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Ungdomar i åldern 15 till 20 år är gruppen med de flest antal misstänkta för brott. Under de senaste åren har kriminaliteten letat sig allt längre ner i åldrarna. Tre psykologiska konstrukt som har kopplats till kriminellt beteende är personlighetsegenskaperna impulsivitet, sensationssökande och riskattityd. Det har visat sig att konstrukten relaterar till varandra men trots det så har dessa aspekter tidigare studerats separat i relation till kriminellt beteende. Denna studie ämnar således undersöka personlighetsegenskaperna parallellt och se vilken som kan predicera kriminellt beteende hos ungdomar i åldern 15–20 år. Data samlades in genom en enkät riktade till ungdomar i Sverige och personlighetsegenskaperna analyserades därefter genom en multipel regressionsanalys. Detta för att kunna predicera kriminellt beteende baserat på deltagarnas värden på skalor som mäter impulsivitet, sensationssökande och riskattityd. I resultatet av den multipla regressionsanalysen framkom att varken sensationssökande eller riskattityd utgjorde signifikanta prediktorer för kriminellt beteende. Däremot identifierades impulsivitet som en signifikant prediktor för kriminellt beteende. För att bidra till en bredare förståelse av orsaken till kriminellt beteende skulle det vara givande för framtida forskning att fortsätta undersöka impulsivitet och dess roll för ungdomar. Att förstå vikten av impulsivitet för kriminellt beteende är relevant för aktörer involverade i brottsförebyggande arbete för att förhindra ungdomars delaktighet i kriminalitet.

<p>Man has always in one way or another had to take risks in order to survive, but in today's society, voluntary risks increased markedly. It is about both physical and financial risks. The aim of this essay is to problematize what it is for properties that drive people to extreme sports and adventure travel. We want to see how extreme sports performers own picture looks compared to how the media presents them. We have in this essay interviewed two long sailors, a BASE jumper and an ex-mountain climber to see how the performers own picture of reality looks. We examined how the media presents different extreme sports in the form of news magazines and lifestyle magazine. We have concluded that there is a huge gap between the self images of their sport compared to how the media presents them. News Magazines often deals with risks and dangers of extreme sports and put them in different contexts in their articles and that the sport is to demonstrate its capacity, to reach goals, triumph and prestige. Also Sunday supplement that are not news-oriented have the same main focus. Lifestyle magazines image of extreme sports performers is more consistent with the addition to the participants own image in which the actual experience and lifestyle is important and not the risk-seeking.</p>

Man has always in one way or another had to take risks in order to survive, but in today's society, voluntary risks increased markedly. It is about both physical and financial risks. The aim of this essay is to problematize what it is for properties that drive people to extreme sports and adventure travel. We want to see how extreme sports performers own picture looks compared to how the media presents them. We have in this essay interviewed two long sailors, a BASE jumper and an ex-mountain climber to see how the performers own picture of reality looks. We examined how the media presents different extreme sports in the form of news magazines and lifestyle magazine. We have concluded that there is a huge gap between the self images of their sport compared to how the media presents them. News Magazines often deals with risks and dangers of extreme sports and put them in different contexts in their articles and that the sport is to demonstrate its capacity, to reach goals, triumph and prestige. Also Sunday supplement that are not news-oriented have the same main focus. Lifestyle magazines image of extreme sports performers is more consistent with the addition to the participants own image in which the actual experience and lifestyle is important and not the risk-seeking.