Search for dissertations about: "VICTIMOLOGY"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word VICTIMOLOGY.

  2. 1. Hate crime victimization : consequences and interpretations

    Author : Mika Andersson; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Hate crime; Criminology; Victimology;

    Abstract : The field of hate crime studies is a young one and as such it is characterized by a high proportion of explorative and inductive studies. This methodological approach is well founded when a field is unfolding as they often generate theoretical conclusions or assumptions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Justice for children? : A socio-legal study on Colombia’s responses to children associated with armed violence

    Author : Tove Nyberg; Anita Heber; Janne Flyghed; Andy Aydın-Aitchison; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminalisation; victimology; youth justice; child rights; peacebuilding; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how criminal justice policy practices arose and persist in light of the international victim-centred legal framework for children associated with armed groups. The study explores the gaps between how children are treated in law versus empirical practices of criminalisation in a particular domestic setting (Colombia), which has been riddled by internal armed conflict and hybrid forms of violence. READ MORE

  5. 3. Hatbrott? : homosexuella kvinnors och mäns berättelser om utsatthet för brott

    Author : Eva Tiby; Malin Åkerström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Bias crime; fear of crime; gay; gender; hate crime; heterosexism; homophobia; homosexuality; lesbian; lifestyle; victimology; victim studies; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : During the nineties, the hate crimes concept has been used to describe victimization on the basis of group characteristics. The Swedish penal Code 29:2:7 states that crimes committed against a person due to that person's race, color, nationality, ethnicity, religious beliefs or other similar circumstances, such as a person's sexual orientation, can elicit a more severe punishment than crimes without such motives. READ MORE