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Rape laws in the Nordic Countries – Definitions, Development and Discussions
On the theme for NSfKs Research Seminar 2021 “Sexual Violence in the Nordic Countries” we want to highlight the recently published Special Issue of Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Vol 8 No 2 (2020), published January 29, 2021. Link to the journal, which is available Open Access: Rape laws in the Nordic Countries –…
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Mareile Kaufmann interviewed in University World News
Mareile Kaufmann, post doc at Oslo University was interviewed in University World News on the need for new EU law to protect universities from big tech.Link to the interview here. Mareile Kaufmann received recently the European Research Council grant for the research project:“Digital DNA: The changing relationships between digital technologies, DNA and evidence”.At the NSfK…
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Winners of NJC Best Article Prize 2020
“Revealing hidden realities: Disclosing domestic abuse to informal others” by Susanne Boethius & Malin Åkerström. Click here to read full article (OA) in Nordic Journal of Criminology, Volume 21, 2020 , pp 186-202. Read more at NSfK web about the nominees for the prize 2020.
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Report by the Norwegian Partner Homicide Committee
On 15 December 2020, the Norwegian Partner Homicide Committee submitted their report to Minister of Justice and Public Security, Monica Mæland.The Committee was chaired by NSfK Council member, Professor Ragnhild Hennum. The government appointed the Partner Homicide Committee by royal resolution on 12 October 2018. The committee has surveyed cases of homicide where the perpetrator…
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The nominees for NJC Best Article Prize 2020
Allow us to introduce the nominees for the NJC Best Article Prize 2020! All articles are Free Access or Open Access.Please click on the names of the articles to reach full text. “Old-fashioned penal exceptionalism: the case of Iceland’s open prisons” by Francis Pakes “Experiencing police violence and insults: narratives from ethnic minority men in…
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18 Applications for NSfK Research Grants 2021
The application period for NSfK research grants 2021 ended on Friday 27 November at 15.00 CET. 18 applications were received before DL, of which five Joint Nordic applications, two for Joint Nordic working groups and 11 for individual research projects. The total sum of research funds applied for amounts to SEK 12,755,000. The Council for NSfK…
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Nordic projects in the ECPA contest
The European Crime Prevention Award (ECPA) is a contest that rewards the best European crime prevention project. From the Nordic EU-memberstates a Finnish and a Swedish project will participate. Read more about the national winning projects on this page. You reach the national presentations of the projects (in Swedish) by clicking on the headlines. Finland:…
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NSfK 60 years – which questions do future Nordic criminologists raise?
Letter from the Chairperson of NSfK, Felipe Estrada NSfK 60 years – Jubilee Issue of Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (NTfK) Please note: For the letter in English, please see further down at this page. NSfK 60 år – vilka frågor ställer framtidens nordiska kriminologer? År 2022 fyller Nordiska samarbetsrådet för kriminologi (NSfK) 60 år. Jubileumsåret…
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Nordic criminology publications and research articles, October – December 2020
December 2020 Thesis Stambøl, Eva Magdalena: “External Projection of Internal Security: The EU’s Export of Crime Control to West Africa“, Institut for Sociologi og Socialt Arbejde ved Aalborg Universitet Eva ønsker i den forbindelse at takke NSfK for at yde økonomisk bistand som muliggjorde hendes feltarbejde i Vestafrika. Books, anthologies and specialissues of journals Hayward, K. J. (2021) “Five smart…
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Co-Nordic project funded by NSfK, project leader Isabel Schoultz
“‘Law in action’ – Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migrant workers in the Nordic countries” Project meeting August 2020. Photo: Theo Hagman-Rogowski What are you investigating in this research project? This research project is a joint effort that explores how the Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden – counter the exploitation…