Offender Characteristics: A study of 23 Violent Offenders in Sweden
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Offender Characteristics: A study of 23 Violent Offenders in Sweden

Twenty-three offenders convicted of homicide or attempted murder/manslaughter, and their respective crimes, were examined to identify any common characteristics. Court documents were assessed, and the most prominent information of the offenders was that they were often single, most of them had no psychiatric diagnoses, the most frequent modus operandi was a knife or sharp weapon…

Therefore, the criticism of the Swedish Security Police is unjustified [Swedish]
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Therefore, the criticism of the Swedish Security Police is unjustified [Swedish]

The criticism directed at the Swedish Security Police, Säpo, in connection with the arrest of a man suspected of preparing for a terrorist crime, is understandable but unjustified. Intelligence analysis is a complex science that, together with respect for the rule of law, makes Säpo’s work even more difficult.