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Newsletter – January 2025
Content Contact Secretaries in the Nordic countries: Denmark: Frederikke Hougaard HansenFaroe Islands: Daisy J IversenFinland: Emma VillmanGreenland: Sara K. JakobsenIceland: Jónas Orri JónassonNorway: Marina Hiller FoshaugenSweden: Emelí Lönnqvist If you have any questions or comments about NSfKs activities, please conctact the Chair or the secretariat. The contact secretaries are responsible for the national contributions.To include…
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Nominees for the NJC Best Article Prize 2024
We are pleased to announce the three nominees for the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2024. Here are the three nominated articles, listed randomly: Trends in firearm homicide in 23 European countries – is Sweden an outlier? Klara Hradilova Selin, Katharina Krüsselmann, Karoliina Suonpää and David Shannon Trends in firearm homicide in 23…
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The Secretariat moves to Iceland
A New Chapter for the Nordic Research Council for Criminology! As of January 1st, 2025, the Secretariat of the Nordic Research Council for Criminology has officially moved from Norway to Iceland. We are deeply grateful to the previous secretariat for their dedication and hard work over the past three years, which have been invaluable to…
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Newsletter – December 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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Scandinavian Studies in Criminology now online
All 15 volumes of the book series have been digitalized and made open access. The Scandinavian Studies in Criminology book series was published under the auspices of The Nordic Research Council for Criminology from 1965 to 1999. The Norwegian Professor of Criminal Law, Johs Andenæs (1912–2003), the founder of the Department of Criminology in Norway…
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146 years of Nordic criminological research online
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab has made their entire catalogue available online.
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Successful PhD seminar in Copenhagen
The NSfK PhD seminar was this year hosted by Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University. The local organisers were Freja Ilsing Magnussen and Thomas Friis Søgaard. The seminar was attended by 32 PhD fellows from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, who all shared an interest in criminology and criminal justice issues. The…
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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…