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[25/06/2008] Dissertation for CVP co-worker Jenny Yourstone

 

On May 23, 2008, Jenny Yourstone defended her thesis for the degree of doctor of Philosophy at the Department of Psychology, at Stockholm University.

 

The title of the thesis is Violent female offenders: Facts and preconceptions. The thesis includes three empirical studies in which Jenny Yourstone have looked at differences in the psycho-social background between female and male perpetrators convicted of homicide, and whether female and male violent offenders are assessed differently in the forensic psychiatric process.

 

An abstract of the thesis (PDF) is available for download via the link below (opens in a new window): http://www.diva-portal.org/su/spikblad.xsql?dbid=7569

 





 

News archive

[22/03/2010] Updated publication list

[17/06/2009] CVP at Stockholm Criminology Symposium

[05/08/2008] Congress on child and adolescent mental health

[25/06/2008] Dissertation for CVP co-worker Jenny Yourstone

[02/05/2008] CVP has moved to a new location

[01/05/2008] CVP’s Niklas Långström involved in revision of manual for diagnosis of mental disorders

[17/05/2007] Mental illness in sexual offenders (PDF)

[29/03/2007] Martin Grann promoted full professor

[17/08/2006] Researchers address uncommon sexual interests

[18/11/2005] SBU-report about risk assessment in psychiatry

[16/11/2005] CVP has moved

[03/06/2005] Dissertation at CVP

[14/03/2005] CVP invites you to participate in an international study on risk assessment

[20/02/2005] Vlad Ruchkin to CVP

[26/11/2004] Dissertation at CVP

[01/11/2004] Psychosis in one fifth of homicide offenders

[10/09/2004] Sexual offending behavior is relatively stable over time

[25/08/2004] Licentiate degree at CVP

[21/05/2004] Action needed to tackle drug related crime

[10/10/2003] Debate over psychiatry continues

[25/08/2003] Poor scientific foundation for reoffence risk assessment of juvenile sexual offenders

[25/04/2003] Three mid-thesis reviews at CVP in May and June

[11/03/2003] Simple risk tool incorrect for non-European offenders

[13/02/2003] Research unit in Vadstena inaugurated

[22/01/2003] Board of Research establishes CVP

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