Voluntariness on trial: Youth, romantic relationships, and child rape judgments in Sweden
This article explores constructions of voluntariness in Swedish district court judgments in child rape cases involving young people in romantic relationships. Drawing on youth research and feminist legal theory, we conducted a reflexive thematic analysis of 38 judgments involving complainants aged 13–14 and defendants aged 15–20. Our analysis resulted in three themes. First, voluntariness was cons
