Author: Kinberg, Olof [1873-1960]
Title: Rättspsykiatriska utlåtanden 1907-1916
Description: Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt, (1917). orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, viii,321 pp. A small stain to bottom margins of pages 195-212. Some chips to rear cover.. Rubbed. Some small tears & chips to spine. Good. ¶ Text entirely in Swedish. Contains detailed reports of 28 forensic psychiatric cases in Sweden, 1906-1917. Contents: A. Brottmål. B. Civilmål.Several lightly pencilled marginal marks. ["Olof Kinberg, for many years Sweden's most prominent criminologist, was among other things instructor in forensic psychiatry bearing the title Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm 1920-39. He has been considered the founder of Swedish forensic psychiatry. Through his instruction and many publications he exercised a powerful influence in many areas of psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and criminology"(Werlinder)] ["...Both within the tradition of social liberalism and the social democratic party the ideals of a rational society governed by experts was very influential in the period between the two world wars. Some of the advocates for social medicine did even try to formulate a political programme with the new science as a base. The most influential of those was the forensic pspychiatrist Olof Kinberg (1873-1960). In a series of books and articles during the first half of the 19th century Kinberg developed a theory of a society governed by doctors educated within this new branch of science. He thought that almost every kind of social problem could be handled by these experts. Social maladjustment, criminality and even car accidents could be reduced to a minimum if only the new knowledge of the biological and medical causes of human behavior was allowed to influence the social and political organization of the society..." - R. Qvarsell "Social Medicine and Social

Keywords: Swedish Forensic Psychiatry, Sweden, Scandinavia, Psychology, Criminal Insanity, Criminology, Crime, Social History, Sociology