Search for dissertations about: "compare punishment"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words compare punishment.

  2. 1. Governing Black and White : A History of Governmentality in Denmark and the Danish West Indies, 1770-1900

    Author : Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; colonialism; comparison; postcolonial studies; slavery; racism; punishment; hybridity; liberalism; economy; police; Michel Foucault; governmentality; kolonialism; komparation; postkoloniale studier; slaveri; rasism; bestraffning; hybriditet; liberalism; ekonomi; polis; Michel Foucault; governmentality;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores and compares the rationalities through which Danish state officials sought to govern the colonized Afro-Caribbean population in the colony of the Danish West Indies and the state’s Danish subjects living in the metropole of Denmark in the period 1770-1900. Theoretically, it relies upon Michel Foucault’s conception of ’governmentality’ and the way this approach to governing, and to state power more generally, has been employed in various colonial and European settings, particularly within the field of colonial governmentality studies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mentally disordered offenders: a longitudinal study of forensic psychiatric assessments and criminal recidivism

    Author : Christina Lund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Personality disorders; Psychotic disorders; ; substance abuse dependency; Sanctions; Violent criminality; Criminal recidivism; Forensic psychiatric treatment; Long-term follow up;

    Abstract : Background: During history, mentally disordered offenders have been in focus regarding responsibility for their crimes and imposition of punishment. The boundary stone of legal consequences for mentally ill offenders has been moved between ethical aspects and the possible link between crime and mental disorder. READ MORE

  5. 3. Victims of War

    Author : Lisa Hecht; Helen Frowe; Krister Bykvist; Victor Tadros; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics of war; rights; harm; victimhood; complicity; risk; provocation; compensation; filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : In my thesis, I explore the moral status of different types of agents who suffer harm. I seek to determine whether these agents are victims of wrongful harm, that is, whether they had a right not to suffer harm. READ MORE