Search for dissertations about: "offenders"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the word offenders.
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1. 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
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2. Violent female offenders : Facts and preconceptions
Abstract : Women’s comparably low participation in criminal activity has resulted in little overall attention to female offenders in criminological research. The general aim of the present thesis is to illuminate aspects of particular significance for understanding female perpetrators of very serious crimes. READ MORE
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3. Self-harm in young violent offenders and forensic psychiatric patients
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4. Violence risk assessment in male and female mentally disordered offenders : differences and similarities
Abstract : When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. READ MORE
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5. The role of psychiatric diagnoses among youth offenders : An investigation of crime and later adverse outcomes
Abstract : There is a strong tradition in criminological research to uncover risk factors for crime in youth and, more recently, to examine risk factors for subsequent adverse outcomes among youth offenders. This knowledge serves not only for crime prevention but also to mitigate future harm resulting from youth crime. READ MORE