Search for dissertations about: "Anna-karin Ivert"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Anna-karin Ivert.

  1. 1. Adolescent mental health and utilisation of psychiatric care : the role of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence

    Author : Anna-Karin Ivert; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : children; mental health; psychiatric care; neighbourhoods; parental country of birth;

    Abstract : The studies included in this thesis aim to illustrate different aspects of mentalhealth and the utilisation of psychiatric care among Swedish children andadolescents, with the overarching aim being to improve the existingknowledge on how the neighbourhood of residence and parental country ofbirth influence adolescents’ mental health and their pathways into andutilisation of psychiatric care.The first study investigates referral pathways to child and adolescentpsychiatric clinics, directing a special focus at how these pathways differ onthe basis of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence. READ MORE

  2. 2. Situational sources of rule-breaking acts : an analytic criminology approach

    Author : Alberto P. Chrysoulakis; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Alfonso Serrano Maíllo; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; collective efficacy; crime propensity; delinquency; mechanisms; morality; peers; rule-breaking; self-control; situational action theory; time-use; unstructured socialising; Kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : Criminology has long been divided by mainly focusing on people’s propensities to commit crimes, on the one hand, and environmental characteristics conducive to crime, on the other. Such a division must be bridged to advance knowledge about why some people, but not others, commit rule-breaking acts in some environments but not in others. READ MORE

  3. 3. Everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults

    Author : Alexander Engström; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Micael Björk; Anna Dåderman; Vania Ceccato; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; crime; fear of crime; lifestyle-exposure theory; offending; routine activity theory; smartphone; victimisation; youth; young adults; Kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : Drawing on lifestyle-routine activity theory, this dissertation explores associations between everyday life, crime, and fear of crime among adolescents and young adults. It also examines the operationalisation of the concepts of lifestyle and routine activities, and explores the use of experience methods, via a smartphone application named STUNDA, to collect data about everyday life. READ MORE

  4. 4. Locating place, crime and the fear of crime : methodological and theoretical considerations

    Author : Karl Kronkvist; Robert Svensson; Anna-Karin Ivert; Marie Torstensson Levander; Lieven Pauwels; Reka Solymosi; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crime; criminology of place; fear of crime; micro-place; smartphone; unsafe locations; Kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : Much previous research on the fear of crime has focused on why some individuals, with certain characteristics, experience more or less fear of crime than others. However, there is also a growing body of research examining the role that the neighbourhood context in which individuals reside plays in shaping such feelings and perceptions. READ MORE