Search for dissertations about: "Offender population"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Offender population.

  2. 1. Gambling disorder and psychiatric comorbidity. Vulnerability in four Swedish populations highlighting needs for preventive and treating actions

    Author : Carolina Widinghoff; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gambling disorder; Substance use disorder; Psychiatric comorbidity; Psychiatric drugs; Offender population; Gambling harm; Gambling policy; Financial problems; Addiction Severity Index;

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  4. 2. Child Sexual Abuse: Crimes, Victims, Offender Characteristics, and Recidivism

    Author : Anita Carlstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child sexual abuse; sexology; mental disorder; pedophilia; risk assessment;

    Abstract : Background: Epidemiological research on child sexual abuse relies on health care surveys, anonymized population surveys, and criminal statistics, each with its methodological limitations. This study aims at compensating for these limitations by combining a population-based cohort from a large, representative region of Sweden and a clinic-referred group from the whole of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Homicide Injury Quantification : Measures of injury severity in homicide victims and associations with homicide characteristics

    Author : Fredrik Tamsen; Ingemar Thiblin; Peter Mygind Leth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Homicide; Injury score; Injury quantification; Offender profiling; Rättsmedicin; Forensic Medicine;

    Abstract : Some previous studies have found that the amount and severity of injuries in homicide victims correlate with different homicide characteristics, such as the victim-offender relationship and drug influence of the offender. If such relationships exist, they may be used by homicide investigators as part of an offender profiling. READ MORE

  6. 4. Biological risk factors for crime : Adverse perinatal events and psychophysiology

    Author : Sofi Oskarsson; Catherine Tuvblad; Henrik Larsson; Marianne Kristiansson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Biological Risk Factors; Crime; Criminal Offender; Biological Criminology; Adverse Perinatal Events; Psychophysiology; Psychopathy;

    Abstract : Biological risk factors for crime have been largely neglected within main-stream criminology. However, a large body of research has over the past few decades converged on the conclusion that it is important to consider biological risk factors for crime, as they may help to inform theory and etiology. READ MORE

  7. 5. Aggressive antisocial behavior- clinical, cognitive, and behavioral covariates of its persistence

    Author : Märta Wallinius; Malmö Rättspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; risk assessment; risk factors; externalizing spectrum; mental disorders; persistent criminality; violence; antisocial behavior; prevention;

    Abstract : Introduction Aggressive antisocial behavior is a major challenge to society, and studies on the determinants of its persistence are essential to the development of strategies to prevent violence. Aims & Methods The overall aim of the thesis was to establish covariates of persistent aggressive antisocial behavior in a population-based cohort and in clinically evaluated, prospectively followed, offender groups. READ MORE