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School party culture as a driver of cocaine use among Norwegian adolescents
Recent years have shown an upsurge in cocaine use among Norwegian adolescents. Once associated with the financial elite in popular culture, cocaine is now a common party ingredient in some youth milieus. Cocaine use may lead to a wide range of health problems. It is also one of the substances with the highest potential for…
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Police Supervision of Sex Offenders in Denmark: Lessons from a Sex Offender Management Unit in UK
While police supervision of sex offenders convicted of child sexual abuse is a new practice in Denmark, the UK’s Sex Offender Management Units have been managing sex offenders for decades. What lessons can Denmark learn from their experience?
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Building healthy relationships to reduce recidivism and prevent the intergenerational transmission of crime
Decades of research and practice show that multiple strategies are needed to address both recidivism and the development of criminal behaviours in new individuals. Children with incarcerated parents constitute a high-risk group for future criminality due to the intergenerational transmission of crime from parents to children. The possible impact that the quality and closeness of…
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The Importance of Cultural and Professional Exchanges
How can Denmark and the U.S. inspire each other to prevent sexual assault through strategies like bystander interventions? Insights from Terese Hartmann’s visit to the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence in Atlanta, Georgia, US, highlight the power of cultural and professional exchanges.
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Free flow of freedom and crime – but not of police cooperation – in the Nordic and the Schengen areas:
The Nordic countries have many of the same crime problems. When it comes to dealing with these problems, the countries’ solutions are partly similar, but partly definitely not. Do these differences have implications for the police cooperation between these countries? How does international police cooperation across borders work, given the national regulations? A new study…
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Experiences With and Barriers to Reporting Anti-LGBTQI Hate Crimes
By Kristina Os, Rune Ellefsen and Mona Hovland Jakobsen What prevents LGBTQI individuals from reporting hate crimes to the police, and what are the experiences of those who do report? A new study uncovers the troubling gaps in trust, support, and understanding that leave many anti-LGBTI hate crimes unreported in Norway. Photo by Rob Maxwell…
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Who is a credible victim, and how can you tell?
In the courtroom, credibility is the key to justice for crime victims. Victims who establish credibility in court are more likely to win their case. In Sweden, as in several Nordic countries, the courts use ordinary citizens representing the public, lay-judges, to assess criminal cases. Our study explores the specific challenges lay-judges face in assessing…
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Unmasking stalking patterns: A journey into advanced data analysis
As a PhD candidate studying stalking victimization, I often found myself staring at mountains of data,knowing there were hidden patterns just out of reach. That all changed when I attended an advancedcourse on Latent Class Analysis (LCA) in Cologne, Germany, last spring. This experience not only sharpened my statistical skills but also opened new doors…
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Changing a neighborhood: can a crime preventive initiative make a difference?
Crime prevention efforts should be based on empirical evidence, which is why it’s important to track and evaluate their effects over time to understand long-term impact. Over a sever year period, we evaluated a property owner-led collaboration in a disadvantaged neighborhood. Using quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, we analyzed changes in fear of crime, visible…
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Can we strive for justice within surveillance systems? Introducing the JUSST Project
As welfare services embrace data-driven technologies, concerns grow about how these systems impact marginalized communities through surveillance and automation. Can justice truly coexist within these structures? The JUSST Project (2024-2026), funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and hosted by OsloMet, tackles this critical question. By comparing two groups—income support recipients and offenders under electronic monitoring—the…