The Juvenile Offender in Norway

Disposal of the body after murder committed by juvenile offender.

Disposal of the body by setting in concrete or sealing with bricks represents relatively rare form of corpse hiding after crime. We report a unique case of juvenile offender who killed his father and subsequently concealed the body. The victim had been reported missing by members of his family but the body was not found until 12 months later. Hidden in concrete body was well preserved allowing ...

Perceptions of Juvenile Offender SES 1 RUNNING HEAD: Perceptions of Juvenile Offender SES Socioeconomic Status Affects Perceptions of Juvenile Defendants Tried in Adult Criminal Court

I investigated the influence of a juvenile defendant’s socioeconomic status (SES) on mock jurors’ perceptions of a juvenile tried in adult court. In line with the similarity-leniency hypothesis and stereotypes regarding the relationship between poverty and crime, I predicted that the low SES defendant would be found guilty more often and receive more punitive case judgments than a middle or hig...

Differential effects of adult court transfer on juvenile offender recidivism.

Prior research indicates that adolescent offenders transferred to adult court are more likely to recidivate than those retained in the juvenile system. The studies supporting this conclusion, however, are limited in addressing the issue of heterogeneity among transferred adolescents. This study estimates the effect of transfer on later crime using a sample of 654 serious juvenile offenders, 29%...

A hospital based registry of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Norway

Objectives To evaluate clinical characteristics in patients with JIA registered in the hospital based registry. Methods The registry is based on written informed consent. JIA patients were classified using ICD-10 codes and they were registered once. Gender, date of registration and year for disease onset was recorded, in addition to onset type, number of active joints and physician’s global ass...

Juvenile Court Legislative Reform and the Serious Young Offender: Dismantling the "Rehabilitative Ideal"