Essays about: "Nils Christie"

Found 4 essays containing the words Nils Christie.

  1. 1. Policing in a small society : The 'closely-knit' and underresearched Faroe Islands

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Ingmar Berg Mikkelsen; [2023]
    Keywords : closely-knit; Faroese; Faroe Islands; Føroyar; Nils Christie; policing; small societies; Faroese; Faroe Islands; Føroyar; løgregla; Nils Christie; oyggjasamfelag; police; sambond; samfelag; smá samfeløg; smátjóðir; tætt knýtt;

    Abstract : The Faroes are a rural, ’closely-knit’ (Nils Christie 1982), and unexplored society. Hardly anyone is a stranger. Neither are police officers and offenders. How does this affect policing? Based on 6 interviews with Faroese police officers and 3interviews with Faroese offenders, the ’living law’ (i. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Problem of Establishing Consent - A critical policy analysis of how the problem of establishing consent and voluntariness has changed in Swedish rape judgements after the consent law.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Fransson; [2022]
    Keywords : Consent; Voluntariness; Rape; Sweden; Critical policy analysis; Judgement; Legal discourse; Problematization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse and understand how the problem of establishing consent is represented in Swedish rape judgements before and after the consent-based legislation was enacted in 2018. The purpose is to elucidate differences in the court’s assessment of consent, as well as generate an understanding of how the court may maintain and reproduce problematic elements which are stereotyped in the legal assessment. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Det är nästan som på savannen, lejonet som ger sig på den svagaste gasellen" : en kvalitativ studie av hur äldre beskrivs som offer för bedrägeribrott i domar och media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Collin; [2016]
    Keywords : christie; elderly; fraud; judgements; media; the ideal victim; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years the rate of fraudulent crime has increased in Sweden. Swedish media has flagged up this development in part by publishing articles focusing on such crimes particularly against the elderly. READ MORE

  5. 4. Popular Descriptions of the Rape Victim in the Press : A quantitative content analysis comparing Swedish and Michigan articles

    University essay from Kriminologiska institutionen

    Author : Nishadi Beck; Sara Virtanen Janbakhsh; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Not all victims can relate to the concept of the ideal victim. Especially rape victims can have a hard time gaining status as a victim. Rape victims may have to deal with being questioned about the circumstances but that has taken a turn towards the right direction in the redefinition of the rape law. READ MORE