The Real 1 Percent That Is A Problem: The 1 Percent That Is 63 Percent Of Violent Crime Convictions
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 14:10
in Psychology & Sociology
The majority of all violent crime in Sweden is committed by a small number of people and they have a definable demographic - personality disorders, substance abuse problems and almost all males (92%) who early in life develop violent criminality and begin with a large number of non-violent crimes. In their paper, the scholars at Sahlgrenska Academy examined 2.5 million people in Swedish criminal and population registers and matched all convictions for violent crime in Sweden between 1973 and 2004 with nation-wide population register for those born between 1958 to 1980 (2.5 million). read more