Farlige barn?
Abstract Homicides are rare in Norway, and minors committing homicide are even rarer. While such offenses require a response, they also require considerations regarding the effect a prison sentence would have on the young offender. In some cases, the considerations are challenged by a perceived need...
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De Nordiske Kriminalistforeninger
2023-10-01
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Homicides are rare in Norway, and minors committing homicide are even rarer. While such offenses require a response, they also require considerations regarding the effect a prison sentence would have on the young offender. In some cases, the considerations are challenged by a perceived need to protect society from future acts of violence and harm. Thus, some of these minors are not only penalized for what they have done, but also labelled a danger. A question of relevance is how this dangerousness is assessed. This paper aims to provide historical insight into a complete selection of homicide cases from Norway in the period 1955-1982, where the offenders were allminors, many were imprisoned, and some also deemed dangerous. These cases represent society’s view on children’s capacity for harm over a long period. |
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| institution | Kabale University |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61ce860d15054c1d9905e9ce4390b6382025-01-07T13:17:47ZdanDe Nordiske KriminalistforeningerNordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab2446-30512023-10-01110336838510.7146/ntfk.v110i3.141477134883Farlige barn?Hilde DahlAbstract Homicides are rare in Norway, and minors committing homicide are even rarer. While such offenses require a response, they also require considerations regarding the effect a prison sentence would have on the young offender. In some cases, the considerations are challenged by a perceived need to protect society from future acts of violence and harm. Thus, some of these minors are not only penalized for what they have done, but also labelled a danger. A question of relevance is how this dangerousness is assessed. This paper aims to provide historical insight into a complete selection of homicide cases from Norway in the period 1955-1982, where the offenders were allminors, many were imprisoned, and some also deemed dangerous. These cases represent society’s view on children’s capacity for harm over a long period.https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/141477homicideyoung offendershigh security imprisonmentpunishmentindividual competencesdrapunge lovbryteresikringstraffsjelsevner |
| spellingShingle | Hilde Dahl Farlige barn? Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab homicide young offenders high security imprisonment punishment individual competences drap unge lovbrytere sikring straff sjelsevner |
| title | Farlige barn? |
| title_full | Farlige barn? |
| title_fullStr | Farlige barn? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farlige barn? |
| title_short | Farlige barn? |
| title_sort | farlige barn |
| topic | homicide young offenders high security imprisonment punishment individual competences drap unge lovbrytere sikring straff sjelsevner |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/article/view/141477 |
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