“…There are a number of, often tacit, conceptions that constitute the prerequisites for a given countermeasure to appear rational. In the current context, these conceptions include views on the causes of crime and on the factors that it is possible to affect (Giertsen, 1994; Sahlin, 2000). Different academic disciplines, for example, are associated with different traditions regarding the countermeasures that are viewed as possible or reasonable, depending on the study object in focus.…”