Search for dissertations about: "murder thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words murder thesis.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Representing the Absent: A Study of Memorialisation and Its Material Culture in Spontaneous and Official Memorial Places in Contemporary Sweden

    Author : Anna Petersson; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to study how memorial places and objects serve as links and meeting points between the bereaved and their conceptions and memories of the departed. This has been examined in several different ways, from various viewpoints, and placed in different contexts and periods in time. READ MORE

  5. 3. Eliciting admissions from suspects in criminal investigations

    Author : Serra Tekin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; suspects; admissions; strategic use of evidence; statement-evidence inconsistency; police officers;

    Abstract : The psycho-legal literature is scarce with respect to specific interviewing tactics aimed at eliciting new and critical information (admissions) from suspects in criminal cases. The first major aim of this thesis was to fill this void by introducing and testing a novel evidence disclosure tactic, called the SUE-Confrontation, which draws on the general principles underlying the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) framework. READ MORE

  6. 4. Countdown to Armageddon : minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam in the latter days

    Author : Mattias Gardell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Afro-amerikaner; Islam-- Förenta staterna; Islam och politik-- Förenta staterna; Black nationalism-- Förenta staterna; Black muslim-rörelsen; Religion;

    Abstract : Being both black and Islamic, the main subject of this study represents a combined opposition to "Americanity", i.e., the civil religion of the United States. READ MORE

  7. 5. Making Sense of Suffering : Holocaust and Holodomor in Ukrainian Historical Culture

    Author : Johan Dietsch; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Historia; History; Europeanisation; history education; Holodomor; 1932?1933 famine; Holocaust; national identity; diaspora; uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Ukraine; post-Soviet; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ; Political history; Politisk historia;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of how Ukraine has incorporated and made use of the Holocaust and the 1932?1933 famine (Holodomor) in its new national history and historical culture. The investigation departs from the increased interest in and attention devoted to the Holocaust in recent years. READ MORE