Crime and punishment in Sweden: historical criminal justice statistics 1750-2000

The article is a summary of a book in Swedish on the development of crime (that is, violence and theft) and punishment in Sweden in a historical perspective. The data stem mostly from conviction statistics. Following a discussion of the reliability of conviction statistics, trends in these statistic...

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Autor principal: Hofer, Hanns von 1944-2014 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2003
En: Journal of Scandinavian studies in criminology and crime prevention
Año: 2003, Volumen: 4, Número: 2, Páginas: 162-179
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Palabras clave:
Verurteilung
Bestrafung
Tötungsdelikte
Raub
Strafzumessung
Diebstahl
Kriminalität
Überfall
Historische Kriminologie
Vergewaltigung
Rückfälligkeit
Schweden
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Sumario:The article is a summary of a book in Swedish on the development of crime (that is, violence and theft) and punishment in Sweden in a historical perspective. The data stem mostly from conviction statistics. Following a discussion of the reliability of conviction statistics, trends in these statistics are described and various criminological explanations for these trends are discussed
ISSN:1404-3858