Search for dissertations about: "detective"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word detective.

  2. 1. The Dynamic Detective : Special Interest and Seriality in Contemporary Detective Series

    Author : Karin Molander Danielsson; Stephen Knight; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study argues that the relatively new conventions of detective fiction, special interest and seriality, are expanding and regenerating the genre. Special interest designates a political, ethnic, regional, professional or hobby-related agenda of a special interest group (consisting, usually, of writer, protagonist and readers) which makes up an integral part of the detective story. READ MORE

  4. 2. Hard & Soft : The Male Detective´s Body in Contemporary European Crime Fiction

    Author : Tiina Mäntymäki; Frank Baasner; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : popular culture; crime fiction; gender; masculinity; male body; detektivromaner; manlighet; mansbilden; kropp; litteraturvetenskap; genus; historia; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In the thesis popular culture is treated as an important site of meaningcreation and crime fiction is studied as a social technology, as producing and reproducing strategies of engendering.The thesis is a comparative study of six crime fiction detectives from fiveEuropean countries: Sweden, Finland, Scotland, Spain, and Italy. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Making of an Expert Detective. Thinking and Deciding in Criminal Investigations

    Author : Ivar Fahsing; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal investigation; Expert; Decision-Making; Abductive Reasoning;

    Abstract : Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology, this thesis examines the degree to which individual and systemic factors may compensate for inherent biases in criminal detectives’ judgments and decision-making. Study I – an interview study – explored criminal detectives’ views of critical factors related to decision making in homicide investigations. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Making of an Expert Detective Thinking and Deciding in Criminal Investigations

    Author : Ivar Fahsing; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  7. 5. Digital Mammography with a Photon Counting Detector in a Scanned Multislit Geometry

    Author : Magnus Åslund; Mats Danielsson; Ehsan Samei; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mammography; digital; photon counting; scanning; detective quantum effciency; scattered radiation; automatic exposure control; Physics; Fysik;

    Abstract : Mammography screening aims to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths by early detection of the disease, which is one of the leading causes of deaths for middle aged women in the western world. The risk from the x-ray radiation in mammography is relatively low but still a factor in the benefit-risk ratio of screening. READ MORE