Amber Beckley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1494375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amber Beckley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amber |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckley |
| SIGNATURE | BECKLEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Futures Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison
This study explores the characteristics of individuals affiliated with violent extremist milieus in Sweden, focusing on far-right, far-left, and Islamic extremist milieus. Firstly, by using a compilation of law enforcement and other Swedish population registers, we describe these milieus along a range of demographic, socioeconomic, criminal, mental health, and familial indicators. We then compare Swedish extremists to extremists globally. Our fin…
Are skewed sex ratios associated with violent crime? A longitudinal analysis using Swedish register data
There is widespread concern in both the popular and academic literature that a surplus of men in a population intensifies mating competition between men, particularly unpartnered men, resulting in increased violence towards both men and women. Recent contributions challenge this perspective and argue that male mating competition and levels of violence will be higher when sex ratios are female-skewed. Existing empirical evidence remains inconclusi…
Abandon Twin Research? Embrace Epigenetic Research? Premature Advice for Criminologists
In their original article, Burt and Simons (2014) argued that heritability studies should be abandoned because twin and adoption research is a fatally flawed paradigm. They pointed optimistically to epigenetics research as the way forward. In our view, both rec-ommendations are hasty. This commentary will put forward two contrarian opinions. First, twin and adoption studies still have a lot to offer criminologists who seek the social causes of cr…
Abandon Twin Research? Embrace Epigenetic Research? Premature Advice for Criminologists
In their original article, Burt and Simons (2014) argued that heritability studies should be abandoned because twin and adoption research is a fatally flawed paradigm. They pointed optimistically to epigenetics research as the way forward. In our view, both rec-ommendations are hasty. This commentary will put forward two contrarian opinions. First, twin and adoption studies still have a lot to offer criminologists who seek the social causes of cr…
Abandon Twin Research? Embrace Epigenetic Research? Premature Advice for Criminologists
In their original article, Burt and Simons (2014) argued that heritability studies should be abandoned because twin and adoption research is a fatally flawed paradigm. They pointed optimistically to epigenetics research as the way forward. In our view, both rec-ommendations are hasty. This commentary will put forward two contrarian opinions. First, twin and adoption studies still have a lot to offer criminologists who seek the social causes of cr…
Are skewed sex ratios associated with violent crime? A longitudinal analysis using Swedish register data
There is widespread concern in both the popular and academic literature that a surplus of men in a population intensifies mating competition between men, particularly unpartnered men, resulting in increased violence towards both men and women. Recent contributions challenge this perspective and argue that male mating competition and levels of violence will be higher when sex ratios are female-skewed. Existing empirical evidence remains inconclusi…
Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison
This study explores the characteristics of individuals affiliated with violent extremist milieus in Sweden, focusing on far-right, far-left, and Islamic extremist milieus. Firstly, by using a compilation of law enforcement and other Swedish population registers, we describe these milieus along a range of demographic, socioeconomic, criminal, mental health, and familial indicators. We then compare Swedish extremists to extremists globally. Our fin…
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Advice (programming (1 works) · Child and adolescent psychiatry (1 works) · Citation (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (1 works)