Sven Granath

Biographic Data

ID3465883
NAMESven Granath
GIVEN NAMESSven
FAMILY NAMEGranath
SIGNATUREGRANATH S
AFFILIATIONSStockholm University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Homicide drop in seven European countries: General or specific across countries and crime types

    Open AccessKaroliina Suonpää, Janne Kivivuori et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Criminology2024

    This study examines homicide trends in seven European countries – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland – all of which manifested a substantial drop in homicide mortality between 1990 and 2016. By using data from the European Homicide Monitor, a coding scheme created to enable cross-country comparisons, combined with the national cause-of-death statistics, we explore generality versus specificity of the homi…

  • Firearm and Criminal Milieu Homicide in Sweden

    Open AccessSven GranathARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Criminal…2024

    This study analyzes the trend in firearm and criminal milieu–related homicides in Sweden in the past three decades. A particular focus is on the 2010–2019 period, during which a dramatic increase was noted, although an increase in firearm homicides with illegal guns had already started in the late 1990s. In extant literature, the rapid increase in the 2010s is posited to be associated with fast access to illegal weapons, especially among youth in…

  • Firearm Homicides in Europe: A Comparison with Non-Firearm Homicides in Five European Countries

    Open AccessKatharina Krüsselmann, Pauline Aarten et al.ARTICLEGlobal Crime2023Cited by: 2References: 4

    Detailed, comparative research on firearm violence in Europe is rare. Using data from the European Homicide Monitor, this paper presents the prevalence and characteristics of firearm homicides in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland between 2001 and 2016. Furthermore, we compare firearm to non-firearm homicides to assess the degree of uniqueness of firearms as modus operandi. We find that the firearm homicide rate varies acro…

  • Nordic Homicide in Deep Time: Lethal Violence in the Early Modern Era and Present Times

    Open AccessJanne Kivivuori, Mona Rautelin et al.BOOKNordic Homicide in Deep Time2022Cited by: 1References: 8

    Nordic Homicide in Deep Time draws a unique and detailed picture of developments in human interpersonal violence and presents new findings on rates, patterns, and long-term changes in lethal violence in the Nordics. Conducted by an interdisciplinary team of criminologists and historians, the book analyses homicide and lethal violence in northern Europe in two eras - the 17th century and early 21st century. Similar and continuous societal structur…

  • Trends in rates and characteristics of intimate partner homicides between 1990 and 2013

    Open AccessShilan Caman, Marianne Kristiansson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2017Cited by: 4References: 39

    Research addressing intimate partner homicide (IPH) across time and gender is lacking. The present study compares rates of IPH and non-intimate partner homicide (non-IPH) over time. Moreover, gender-specific trends of IPH rates and characteristics are examined