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  • Newsletter – November 2024

    NSfK provides grants to projects of relevance to Nordic criminology, crime policy and crime prevention. The project(s) must be carried out in one or more of the member countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Application deadline: 29 November.

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  • Newsletter — October 2024

    What are the challenges represented by new trends in crime, crime policy, and crime prevention? We are interested in contributions related to for instance organized, economic, digital, or ecological crime and the challenges these represent for control and prevention. NSfK’s 63rd research seminar will explore Nordic research into new trends, what is happening now and…

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  • Alternative sanctions for drug-related crimes

    New research suggests that using contract care instead of prison could be a more effective way to address substance-related crimes like drunk driving. By Per Jørgen Ystehede When courts sanction care In 2021, the Swedish Prison and Probation Services reported that 60% of those serving prison or probation sentences had substance abuse problems. However, most…

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  • Newsletter – September 2024

    Content Contact Secretaries Denmark: Frederikke Hougaard HansenFaroe Islands: Daisy J. IversenFinland: Emma VillmanGreenland: Sara Kirstine JakobsenIceland: Jónas Orri JónassonNorway: Marina Hiller FoshaugenSweden: Emelí Lönnqvist If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please contact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact secretaries are responsible for the national contributions.To include anything to the Newsletter, please send an email to the contact secretary in your…

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  • Nordic crime victimization surveys

    On the initiative of Council member Anne-Julie Boesen Pedersen, representatives from all the Nordic ministries and academia gathered in Copenhagen to share experiences and discuss problems related to crime victimization surveys in the Nordic countries.

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  • Newsletter — August 2024

    NSfK provides financial support for conference-related travel and study trips abroad. Support is available for researchers in the field of criminology based in the Nordic countries. The last application deadline in 2024 is 30 August.

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  • Newsletter — June 2024

    A seminar for PhD students in criminology from the Nordic countries will be organized in Copenhagen 6–7 November 2024. The event will be hosted by the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University. Deadline for applications: 31 August, 2024.

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  • The Historical Criminal Statistics of the Nordic Countries 1810–2022 is launched

    At the NSfK research seminar in Skåne, historical criminologist Miikka Vuorela (FI) unveiled a unique web-based statistical database with Nordic crime data going back more than 200 years.

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  • NSfK Research Seminar 2025

    Save the date for the next NSfK Research Seminar! It will take place in Denmark, 7–9 May, 2025.

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  • Newsletter – May 2024

    Welcome to our new Danish contact secretary! Frederikke Hougaard Hansen replaces Helena Birk Oxlund as contact secretary for Denmark. We thank Helena for her excellent work and welcome Frederikke to the NSfK.

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