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Examining the Lethal Violence Process in Sweden 1997 – 2022

Ryttmarker, Carl LU (2024) STAN40 20221
Department of Statistics
Abstract
This thesis examines the lack of reliable data and the comprehensive understanding regarding lethal violence in Sweden, especially when taking into consideration the hightened media focus on lethal shootings. This thesis aims to solve that by adding more nuance to the public knowledge, both regarding the good and the bad. By utilizing high-quality cause-of-death registry data from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (sv. Socialstyrelsen), the research spans from 1997 to 2022. The main contributions of this thesis are a comprehensive overview of the lethal violence process, statistical visualizations revealing nuanced insights, the role of demographic factors as well as the highlight that since 1997 to 2022 there has been a... (More)
This thesis examines the lack of reliable data and the comprehensive understanding regarding lethal violence in Sweden, especially when taking into consideration the hightened media focus on lethal shootings. This thesis aims to solve that by adding more nuance to the public knowledge, both regarding the good and the bad. By utilizing high-quality cause-of-death registry data from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (sv. Socialstyrelsen), the research spans from 1997 to 2022. The main contributions of this thesis are a comprehensive overview of the lethal violence process, statistical visualizations revealing nuanced insights, the role of demographic factors as well as the highlight that since 1997 to 2022 there has been a decrease of circa 40% in female deaths caused by another person. The thesis emphasizes the fact that most adults, and children, are at very low physical risk from this lethal violence. Those at very high risk are primarily young males in major city counties. These findings underscore the need to employ data-driven approaches and attempt to cover all nuances as well as lift both the good and bad developments. Otherwise, we run the risk of fear-mongering and not really understanding why some policies and actions may provide beneficial outcomes, as in the case of the drastically decreased amount of females dying by the hand of someone else. (Less)
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author
Ryttmarker, Carl LU
supervisor
organization
course
STAN40 20221
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
homicide research, cause-of-death-registries, exploratory data analysis, clustering analysis
language
English
id
9149925
date added to LUP
2024-03-19 14:11:04
date last changed
2024-03-19 14:11:12
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines the lack of reliable data and the comprehensive understanding regarding lethal violence in Sweden, especially when taking into consideration the hightened media focus on lethal shootings. This thesis aims to solve that by adding more nuance to the public knowledge, both regarding the good and the bad. By utilizing high-quality cause-of-death registry data from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (sv. Socialstyrelsen), the research spans from 1997 to 2022. The main contributions of this thesis are a comprehensive overview of the lethal violence process, statistical visualizations revealing nuanced insights, the role of demographic factors as well as the highlight that since 1997 to 2022 there has been a decrease of circa 40% in female deaths caused by another person. The thesis emphasizes the fact that most adults, and children, are at very low physical risk from this lethal violence. Those at very high risk are primarily young males in major city counties. These findings underscore the need to employ data-driven approaches and attempt to cover all nuances as well as lift both the good and bad developments. Otherwise, we run the risk of fear-mongering and not really understanding why some policies and actions may provide beneficial outcomes, as in the case of the drastically decreased amount of females dying by the hand of someone else.}},
  author       = {{Ryttmarker, Carl}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Examining the Lethal Violence Process in Sweden 1997 – 2022}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}