Search for dissertations about: "Criminal career"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Criminal career.

2. 1. Criminal Careers in the Long Run : Patterns and Predictions of Criminal Convictions across Age, Time, and Gender

   Author : Fredrik Sivertsson; Anders Nilsson; Olof Bäckman; Torbjørn Skardhamar; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal career; Recidivism; Life course; Longitudinal; Birth cohort; Gender; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : Why is it that a small proportion of the population accounts for the majority of crime? This question has stimulated a great deal of theoretical and methodological controversy in criminology. In essence, the debate is rooted in different theoretical underpinnings of continuity and change in crime, and the extent to which it is possible to foresee a life of crime by zeroing in on at-risk juvenile offenders. READ MORE

4. 2. The female offender : patterning of antisocial and criminal behaviour over the life-course

   Author : Frida Andersson; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : criminal career; female offending; trajectories; sex differences; adult onset; chronics; life-course;

   Abstract : The studies included in the thesis illustrate the patterning of female offending over the life course. The overarching aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the female offender and of the heterogeneity in female criminal offending trajectories over the life course, and also of factors that differentiate between these trajectories. READ MORE

5. 3. Continuities and Changes in Criminal Careers

   Author : Christoffer Carlsson; Jerzy Sarnecki; Tove Pettersson; Peggy C. Giordano; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-course criminology; criminal careers; persistence; desistance; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : The best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior. At the same time, the vast majority of people who engage in crime are teenagers and stop offending with age. READ MORE

6. 4. Violence among mentally disordered offenders : risk and protective factors

   Author : Ulrika Haggård-Grann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Violence is one of the leading causes of unnatural deaths, and the consequences of violence for victims, victims families, offenders, and society at large involve extensive suffering and monetary costs. Improving strategies to prevent and reduce violence is of great importance, and refining techniques for risk assessments in forensic and correctional settings is assumed to be one way of doing so. READ MORE

7. 5. Anabolic androgenic steroids and violence : a medicolegal and experimental study

   Author : Ingemar Thiblin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Forensic sciences; anabolic androgenic steroids; aggression; violence; homicide; suicide; accidental death; acetylcholin; dopamine; serotonin;

   Abstract : Non-medical use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been linked to various psychological and behavioural complications in case and survey reports. Judging from these reports, the symptoms most consistently associated with AAS use are extreme irritability, increased aggressiveness and mood swings. READ MORE