Search for dissertations about: "violent criminal behavior"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words violent criminal behavior.

2. 1. The impact of criminal and externalizing behaviors on aging : Long-term associations with health and dementia

   Author : Carmen Solares Canal; Henrik Larsson; Jonas Persson; Henrik Andershed; Björn Hofvander; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older adults; aging; criminal behavior; externalizing behaviors; violent crime; dementia; Alzheimer s diseases; mental health; physical health; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Previous studies have shown that criminal and other externalizing behaviors are associated with several adverse outcomes, but very little is known about the impact of these behaviors beyond middle adulthood. Few studies have explored how a life-course background of criminal and externalizing behaviors influence aging and more specifically, whether it is associated with the onset and development of different neurodegenerative, mental, and physical health disorders when aging. READ MORE

4. 2. Mental illness and criminal behavior : individual characteristics related to criminal conduct among violent offenders with schizophrenia

   Author : Anders Tengström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Criminality; Forensic psychiatry; HCR-20; Psychopathy; PCL; Risk assessment; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse; Violent crime; VRAG;

   Abstract : During the last decades, interest has increased in structured risk assessment of future violence as well as in research addressing the link between schizophrenia and violence. The overall aim of this study was to extend our knowledge concerning risk assessment and the connection between schizophrenia and criminal behavior. READ MORE

5. 3. Violent behavior and violent victimization among general psychiatric patients : prevalence and prediction

   Author : Joakim Sturup; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The intriguing question of how mental disorder and violence relate to each other has become an epic academic debate. During the last decades, there has been a change in direction of the debate on individuals with mental disorder, with a greater focus on violent victimization than violent behaviour towards others. READ MORE

6. 4. Aggressive Antisocial Behavior: Risk Factors and Personality Profile

   Author : Örjan Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggressive Antisocial Behavior; Life History of Aggression; Personality; Character maturity; Temperament and Character Inventory; Gender; Crime; Persistence; Total population registry; Prison population; Risk factors; Clinical factors;

   Abstract : Background: There is an increasing knowledge that violent criminality is restricted to a group of individuals with early onset of behavioral problems. These problems often emerge in combination with substance abuse and evolve into an antisocial personality disorder when the individual reaches adulthood. READ MORE

7. 5. Understanding psychopathy trough the study of long-term violent offenders

   Author : Peter Johansson; Margaret Kerr; Sten Levander; Stephen Hart; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychopathy; HIA-CP; Intelligence; Subtypes; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : Psychopathy describes a collection of personality traits that logically would facilitate violent, criminal behavior. This dissertation deals with issues that might shed light on how to treat or prevent this socially devastating personality disorder: the conceptualization of the disorder; how psychopathic offenders compare with nonpsychopathic offenders; and whether there are some psychopathic offenders who might be more amenable to treatment than others. READ MORE