Swedish rape offenders——a latent class analysis
作者机构：Department of Clinical SciencesCenter for Primary Health Care ResearchLund UniversityMalmoSweden
出 版 物：《Forensic Sciences Research》 (法庭科学研究（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第6卷第2期
页 面：124-132页
核心收录：
学科分类：0301[法学-法学] 03[法学] 030104[法学-刑法学] 030609[法学-涉外警务学] 0306[法学-公安学]
主 题：Forensic sciences Sweden crime sex crimes rape offender characteristics crime prevention latent class analysis
摘 要：Sweden has witnessed an increase in the rates of sexual crimes including *** of who the offenders of these crimes are is therefore of importance for *** aimed to study characteristics of individuals convicted of rape,aggravated rape,attempted rape or attempted aggravated rape(abbreviated rape+),against a woman≥18years of age,in *** using information from the Swedish Crime Register,offenders between 15 and 60years old convicted of rapeþbetween 2000 and 2015 were *** on substance use disorders,previous criminality and psychiatric disorders were retrieved from Swedish population-based registers,and Latent Class Analysis(LCA)was used to identify classes of rapeþoffenders.A total of 3039 offenders were included in the analysis.A major-ity of them were immigrants(n=1800;59.2%)of which a majority(n=1451;47.7%)were born outside of *** LCA identified two classes:Class A-low offending class(LOC),and Class B—high offending class(HOC).While offenders in the LOC had low rates of previous criminality,psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders,those included in the HOC had high rates of previous criminality,psychiatric disorders and substance use *** HOC may be composed by more“traditionalcriminals probably known by the police,the LOC may represent individuals not previously known by the *** two separated classes,as well as our finding in regard to a majority of the offenders being immi-grants,warrants further studies that take into account the contextual characteristics among these offenders.
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