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Nils Bejerot
Nils Bejerot (born September 21, 1921 in Stockholm - died November 29, 1988) was a Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist, best known for several things:
- His role as a psychiatric advisor during the Norrmalmstorg robbery and coinage of the term Stockholm syndrome to refer to the way a hostage reacts in some situations.
- His strong opposition against any legalization or prescription programmes for narcotic drugs, instead advocating zero tolerance.
- Strong oppostion against the violence in comic books, which was the subject of his book, Barn, serie, samhälle (children, comics, society).
Some people consider Bejerot a good humanist advocating the only viable policy against narcotics, while others view him as a reactionary hindering new treatment practices against drug abuse.
External links
- http://www.nilsbejerot.se/ - written by admirers
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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