Återfall i brott: Ett Luhmannianskt perspektiv på neurosociala influenser underliggande handling
(2021) RÄSK02 20211Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate what motivates the recidivism
discrepancy between populations with: severe psychiatric disorder and non-severe
psychiatric disorder. The aim is to introduce an argument for biopsychosocial influences as underlying an individual’s propensity to act, using Luhmannian systems theory. By making use of current research on social and neurological risk factors, along with a need-benefitassessment of a biopsychosocial perspective within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, we speculate as to the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and social systems within the individual from a Luhmannian standpoint. We found support in empirical data that a view of the individual as multifaceted... (More) - The purpose of this paper is to investigate what motivates the recidivism
discrepancy between populations with: severe psychiatric disorder and non-severe
psychiatric disorder. The aim is to introduce an argument for biopsychosocial influences as underlying an individual’s propensity to act, using Luhmannian systems theory. By making use of current research on social and neurological risk factors, along with a need-benefitassessment of a biopsychosocial perspective within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, we speculate as to the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and social systems within the individual from a Luhmannian standpoint. We found support in empirical data that a view of the individual as multifaceted (i.e., not solely understood from a single scientific perspective) caused predictive models to become more precise with regard to accuracy and predictability in their estimates of recidivism, thus also granting support to the interconnected biopsychosocial perspective. The primary conclusion of this paper is as follows; The more risk factors that are present, in addition to the social risk factors, cause the individual to become more prone to recidivism. As such, when multiple risk factors are present and interact from within multiple fields, the probability of individual recidivism increases further, which motivates and partially explains the discrepancy between the previously mentioned groups. The interconnectedness of these biological, psychological, and social systems and risk factors are highlighted by placing the
individual in a Luhmannian systems theoretical context, from which we were able to
increase our understanding of an individual’s propensity to act with respect to recidivism. (Less)
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- author
- Broström, Lars Linus LU and Gewert, Jonas LU
- supervisor
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- Håkan Hydén LU
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Luhmann, Recidivism, Risk factors, Socioneurology, Systems theory
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9057824
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-07 12:46:57
- date last changed
- 2021-07-07 12:46:57
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abstract = {{The purpose of this paper is to investigate what motivates the recidivism
discrepancy between populations with: severe psychiatric disorder and non-severe
psychiatric disorder. The aim is to introduce an argument for biopsychosocial influences as underlying an individual’s propensity to act, using Luhmannian systems theory. By making use of current research on social and neurological risk factors, along with a need-benefitassessment of a biopsychosocial perspective within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, we speculate as to the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and social systems within the individual from a Luhmannian standpoint. We found support in empirical data that a view of the individual as multifaceted (i.e., not solely understood from a single scientific perspective) caused predictive models to become more precise with regard to accuracy and predictability in their estimates of recidivism, thus also granting support to the interconnected biopsychosocial perspective. The primary conclusion of this paper is as follows; The more risk factors that are present, in addition to the social risk factors, cause the individual to become more prone to recidivism. As such, when multiple risk factors are present and interact from within multiple fields, the probability of individual recidivism increases further, which motivates and partially explains the discrepancy between the previously mentioned groups. The interconnectedness of these biological, psychological, and social systems and risk factors are highlighted by placing the
individual in a Luhmannian systems theoretical context, from which we were able to
increase our understanding of an individual’s propensity to act with respect to recidivism.}},
author = {{Broström, Lars Linus and Gewert, Jonas}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Återfall i brott: Ett Luhmannianskt perspektiv på neurosociala influenser underliggande handling}},
year = {{2021}},
}