Swedish media have revealed an increase in crimes against animal production (CAAP) in the last decade. We investigate the nature of such crimes (especially against mink, pig, and rabbit farms), with a focus on those crimes whose suspects are animal rights groups by utilizing data from media archives from 2009 to 2019. Newspaper articles show that while vandalism and trespassing are often committed against mink farms, property crimes occur more often against pig and rabbit farms. Because there are indications that crime suspects are not a homogeneous group and express different motivations to commit CAAP, a multipronged approach is needed to prevent CAAP. The use of newspaper articles from media archives has proven to be successful for obtaining a general perspective of CAAP, but it is limited for capturing crime incidence or for investigating CAAP spatiotemporal nature when using geographical information systems. The automated usage of digital media archives should be further explored and critically assessed in future research in criminology.

瑞典媒体透露，在过去十年中，反动物生产犯罪 (CAAP) 有所增加。我们利用 2009 年至 2019 年的媒体档案数据，调查此类犯罪（特别是针对养貂、养猪和养兔场的犯罪）的性质，重点关注那些犯罪嫌疑人是动物权利团体的犯罪。报纸文章表明，虽然故意破坏和侵入水貂养殖场多为财产犯罪，养猪场和养兔场多为财产犯罪。因为有迹象表明犯罪嫌疑人并不是一个同质的群体，并且表现出不同的实施 CAAP 的动机，因此需要采取多管齐下的方法来预防 CAAP。事实证明，使用媒体档案中的报纸文章可以成功地获得 CAAP 的一般观点，但在使用地理信息系统时，它对于捕捉犯罪发生率或调查 CAAP 时空性质是有限的。在未来的犯罪学研究中，应进一步探索和批判性评估数字媒体档案的自动化使用。