Lone threats

A register-based study of Swedish lone actors

Bibliographic Data

ID6192549
AuthorsA Rostami (0000-0003-0973-3481, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, corresponding author), Hernan Mondani (0000-0003-2685-9238, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden), Christoffer Carlsson (0000-0002-9278-7917, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden), Jerzy Sarnecki (0009-0005-3394-6059, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden), Christofer Edling (0000-0002-3909-1080, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden), Joakim Sturup (0000-0002-0404-8197, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden)
Year2024
Volume48
Issue1
Pages75-94
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01924036.2022.2100802
OpenAlexW4285731771
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited43

This study investigates 30 lone actors in Sweden with a register-based design using a group of male lone actors and two reference groups: same-sex siblings and other male violent extremists. We compare lone actors to the reference groups along social background, criminal background, and co-offending relations (1995 –2016), and mental health (1980–2016). Our results show that lone actors are primarily born in Sweden to two Swedish-born parents. They have a high degree of criminality and cooffending, indicating that they are not completely loners in their criminal behaviour. They have higher enrolment in secondary education than the reference groups, but lower enrolment in higher education than other male violent extremists. Additionally, they suffer considerably more from mental disorders compared to the reference groups. An analysis of criminality and in- and outpatient hospitalisation over the life course indicates that lone actors may have had problems in their transition into middle age

Criminology · Lone pair · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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