Search for dissertations about: "stranger rape"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words stranger rape.

2. 1. Offender Profiling in Cases of Swedish Stranger Rapes

   Author : Jelena Corovic; Sven Å. Christianson; Lars R. Bergman; C. Gabrielle Salfati; Pekka Santtila; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Offender profiling; criminal profiling; stranger rape; serial rapists; prediction; rape themes; crime scene behavior; offender characteristics; situational features; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Swedish national statistics suggest that the number of reported stranger rapes is steadily increasing. Stranger rape is one of the most difficult types of crime for the police to investigate because there is no natural tie between the victim and offender. READ MORE

4. 2. Violent recidivism among sexual offenders : risk factors and assessment procedures

   Author : Gabrielle Sjöstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Forensic psychiatry; risk assessment; actuarial assessment; PCL-R; VRAG; SVR-20; RRASOR; Static-99; sexual offenders; violent recidivism; criminality;

   Abstract : Background: Assessment and management of risk for violent recidivism to prevent future offending among sexual offenders is an important and challenging task within social, correctional, and forensic mental health services. The overall aim of this thesis was to study the usefulness of various models for the assessment of risk for violent recidivism among sexual offenders in Sweden, and to explore the relationship between individual risk factors and violent recidivism. READ MORE