| 1. |
- Selenius, Heidi, et al.
(författare)
-
Educational Needs among Women Admitted to High Secure Forensic Psychiatric Care
- 2022
-
Ingår i: Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 2473-2850 .- 2473-2842. ; 22:3, s. 269-284
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Forensic psychiatric patients’ low educational attainment is a strong predictor for recidivism. However, there is a lack of studies on the educational background among women admitted to forensic psychiatric care. The study aimed to investigate the educational background among women within a high secure forensic psychiatric setting. A mixed-method design was applied. Data were collected from registers, including medical records, forensic psychiatric investigations, and verdicts (n = 93), and by conducting interviews (n = 61) with women admitted to forensic psychiatric care in Sweden. The women’s education length varied between 5 and 18 years. According to interviews and registers, more than 70% of the women were found to have some school-related problems. In the interviews, some women associated school with conflicts, loneliness, and learning difficulties. Others explained how their disadvantageous home environment and many school changes affected their learning and problems developing and maintaining social relationships. Women with a neurodevelopmental disorder were to a higher degree documented with school-related problems than women without such disorders (97% vs. 63%). The educational attainment varied among the women, and consequently, their educational needs were heterogeneous. Therefore, they should be offered tailored education and vocational support to have an increased prerequisite for adjusting to and participating in society.
|
|
| 2. |
- Petersson, Joakim, 1988-, et al.
(författare)
-
Hur ökad kunskap om partnervåldsförövare kan förhindra våldsutsatthet
- 2015
-
Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Föreliggande presentation ämnar redogöra för mitt avhandlingsprojekt. Detta baseras på ett av Brottsoffermyndigheten finansierat projekt om användandet av strukturerade riskbedömningar inom polisen för att förhindra våld. Forskning har visat att användandet av strukturerade checklistor för bedömning av risk är en välfungerande metod att använda inom såväl polis, kriminalvård och rättspsykiatri för bedömning och hantering av risk för våld. Projektet ”Strukturerade vs ostrukturerade riskbedömningar för våld”, som avslutas sommaren 2016, initierades 2009 av kriminologisektionen vid Mittuniversitetet i Sundsvall. En strukturerad arbetsmetod, bestående av strukturerade checklistor för partnervåld, stalkning och hedersrelaterat våld, implementerades i Jämtlands samt Västernorrlands polismyndighet. En sådan checklista var Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide: Short Version (SARA: SV). Denna checklista syftar till att förhindra partnervåld genom att erbjuda ett strukturerat och systematiskt tillvägagångssätt att bedöma risk för upprepat sådant våld.Den första delstudien i avhandlingen baseras på sådana SARA: SV- bedömningar och fokuserar på karaktäristika hos olika subtyper av misstänkta partnervåldsförövare. Dessa förövare fördelades i två grupper baserat på typ av våld. Tidigare forskning på området har påvisat att partnervåldsförövare utgör en heterogen grupp, varvid klassificeringen av sådana förövare har uppmärksammats som ett viktigt forskningsområde. En av de mest distinkt särskiljande drag som karaktäriserar olika subtyper av partnervåldsförövare är våldets generalitet. De förövare som ej begränsar sitt våldsutövande enbart till sin partner (så kallade ”antisociala förövare”) har uppvisat flertalet unika karaktäristika jämfört med de förövare som enbart är våldsamma mot sin partner (så kallade ”family-only-förövare”). Bland annat har de antisociala förövarna i större utsträckning missbruksproblem, psykiska problem och använder allvarligare våld jämfört med family-only-förövare (se exempelvis Thijssen & de Ruiter, 2011; Walsh et al., 2010).En av de främsta anledningarna till att identifiera sådana subtyper är möjligheten att i större utsträckning förhindra partnervåld. Genom att ta hänsyn till de individuella skillnader som finns hos olika subtyper av partnervåldsförövare kan mest lämpliga riskhanteringstrategi för respektive subtyp användas. Ett sådant förfarande syftar i slutändan till att minimera risken för upprepad viktimisering för den drabbade. Mot bakgrund av detta presenteras upplägget och genomförandet av den första delstudien i avhandlingen. Studien kommer mer specifikt att undersöka eventuella skillnader i bakgrundsfaktorer och riskfaktorer för upprepat partnervåld, mellan antisociala- och family-only- förövare. Datainsamlingen har genomförts och preliminära analyser kommer att presenteras. Slutligen kommer även upplägget och planeringen för den andra delstudien i avhandlingsprojektet kort att presenteras. Denna studie kommer att bygga vidare på dessa subtyper av partnervåldsförövare och undersöka återfall i brottslighet.
|
|
| 3. |
- Strand, Susanne, 1972-, et al.
(författare)
-
Comparison of HCR-20 scores in violent mentally disordered men and women : Gender differences and similarities
- 2001
-
Ingår i: Psychology, Crime and Law. - : Harwood Academic. - 1068-316X .- 1477-2744. ; 7:1, s. 71-79
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Retrospective risk assessments based on the HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme were performed on 63 female patients and 85 male patients at two special forensic psychiatric hospitals. The aim was to compare risk factors for violence in mentally disordered women with their male counterparts, and to study to what extent the HCR-20, which is mainly based on research on men, can be used in a female forensic psychiatric population. The results show that the HCR-20 displays very similar risk factors for violence in women as in men, but the nature of violence is somewhat different between the sexes. Implications of the findings are discussed.
|
|
| 4. |
- Belfrage, Henrik, 1955-, et al.
(författare)
-
Assessing risk of patriarchal violence with honour as a motive : six years experience using the PATRIARCH checklist
- 2012
-
Ingår i: International Journal of Police Science and Management. - : Sage Publications. - 1461-3557 .- 1478-1603. ; 14:1, s. 20-29
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Few crimes are as complicated to investigate and understand as honour-based crimes. The planning and execution often involves multiple family members, usually without personality disorders or major mental disorders, and can include mothers, sisters, brothers, male cousins, uncles and grandfathers whose actions are by many, themselves included, considered as good or necessary. Investigations often have to be carried out transnational, involving many authorities and sometimes several countries. This paper describes the process of developing an evidence-based checklist which has been used for six years in Sweden as an aid for law enforcement and social authorities in cases with suspected risk for honour-based violence. Data from 56 recent cases are presented and discussed.
|
|
| 5. |
- Belfrage, Henrik, et al.
(författare)
-
Assessment and management of risk for intimate partner violence by police officers using the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide
- 2012
-
Ingår i: Law and human behavior. - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 0147-7307 .- 1573-661X. ; 36:1, s. 60-67
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a crime that is present in all countries, seriously impacts victims, and demands a great deal of time and resources from the criminal justice system. The current study examined the use of the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide, 2nd ed. (SARA; Kropp, Hart, Webster, & Eaves, 1995), a structured professional judgment risk assessment and management tool for IPV, by police officers in Sweden over a follow-up of 18 months. SARA risk assessments had significant predictive validity with respect to risk management recommendations made by police, as well as with recidivism as indexed by subsequent contacts with police. Risk management mediated the association between risk assessment and recidivism: High levels of intervention were associated with decreased recidivism in high risk cases, but with increased recidivism in low risk cases. The findings support the potential utility of police-based risk assessment and management of IPV, and in particular the belief that appropriately structured risk assessment and management decisions can prevent violence.
|
|
| 6. |
|
|
| 7. |
|
|
| 8. |
- Belfrage, Henrik, et al.
(författare)
-
Measuring the outcome of structured spousal violence risk assessments using the B-SAFER : risk in relation to recidivism and intervention
- 2012
-
Ingår i: Behavioral sciences & the law (Print). - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0735-3936 .- 1099-0798. ; 30:4, s. 420-430
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, 216 risk assessments conducted by law enforcement officers in a suburb of Stockholm using the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) were followed up and correlated to both recidivism and type of protective actions implemented by the police. The results showed high recidivism rates across all risk categories, except in the highest risk group, where the recidivism rate was significantly lower. This finding suggests a poor, and even negative, predictive power of the police risk assessments: the higher the police-assessed risk, the lower the recidivism rate. However, it was clear that the police did very little, or nothing, in cases not assessed as high risk. All resources appear to have been directed to the high-risk cases, which seems to have had a preventive effect. Our results point to the importance of studying the nature and extent of protective actions taken in response to risk assessment, before drawing conclusions about the predictive validity of risk assessment instruments.
|
|
| 9. |
|
|
| 10. |
|
|
