methods: A critique of procedural justice theory (Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2015)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w18815">The Effect of Police on Crime: New Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1960-2010 (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200618205229/https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/06/18/guest-post-defunding-or-disbanding-police-is-dangerous-idea-if-done-hastily/">Guest post: Defunding or disbanding the police is a dangerous idea if done hastily (The Washington Post, 2020)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit/">What does ‘defund the police’ mean and does it have merit? (Brookings, 2020)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/07/over-past-60-years-more-spending-police-hasnt-necessarily-meant-less-crime/">Over the past 60 years, more spending on police hasn’t necessarily meant less crime (The Washington Post, 2020)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA108-1.html">Would Law Enforcement Leaders Support Defunding the Police? (RAND Publications, 2020)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-013-9175-2">Procedural justice and police legitimacy: a systematic review of the research evidence (Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2013)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://bra.se/download/18.6af85320191e4f4f8b93ddc/1727443481679/2018_6_Relationen_till_rattsv%C3%A4sendet_i_socialt_utsatta_omr%C3%A5den.pdf">Relationen till rättsväsendet i socialt utsatta områden (BRÅ, 2018)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://johnhoward.ca/blog/how-police-work-more-important-than-how-many-there-are/#:~:text=The%20authors%20set%20out%20to,minor%20role%20in%20crime%20prevention.">How police work more important than how many there are (The John Howard Society of Canada, 2025)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://academic.oup.com/aler/article-abstract/21/1/81/5210860?login=false">Safety in Police Numbers: Evidence of Police Effectiveness from Federal COPS Grant Applications (American Law and Economics Review, 2019)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/sankt-fortroende-for-polisen-och-mer-oro-for-brott">Sänkt förtroende för polisen – mer oro för brott (SVT, 2023)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://bra.se/statistik">Statistik, BRÅ&nbsp;<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:807634/FULLTEXT01.pdf">Tryggare kan ingen vara? (Polismyndighet, 2015)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://timbro.se/smedjan/darfor-ger-mer-pengar-till-polisen-samre-resultat/">Därför ger mer pengar till polisen sämre resultat (Timbro / Smedjan, 2025)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:275037/FULLTEXT01.pdf">Multi-Choice Policing in Africa (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2008)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1726540/FULLTEXT01.pdf%20(2023)">En EXTERN utvärdering av påskupploppen och dess efterspel<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.polisforbundet.se/globalassets/publika-dokument/rapporter/framtidenspolis2.pdf">Framtidens Polis 2.0 – i samarbete med Kairos Future (Polisförbundet, 2022)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://mynak.se/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Risker_och_friskfaktorer_i_arbetsmiljon_for_poliser.pdf">Risk- och friskfaktorer i arbetsmiljön för poliser i yttre tjänst (Myndigheten för Arbetsmiljökunskap, 2024)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://blaljus.nu/sites/default/files/filarkiv/pdf/Rapport_Framtidens_Polis_2030.pdf">Framtidens polis (2013)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://bra.se/download/18.3808406a192bd2f0b728fd1/1730805100427/2023_2_Polisens_resursfordelning_och_personaltillvaxt.pdf">Polisens resursfördelning och personaltillväxt (BRÅ, 2023)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.riksrevisionen.se/download/18.6cd7ed22199c908d511195fd/1760694961196/RiR-2025-26-rapport.pdf">Polisreformen 2015 – intentionerna ännu inte nådda (Riksrevisionen, 2025)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.polisforbundet.se/globalassets/publika-dokument/rapporter/poliskar-under-press-220607.pdf">Poliskår under press – en rapport om arbetsbelastning och löner (Polisförbundet, 2022)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.dagensjuridik.se/nyheter/straffratt/forskrackande-om-den-som-har-rad-kan-kopa-sig-skydd-och-brottsutredningar/">”Förskräckande risker med polisbristen” (Dagens Juridik, 2022)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://polistidningen.se/2024/05/slopar-personligt-brev-vid-rekrytering/">Slopar personligt brev vid rekrytering (Polistidningen, 2024)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://polistidningen.se/2025/03/farligt-lage-for-strategisk-kompetensforsorjning/">Farligt läge för strategisk kompetensförsörjning (Polistidningen, 2025)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.dagensjuridik.se/nyheter/bra-polisens-rekryteringsmal-ouppnaeligt-till-2024/">Brå: Polisens rekryteringsmål ouppnåeligt till 2024 (Dagens Juridik, 2023)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.riksrevisionen.se/nyhetsarkiv/nyhetsarkiv/2025-05-20-brister-i-antagningen-till-polisutbildningen.html#:~:text=P%C3%A5%20grund%20av%20sekretess%20kan,s%C3%A4ger%20riksrevisor%20Christina%20Gellerbrant%20Hagberg.">Brister i antagningen till polisutbildningen (Riksrevisionen, 2025)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="internal-link" target="_self" href="https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/6733042">Polisen får kritik från egen revision om rekrytering (SR, 2017)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://bra.se/rapporter/arkiv/2020-12-16-polisanstalldas-utsatthet-relaterad-till-tjansten">Polisanställdas utsatthet relaterad till tjänsten (BRÅ, 2016)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.umu.se/nyheter/poliskarens-utmaning_11908163">Växande trend av polisavhopp hotar samhällsuppdraget<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.polisforbundet.se/globalassets/publika-dokument/rapporter/nar-farre-ska-skydda-fler-polisforbundets-rapport-20180522.pdf">NÄR FÄRRE SKA SKYDDA FLER (Polisförbundet, 2018)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://polisen.se/siteassets/dokument/ovriga_rapporter/utsatta-omraden-sociala-risker-kollektiv-formaga-och-oonskade-handelser.pdf">Utsatta områden -sociala risker, kollektiv förmåga och oönskade händelser (Polisen, 2015)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.polisforbundet.se/globalassets/publika-dokument/rapporter/poliskar-under-press-220607.pdf">Poliskår under press – en rapport om arbetsbelastning och löner (Polisförbundet, 2022)</a><br></p></li><li><p>Bluewashing är inte lösningen på polisbristen – Polisförbundet i ny kampanj (Polisförbundet, 2022)<br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://polistidningen.se/2022/06/svar-fran-lena-nitz-om-bluewashing/">Svar från Lena Nitz om ”bluewashing” (Polistidningen, 2022)&nbsp;</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/25/police-mental-health-alternative-911">Sending Unarmed Responders Instead of Police: What We’ve Learned (The Marshall Project, 2024)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://bra.se/download/18.660677dc19301da04632521/1730984138830/2016_13_Otillaten_paverkan_mot_myndighetspersoner.pdf">Otillåten påverkan mot myndighetspersoner (Brå, 2016)</a><br></p></li><li><p>Utsatta områden -sociala risker, kollektiv förmåga och oönskade händelser Polisen, NOA (2015)<br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://americasquarterly.org/article/ecuador-needs-a-different-approach-to-fighting-organized-crime/">Ecuador Needs a Different Approach to Fighting Organized Crime</a>&nbsp;<a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://americasquarterly.org/article/ecuador-needs-a-different-approach-to-fighting-organized-crime/">(Americas Quarterly, 2025)&nbsp;<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.vr.se/download/18.3762d070193ded820f474fc3/1738080505930/Kriminella%20n%C3%A4tverk%20-%20f%C3%B6rr%20och%20nu.pdf">Kriminella Nätverk – då och nu<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.svd.se/a/jdweaA/forskare-landsbygden-blir-lidande-av-polisbrist">Polisbrist på landsbygd ger medborgare sämre liv (Svenska Dagbladet, 2019)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.tv4.se/artikel/6jR8Vw80hLcOI3egahbNaw/foertroendet-foer-polisen-laengre-i-utsatta-omraden">Förtroendet för polisen lägre i utsatta områden (TV4)</a><br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-306-48039-3_54">The Monopoly of Legitimate Violence and Criminal Policy (International Handbook of Violence Research, 2003)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/police-and-poor-people">The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People, Not ‘Serve and Protect’ (In these times, 2015)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://files.libcom.org/files/Origins%20of%20the%20police.pdf">Origins of the police (David Whitehouse)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e5289d3njo">Thousands of criminal cases collapsing due to missing or lost police evidence<br>(BBC, 2025)&nbsp;<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-137/unshielded-how-the-police-can-become-touchable/">Unshielded: How the Police Can Become Touchable (Harvard Law Review)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-013-9175-2">Procedural justice and police legitimacy: a systematic review of the research evidence</a><br><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-013-9175-2">(Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2023)<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.dn.se/ledare/erik-helmerson-polishatarna-visar-hur-ett-samhalle-utan-polis-skulle-se-ut/#:~:text=P%C3%A5%20samma%20s%C3%A4tt%20ger%20dagens%20svenska%20polishatare,ogillar%20att%20bli%20st%C3%B6rda%2C%20fotbollsfirmor%20samt%20svartkl%C3%A4dda">Erik Helmerson: Polishatarna visar hur ett samhälle utan polis skulle se ut (DN, 2020)&nbsp;<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.abo.fi/nyheter/valdsmonopolet-i-ett-polariserat-samhalle/">Våldsmonopolet i ett polariserat samhälle (Åbo Akademi, Johanna Bruun, 2018)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://timbro.se/smedjan/landet-som-ersatte-polisen/">Landet som ersatte polisen (Timbro, 2020)&nbsp;<br></a></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/race-trust-and-police-legitimacy">Race, Trust and Police Legitimacy (National Institute of Justice, 2013)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p>The monopoly of legitimate force: denationalization, or business as usual? (Markus Jachtenfuchs, 2019)<br></p></li><li><p>The Monopoly of Legitimate Violence and Criminal Policy (Albrecht Funk)<br></p></li><li><p><a class="external-link" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/ncj230576.pdf">The Changing Environment for Policing, 1985-2008 (National Institute of Justice, 2010)<br><br></a></p></li><li><p>The Complexities of 21st Century Policing (David H. Bayley)</p></li></ul>