Sökning: "Criminal career"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Criminal career.

  1. 1. Criminal Careers in the Long Run : Patterns and Predictions of Criminal Convictions across Age, Time, and Gender

    Författare :Fredrik Sivertsson; Anders Nilsson; Olof Bäckman; Torbjørn Skardhamar; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal career; Recidivism; Life course; Longitudinal; Birth cohort; Gender; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : Why is it that a small proportion of the population accounts for the majority of crime? This question has stimulated a great deal of theoretical and methodological controversy in criminology. In essence, the debate is rooted in different theoretical underpinnings of continuity and change in crime, and the extent to which it is possible to foresee a life of crime by zeroing in on at-risk juvenile offenders. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The female offender : patterning of antisocial and criminal behaviour over the life-course

    Författare :Frida Andersson; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :criminal career; female offending; trajectories; sex differences; adult onset; chronics; life-course;

    Sammanfattning : The studies included in the thesis illustrate the patterning of female offending over the life course. The overarching aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the female offender and of the heterogeneity in female criminal offending trajectories over the life course, and also of factors that differentiate between these trajectories. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Continuities and Changes in Criminal Careers

    Författare :Christoffer Carlsson; Jerzy Sarnecki; Tove Pettersson; Peggy C. Giordano; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-course criminology; criminal careers; persistence; desistance; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : The best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior. At the same time, the vast majority of people who engage in crime are teenagers and stop offending with age. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kvinnor, brott, övervakning

    Författare :Inger Ungmark; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women; crime; probation; abuse; identity; career; gender role; dependence - independence; qualitative method; symbolic interactionism.;

    Sammanfattning : The study is mainly an empirical survey of women on probation. The main purpose is to describe and understand the dynamics of probation.The data collection comprises interviews with twenty seven female clients, and twenty two supervisors. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Lyckas mot alla odds : Protektiva faktorer i upphörandeprocessen vid brottslig verksamhet

    Författare :Birgitta Rydén-Lodi; Britt af Klinteberg; Håkan Stattin; Viveka Sundelin Wahlsten; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; kriminell karriär; upphörande med brott; protektiva faktorer; riskfaktorer; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the present study was to investigate the criminal career, focusing on factors of importance for quitting an ongoing severe criminal career. First a pilot study was performed on 15 young male criminals, for which an interview guide concerning life situation and background characteristics was applied and revised for further developing into a questionnaire (Study I). LÄS MER