Search for dissertations about: "just world beliefs"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words just world beliefs.

  2. 1. Blame attribution in rape scenarios: Understanding the role of personal beliefs and situational factors

    Author : Kerstin Adolfsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rape; blame attributions; just world beliefs; sympathy; rape myths;

    Abstract : Previous studies have found victim-blaming attitudes to hinder victims of rape from reporting to the police. Many victims fear being blamed by people in their near surroundings or by professionals in the legal as well as in the healthcare system. READ MORE

  4. 2. Blaming victims of rape : Studies on rape myths and beliefs about rape

    Author : Kerstin Adolfsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Våldtäktsoffer; Våldtäkt; Attityder; Skuld; Våldtäkt; Skuld; Brottslingar: män; Brottsoffer; Fördomar; Rape; Guilt; Criminals: men; Crime victims; Prejudices; Rape victims; Attitude Psychology ; Rape; Guilt;

    Abstract : Rape is a crime characterized by low reporting and conviction rates. Many victims who do report, drop out during the justice process. This is a problem both for the victims themselves and for the legal certainty of societies. One explanation for low reporting rates is victims’ justified fear of being badly treated, mistrusted, and blamed. READ MORE

  5. 3. Green Deserts or New Opportunities? : Competing and complementary views on the soybean expansion in Uruguay, 2002-2013

    Author : Matilda Baraibar; Ulf Jonsson; Ronny Pettersson; Cristóbal Kay; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Uruguay; Soybean expansion; Discourse analysis; Agrarian change; Development perspectives; Agrifood globalization; agro-ecology; public regulation; pro-market; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : In just over a decade, soybean production in Uruguay emerged from almost non-existence to second most important export product. The extraordinary rapid soybean expansion is often referred to as representing changes that go far beyond the mere substitution of one agrarian activity for another, but evolved into a broad societal concern. READ MORE

  6. 4. Mathematical models of social norms and petty corruption

    Author : Alexander Funcke; Kimmo Eriksson; Pontus Strimling; David Sumpter; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Applied Mathematics; matematik tillämpad matematik;

    Abstract : Corruption is a problem all around the world, but the extent of the problem varies between countries and situations. In this thesis, I focus on how corruption levels can change when they are culturally determined. For this reason, I study the dynamics of the cultural underpinnings: social norms and conventions. READ MORE