Astrid Rossegger

Biographic Data

ID6884345
NAMEAstrid Rossegger
GIVEN NAMESAstrid
FAMILY NAMERossegger
SIGNATUREROSSEGGER A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Basel
ORCID0000-0003-0207-732X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Procedural justice and language barriers in a Swiss penitentiary

    Open AccessJoëlle Ninon Albrecht, Astrid Rossegger et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Criminology2025

    Perceptions of procedural justice (PJ) by prisoners have been found to be associated with a number of public health and safety outcomes. As language skills are an important prerequisite, PJ is at risk in countries with a high proportion of non-nationals in prisons, such as Switzerland. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between perceptions of PJ and language barriers among male prisoners ( N = 241) incarcerated in th…

  • Prevalence and Impact of Hate Speech among Politicians in Switzerland

    Open AccessJoëlle Ninon Albrecht, Jérôme Endra et al.ARTICLESocieties2024References: 1

    Politicians may be particularly vulnerable to hate speech because of their public visibility and exposure to deviating opinions. They play a critical role in the functioning of a democratic system, and therefore, hate speech poses a potential threat because it can impede politicians’ freedom of expression or even lead politicians to resign from office. However, little is known about the prevalence and impact of hate speech targeting politicians. …

  • International Survey on the Use of Emerging Technologies Among Forensic and Correctional Mental Health Professionals

    Open AccessMadeleine A Kirschstein, Jay P Singh et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2023

    Although the global diffusion of e-mental health has increased in recent years, research on the use of technologies in criminal justice settings is limited. To bridge this knowledge gap, we conducted an international online survey ( N = 555) of forensic and correctional mental health professionals from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and 20 additional countries. Telecommunication technologies and mental health platfor…

  • Exploring the mental healthcare needs of Swiss pre-trial detainees

    Open AccessJuliane Gerth, Jérôme Endra et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    The use of mental health care among pre-trial detainees is significantly more frequent than among sentenced prisoners concerning both primary care and inpatient treatment. Since establishment of the novel on-site PDC admissions to psychiatric hospitals were found to decrease. Data indicates that especially male pre-trial detainees with adjustment disorders benefitted from this innovative path forward in correctional healthcare. Further research i…

  • Internet-based Self-Assessment after the Tsunami

    Open AccessStefan Vetter, Astrid Rossegger et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    ONSET was used by a large number of subjects who thought to be affected by the catastrophe in order to help them decide if they needed to see a mental health professional. Furthermore, men more frequently accessed the instrument than women, indicating that Internet-based testing facilitates reaching out to a different group of people than "ordinary" public mental health strategies

  • Exposure to the tsunami disaster, PTSD symptoms and increased substance use – an Internet based survey of male and female residents of Switzerland

    Open AccessStefan Vetter, Astrid Rossegger et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    The tsunami was associated with increased substance use. This study not only replicates earlier findings but also suggests for a gender specificity of post-traumatic substance use increase