Search for dissertations about: "criminality"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the word criminality.
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1. Hidden criminality : theoretical and methodological problems, empirical results
Abstract : The problem of "hidden criminality" - that is, crime which is not known to the police and thus unrecorded - is a classic subject of debate within the field of criminology.Attempts to solve this problem in studies conducted on the individual (offender) level have taken the form of self-report studies, in which a sample of individuals are questioned about crimes they have committed. READ MORE
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2. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality
Abstract : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. READ MORE
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3. Alcohol abuse and criminality : a cross-fostering study of gene-environment interaction
Abstract : The subjects consists of all persons born out of wedlock in Stockholm during the years 1930 through 1949 and who were placed in non-related adoptive homes by the age of three years (N = 1 753, or 862 men and 913 women).Data are obtained from official records.Results. READ MORE
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4. Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and Criminality
Abstract : Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) have been associated with adverse psychiatric effects, aggression and violent behaviour. The use of them has spread to a larger subpopulation, and the use has been connected to different risk behaviours, such as use of other illicit substances and carrying a gun. READ MORE
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5. Violent offenders with schizophrenia : quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin
Abstract : The focus of the thesis is on violent offenders with schizophrenia and their relatives. The aims were to explore incidence of violent crimes, the extent to which family members were victims, to investigate individual background factors among violent offenders, and to identify psychotic symptoms and triggering factors associated with fatal violence. READ MORE