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- Abbott, Max, et al.
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Cadre conceptuel du jeu préjudiciable: Une collaboration internationale, troisième édition
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Si le jeu est souvent considéré comme un divertissement ou un loisir, pour certaines personnes, qu’il s’agisse de familles ou d’individus, voire de la société en général, il peut avoir des répercussions graves. Depuis des décennies, les effets préjudiciables du jeu font l’objet d’études visant à comprendre les distinctions entre la pratique du jeu et le parcours de vie des problèmes liés au jeu. Le présent ouvrage élabore un cadre conceptuel complet et pertinent au niveau international du « jeu préjudiciable » qui identifie les préjudices au-delà d’une vue basée sur les symptômes et aborde une série de facteurs liés aux risques pour la population, de même qu’aux effets sur la communauté et la société. Les facteurs répertoriés dans le cadre représentent des éléments majeurs liés au jeu et sont tantôt spécifiques (environnement de jeu, exposition, types et ressources), tantôt généraux (culturels, sociétaux, psychologiques et biologiques). Le Cadre a été créé par une équipe internationale de spécialistes interdisciplinaires dans le but de faciliter la compréhension du jeu préjudiciable. Il reflète l’état des connaissances liées aux facteurs d’influence du jeu préjudiciable et a pour but secondaire de servir de guide au développement de programmes de recherche futurs et à l’éducation des personnes chargées de prendre des décisions en matière de jeu préjudiciable. Situé à Guelph, en Ontario (Canada), l’organisme Gambling Research Exchange Ontario ou GREO, anciennement Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) a facilité l’élaboration du présent Cadre conceptuel sur le jeu préjudiciable et demeurera responsable d’assurer la mise à jour de celui-ci.
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- Abbott, Max, et al.
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Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: An International Collaboration
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- While seen by many as a form of leisure and recreation, gambling can have serious repercussions for individuals, families, and society as a whole. The harmful effects of gambling have been studied for decades to attempt to understand individual differences in gambling engagement and the life- course of gamblingrelated problems. In this publication, we present a comprehensive, internationally relevant conceptual framework of “harmful gambling” that moves beyond a symptoms-based view of harm and addresses a broad set of factors related to population risk, community and societal effects. Interactive factors represented in the framework represent major themes in gambling that range from specific (gambling environment, exposure, types, and resources) to general (cultural, social, psychological, and biological). This framework has been created by international and interdisciplinary experts from a variety of stakeholder perspectives - including researchers, treatment providers, operators, policy makers, and individuals and their families - to facilitate an understanding of harmful gambling. It not only reflects the state of knowledge as it relates to factors influencing harmful gambling, but also acts to guide the development of future research programs and educate policy makers on issues related to harmful gambling. The Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has facilitated the development of the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling and is committed to updating it over time.
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- Abbott, Max, et al.
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Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: An International Collaboration (Revised Edition)
- 2015
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Although it is seen by many as a form of leisure and recreation, gambling can have serious repercussions for individuals, families, and society as a whole. The harmful effects of gambling have been studied for decades in an attempt to understand individual differences in gambling engagement and the life-course of gambling-related problems. In this publication, we present a comprehensive, internationally relevant conceptual framework of “harmful gambling” that moves beyond a symptoms-based view of harm and addresses a broad set of factors related to population risk, community and societal effects. Interactive factors depicted in the framework represent major themes in gambling that range from specific (gambling environment, exposure, types, and resources) to general (cultural, social, psychological, and biological). The framework has been created by international interdisciplinary experts and stakeholders— including researchers, treatment providers, operators, policy makers, as well as individuals and their families—in order to facilitate an understanding of harmful gambling. It reflects the state of knowledge related to factors influencing harmful gambling; and serves a secondary purpose as a guide for the development of future research programs and education of policy makers on issues related to harmful gambling. Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO) (formerly the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has facilitated the development of the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling and will retain responsibility for keeping it up-to-date.
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- Abbott, Max, et al.
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Conceptual framework of harmful gambling: An international collaboration, Third Edition
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Although it is seen by many as a form of leisure and recreation, gambling can have serious repercussions for individuals, families, and society as a whole. The harmful effects of gambling have been studied for decades in an attempt to understand individual differences in gambling engagement and the life-course of gambling-related problems. In this publication, we present a comprehensive, internationally relevant conceptual framework of “harmful gambling” that moves beyond a symptoms-based view of harm and addresses a broad set of factors related to population risk, community, and societal effects. Factors included in the framework represent major topics relating to gambling that range from specific (gambling environment, exposure, types, and resources) to general (cultural, social, psychological, and biological). The framework has been created by international, interdisciplinary experts in order to facilitate an understanding of harmful gambling. It reflects the state of knowledge related to factors influencing harmful gambling, and serves a secondary purpose as a guide for the development of future research programs and to educate policy makers on issues related to harmful gambling. Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO) (formerly the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has facilitated the development of the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling and retains responsibility for keeping it up-to-date.
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| 5. |
- Binde, Per, 1956
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A mutual support group for young problem gamblers
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1557-1874 .- 1557-1882. ; 10:4, s. 524-536
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Swedish mutual support group for young problem gamblers is described and discussed. During the study period, 116 weekly meetings occurred, usually involving six to ten participants; in total, 69 problem gamblers (66 male and three female), aged 17–25, and 23 partners and friends attended the meetings. Half the gamblers had problems with Internet poker, one fifth with electronic gambling machines, and the rest with other forms of gambling and computer gaming. Nearly half the problem gamblers participated in under five mutual support meetings, while just over a third attended ten or more meetings. Gambling problems ceased or lessened among most participants in ten or more meetings. In some cases, attending just one or a few meetings had a positive impact on the problems. This mutual support group provides relatively effective help to adolescents and young adults with gambling problems, offering a valuable alternative and complement to professional treatment.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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A Swedish mutual support society of problem gamblers
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1557-1874 .- 1557-1882. ; 10:4, s. 512-523
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mutual support societies for problem gamblers have existed in Sweden for 20 years. They have helped more people with gambling problems than any other institution inside or outside the Swedish health care system. This paper outlines the background of these societies and describes the meetings of one of them. Data come from interviews with members of a local society and participation in mutual support meetings. It is argued that these mutual support societies provide help in a variety of ways and in all phases of recovery from gambling problems. In particular, they help people form personal narratives about the origin, progression, and resolution of their problems, narratives that give insight and guide recovery. These mutual support societies are valuable complements and alternatives to professional treatment.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet: En metodologisk diskussion i ett regleringsperspektiv
- 2012
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Ingår i: Lotteriinspektionens skriftserie. ; :2, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Forskning och praktisk erfarenhet visar att vissa spelformer är mer riskfyllda än andra. Med ”riskfylld” avses här en spelform där en jämförelsevis stor andel av deltagarna har spelproblem. Risken kan vara dels att spelformen skapar problem hos åtskilliga av dem som börjar delta i den, dels att den är särskilt attraktiv för personer som sedan tidigare har spelproblem och därigenom vidmakthåller eller förvärrar deras problem. Artikeln ger en orientering om de tre huvudsakliga metoder som finns för att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet - data från befolkningsstudier, statistik över dem som söker hjälp för spelproblem, och riskbedömningsinstrument. Metodernas styrkor och svagheter diskuteras, liksom generella komplikationerna med riskbedömning av spelformer. Slutsatsen är att det inte finns någon perfekt metod för att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet. Alla metoder har alla sina starka och svaga sidor och det är därför önskvärt att i regleringssammanhang utnyttja alla till buds stående metoder för att göra en så god riskbedömning som möjligt.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Att sälja en dröm: Om spelreklam och dess påverkan
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I boken presenteras fakta om svensk spelreklam och en genomgång görs av internationell forskning på området. Det görs även en kritisk granskning av reklamen och forskningen kring den. Boken vänder sig i första hand till dem som kommer i kontakt med spelmissbruk i sitt arbete, antingen indirekt i rollen som politiker eller forskare eller mer direkt i någon form av stöd- eller behandlingsarbete. Författare är socialantropologen fil. dr Per Binde vid Centrum för forskning om offentlig sektor (CEFOS) vid Göteborgs Universitet. Rapporten ingår som ett led i den forskning som Statens folkhälsoinstitut stöder om spel och spelberoende i Sverige.
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| 9. |
- Binde, Per, 1956
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Bodies of vital matter: Notions of life force and transcendence in traditional southern Italy
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Bodies of Vital Matter presents an innovative study that explores folk beliefs relating to the vital force of the human body and to the transcendence of the corporal. The time frame is the period from the unification of Italy to the Second World War. There are three principal themes of investigation. A first theme is loss of vital force believed to result from the influence of other persons and beings. Topics discussed in this context are folk medicine and ideas concerning the humours of the human body, as well as beliefs relating to "thefts" of mother’s milk, the evil eye, blood-sucking witches and the harmful influences of menstruating women. A second theme is imageries of how life energy can be replenished from external sources. Here the focus is on popular cults of grace-giving martyrs and saints, on rural sanctuaries that connect with creative natural forces, and on the celebration of Easter and the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the Roman Catholic Mass. The third principal theme is the denial of death as expressed in practices of entombment and by ideas about regeneration of new life from death; among the topics discussed are death and burial practices, the celebration of All Souls Day, and natural symbols of renewal and rebirth. Bodies of Vital Matter is based on data extracted from a comprehensive body of texts written by South Italian ethnographers and folklorists in the decades around the turn of the century, complemented by the author’s field observations in contemporary Italy. Interpretative social anthropology constitutes the theoretical framework. The comparision of customs and beliefs from hundreds of South Italian villages and towns reveals patterns of cultural meaning that could hardly be discerned in a study focusing on a single local community. The systemic cultural approach used in the study has a remarkable power of explanation. A wide variety of seemingly unrelated beliefs, practices and myths are shown to be generated by a core set of cultural presuppositions. Features of social organization are crucial to the interpretation of the ethnography. In particular, various forms of reciprocity in social interaction are seen as fundamental in shaping ideas about transference of vital force, both between individuals and from divine beings to human beings. The notion of "la famiglia" as a social unit of paramount importance is a key to the understanding of representations of corporal transcendence and family continuity.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Case studies of railway controversies
- 2000
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Ingår i: National Objctives - Local Objections: Railroad Modernization in Sweden, ed. Å. Boholm. - Göteborg : Livréna. - 9163102595 ; , s. 39-68
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Binde, Per, 1956, et al.
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Criminogenic problem gambling: A study of verdicts by Swedish courts
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Gambling Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1445-9795 .- 1479-4276. ; 22:3, s. 344-364
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explored the characteristics and consequences of criminogenic problem gambling in Sweden. All verdicts (N = 283,884) delivered by Swedish general courts between 2014 and 2018 were subjected to a key word search for the term ‘problem gambling’ and its synonyms. Verdicts that met the search criterion (n = 1,232) were inspected manually and cases in which problem gambling clearly was the main cause for committing crime (n = 282) were analyzed quantitatively. The most common types of crimes were fraud and embezzlement (67%). Each year around 400 individuals, companies, and organizations became victims of gambling-driven crimes, with nonprofit organizations being the most severely affected. Those convicted for such crimes were older, and to a greater extent female and first-time offenders, compared to national statistics on crimes in general. This suggests that in Sweden, middle-aged women are a high-risk group for severe gambling problems that should be monitored particularly closely by gambling companies for indications of problematic gambling. We conclude that although crimes driven by problem gambling are relatively rare in the justice system, they bring considerable harm to victims and the perpetrators themselves.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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De svenska spelberoendeföreningarna
- 2010
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Ingår i: Spelberoendes riksförbund 10 år: En jubileumsskrift, red. P. Binde & J. Jonsson. - Östersund : Statens folkhälsoinstitut. - 9789172576858 ; , s. 43-55
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Bokkapitlet beskriver de svenska spelberoendeföreningarna. Det tar upp föreningarnas historiska bakgrund och skildrar hur ett självhjälpsmöte går till. Författaren ger sin syn på vad som gör att självhjälpsgrupper är ett bra stöd för många människor med beroendeproblem och hur sådana grupper förhåller sig till professionell psykologisk behandling.
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| 13. |
- Binde, Per, 1956
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Exploring the impact of gambling advertising: An interview study of problem gamblers
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1557-1874 .- 1557-1882. ; 7:4, s. 541-554
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study qualitatively explored the impact of gambling advertising on problem gambling by interviewing twenty-five people with current or past gambling problems. Interviews were relatively long and involved the participants’ viewing numerous examples of gambling advertising. A quarter of the participants reported that gambling advertising had no impact on their problems, slightly over half of them reported that advertising had a marginal impact, and one fifth reported a tangible impact. However, none considered advertising to be a main cause of their gambling problems. The negative self-perceived impact was primarily that advertising triggered impulses to gamble. Advertising thus increased already high involvement in gambling and/or made it harder to stick to a decision to gamble less or not at all.
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- Binde, Per, 1956, et al.
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Forms of gambling, gambling involvement and problem gambling: Evidence from a Swedish population survey
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Gambling Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1445-9795 .- 1479-4276. ; 17:3, s. 490-507
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to explore the association between problem gambling (PG) and participation in different forms of gambling in order to elucidate relationships between PG, gambling involvement and gambling intensity. Using data from the first wave of the Swedish Longitudinal Gambling Study (Swelogs) (n = 4,991), the study tested four hypotheses, namely that (1) some forms of gambling are more closely associated with PG than other forms; (2) high gambling involvement is associated with PG; (3) gambling involvement is positively associated with the intensity of gambling; and (4) the relationship between gambling involvement and PG is influenced by the specific forms of gambling in which individuals participate. All four hypotheses were supported. More specifically, the study found that while many PGs regularly participate in multiple forms of gambling, half of PGs participate regularly in only one or two forms of gambling. The study concluded that some forms of gambling are more closely associated with problem gambling than other forms, and that gambling policy and regulation, as well as the development of responsible gambling initiatives, should focus on these forms.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling across cultures: Mapping worldwide occurrence and learning from ethnographic comparison
- 2005
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Ingår i: International Gambling Studies. - 1445-9795. ; 5:1, s. 1-27
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper first maps the distribution of indigenous gambling in cultures around the world. On the basis of extensive ethnographic and historical evidence, it is concluded that gambling is not a universal phenomenon; prior to the era of European colonisation, non-gambling societies appear to have covered large areas of the globe. The pattern of gambling and non-gambling peoples and nations invites speculation and investigation. The second part of the paper reviews and critically discusses statistical cross-cultural studies that have aimed to uncover factors that promote or restrain the playing of games of chance and the practice of gambling. Some of these factors, which allow us to predict to a certain extent the presence and intensity of gambling in societies, are: the presence of commercially used money, social inequality, societal complexity, and the presence of certain kinds of competitive inter-tribal relations.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling advertising: A critical research review
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report provides a critical review of research on gambling advertising, with particular attention to studies that concern the impact of such advertising on participation in gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling. Methodological issues and the potential of research approaches to produce reliable and meaningful results are discussed, providing a basis for recommendations about future studies. The report has been commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Trust in the UK and the aim is that the Trust, other organizations and researchers will find the report useful when forming research priorities and planning studies. More generally, the report serves as an introduction to the topic of gambling advertising. It is concluded that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to assess how many people gamble excessively because of direct or indirect influence from advertising. However, the nature and mechanisms of the impact of gambling advertising, as well as other aspects of it – such as its volume and the ethical questions that it raises – are possible to study in a variety of ways. Thus while absolute extent of impact is difficult to assess, it is possible to study the relative impact on various groups of people by different forms of advertising. Such research results are valuable for policy making, regulation and the responsible marketing of gambling as they differentiate between relatively harmless and relatively risky advertising.
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| 17. |
- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling and religion: Histories of concord and conflict
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Gambling Issues. - 1494-5185. ; 20, s. 145-165
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper discusses the diverse relationships between gambling and religion in various societies and at various times in history and suggests a theoretical model for how these relationships can be understood. It is argued that gambling and religion have certain elements in common: notions of the unknown, mystery, and fate, as well as imagery of suddenly receiving something of great value that changes life for the better. In many traditional cultures gambling has existed in concord with polytheistic and animistic religion; gambling and religion go well together precisely because of the elements they have in common. Monotheistic religions that claim authority in religious and transcendental matters, however, tend to denounce gambling, and this disapproval has been strengthened by a conception that gambling offers a wicked alternative to certain religious notions and experiences. The elements that gambling and religion share have thus become a source of conflict.
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| 18. |
- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling, Exchange Systems, and Moralities
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Gambling Studies. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1050-5350 .- 1573-3602. ; 21:4, s. 445-479
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- History and ethnography show us that, across societies of the past and present, gambling varies considerably with respect to its organization, social meanings, and how it is regarded in moral terms. This paper presents a basic scheme for analyzing the relationship between gambling and society. A theoretical starting point is that reciprocity is fundamental to social and economic systems. An anthropological theory of exchange systems makes a broad distinction between a structural dimension (generalized versus balanced reciprocity) and a normative dimension (from voluntary to involuntary). A model of four basic forms of reciprocity, each having a characteristic exchange mode and morality, can thus be constructed. Gambling is here understood as an exchange system embedded in the reciprocal orders of society and having a necessary relationship to these; it can take on the characteristics of such an order or it can be regarded as conflicting with it. Much of the variation in the form and morality of gambling therefore emerges as systematic and explainable by a theory of forms of reciprocal exchange.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling in Sweden: The cultural and socio-political context
- 2014
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Ingår i: Addiction. - : Wiley. - 0965-2140 .- 1360-0443. ; 109:2, s. 193-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim To provide an overview, with respect to Sweden, of the cultural history of gambling, the commercialization of gambling, problem gambling research, the prevalence of problem gambling and its prevention and treatment. Method A review of the literature and official documents relating to gambling in Sweden; involvement in gambling research and regulation. Results Gambling has long been part of Swedish culture. Since about 1980 the gambling market, although still largely monopolistic, has been commercialized. At the same time, problem gambling has emerged as a concept in the public health paradigm. Debate regarding whether or not Sweden’s national restrictions on the gambling market are compliant with European Community legislation has helped to put problem gambling on the political agenda. Despite expanded gambling services, the extent of problem gambling on the population level has not changed significantly over the past decade. Conclusions The stability of problem gambling in Sweden at the population level suggests a homeostatic system involving the gambling market, regulation, prevention and treatment and adaption to risk and harm by gamblers. We have relatively good knowledge of the extent and characteristics of problem gambling in Sweden and of how to treat it, but little is known of how to prevent it effectively. Knowledge is needed of the effectiveness of regulatory actions and approaches, and of responsible gambling measures implemented by gambling companies.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling motivation and involvement: A review of social science research
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report reviews the academic literature on social, economic and cultural research on gambling. The objective is to sum up what the literature says about the motives people have for gambling and the factors that influence their degree of involvement in gambling. Suggestions are made as to the usefulness of this knowledge for studies on problem gambling, which often rely on medical concepts of excessive gambling as pathology. This review - citing 434 works - may thus be helpful to scholars, health practitioners and policy makers who deal with problem gambling issues, and of interest also to those with a more general desire to learn more about why people gamble.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling-related embezzlement in the workplace: A qualitative study
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Gambling Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1445-9795 .- 1479-4276. ; 16:3, s. 391-407
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- People with severe gambling problems typically first spend all their available money on gambling and then resort to borrowing, selling personal property and other ways of procuring more money for gambling. Some problem gamblers commit economic crimes. This investigation examined gambling-related embezzlement in the workplace, an aspect of problem gambling that may severely harm the gambler, significant others and the employer. The methods used are the study of newspaper articles and qualitative interviews with 18 informants, including professionals in workplace security and drug-use prevention, therapists specializing in problem gambling treatment, counsellors from mutual support societies, and recovered problem gamblers who had embezzled. Gambling-related embezzlement often progresses in a characteristic sequence shaped by specific processes in which the gambler’s thoughts and emotions interact systemically with the monetary losses caused by participating in commercial gambling and the opportunity to embezzle money in the workplace. In this study, criminological theory of white collar crime usefully complemented psychological theories of problem gambling. It is concluded that a processual perspective, in addition to consideration of psychological and environmental factors, is valuable for understanding the progression to severe problem gambling.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling-related employee embezzlement: A study of Swedish newspaper reports
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Gambling Issues. - : Concurrent Disorders Society Press. - 1910-7595. ; 34, s. 12-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is well-known that severe problem gambling may lead to economic crime. This study explored a particular type of such criminality: embezzlement committed by problem gamblers in the workplace. The aim was to gain knowledge about the extent of such criminality in Sweden and the sums of money involved. The method used was a media study of newspaper reports, complemented with information about help-seeking problem gamblers obtained in interviews with therapists specializing in problem gambling and with peer counsellors in mutual support societies of problem gamblers. The results showed that gambling-related embezzlement occurs in all branches of the economy where employees have access to money. The sums embezzled can be huge and the crimes sustained over several years. However, this varies across professional categories, with bank managers embezzling larger sums of money than others, and for longer, before being detected. Although Swedish newspapers report on average about one case a month of gambling-related employee embezzlement, the true prevalence is likely to be at least 10 times higher. More efforts should be made to prevent embezzlement and other gambling-related harms in the workplace.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Games of life and death: The judicial uses of dice in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Sweden
- 2014
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Ingår i: UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal. - 1535-7589. ; 18:1, s. 1-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gambling studies should take a broad view of the field and consider activities that are not strictly gambling but similar to it, such as cleromancy and secular uses of drawing of lots, to give us perspective on societal and cultural aspects of gambling. This paper presents historical data on judicial uses of throwing dice in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Sweden. The focus is on cases of manslaughter with multiple perpetrators who were considered equally guilty and were forced by the criminal court to throw dice to determine who should be executed and who should receive lesser penalties. Three principles are distinguished in judicial uses of throwing dice—cost-effective deterrence, lottery of pardon, and guilt-revealing cleromancy—and similarities and dissimilarities to present commercial gambling are discussed. It is argued that the polythetic notion of family resemblance is useful in gambling studies since it does not impose fixed conceptual boundaries between activities that share many elements.
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- Binde, Per, 1956, et al.
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Inledning: Spelberoendes riksförbund tio år
- 2010
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Ingår i: Spelberoendes riksförbund 10 år: En jubileumsskrift, red. P. Binde & J. Jonsson. - Östersund : Statens folkhälsoinstitut. - 9789172576858 ; , s. 6-11
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Den svenska spelmarknaden har förändrats och växt kraftigt den senaste tioårsperioden. Vi har fått statliga kasinon och på Internet går det att spela på det mesta från bingo till poker. Så gott som dagligen rapporterar massmedia om spelpolitik och spelberoende. Medvetenheten om spelberoende har ökat och starkt bidragande till det är Spelberoendes riksförbund. Förbundet har i tio år informerat om spelberoende och gett stöd till människor med spelproblem och deras anhöriga. Den här jubileumsskriften ger en bild av spelproblem i Sverige och kamratstödet i spelberoendes föreningar. Ungas spelande och de anhörigas situation tas upp av flera författare. Läsaren får också veta hur medvetenheten om spelberoende växte fram i Sverige och ta del av diskussioner om hur framtidens spelande kan gestalta sig. I boken medverkar aktiva inom förbundet, eldsjälar från lokalföreningar och spelberoende som har fått hjälp. Även spelforskare och personer som på olika sätt arbetat med spelfrågor har bidragit med kapitel. Skriften är utgiven med stöd av Statens folkhälsoinstitut. I detta inledningskapitel presenteras spelberoendes riksförbund, författarna och deras bidrag till jubileumsskriften.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Nature in Roman Catholic tradition
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Ingår i: Anthropological Quarterly. ; 74:1, s. 15-26
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is often suggested in contemporary anthropology that Western views of nature are fundamentally different from those in so called “societies of nature”, supposed to conceptualise the environment in non-dualistic terms. This article calls in question this opinion by discussing in some detail three different views on nature in Roman Catholic tradition. Firmly rooted in a dualistic worldview, although not as rigid as sometimes assumed, this tradition conceptually separates nature, humankind and the divine. However, many features assumed to characterise non-Western views of nature, such as animistic beliefs and imageries of communion with nature, form an integral part of scholarly Roman Catholic thought as well as of popular religious practices. Roman Catholic tradition emerges as a dynamic tradition of ideas which allows the relationships between nature and other domains to be construed in diverse ways.
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