Janne Vepsäläinen presentin at the NSfK Research seminar 2024 on ”Do Cybercrimes Indicate Serious Offending Behavior?” Analysis is based on the 4th round of the ISRD. #cybercrime #delinquency

Emelí Lönnqvist Emelí Lönnqvist receives the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2023 🌟 NSfK

Thank to NSfK for a great seminar with interesting talks by nordic criminologists. I was happy to talk about my newish project on drug market recruitment of youth, and from Rusmiddelforskning Nina Korshøj told about hybrid drug dealing + talks by Luna Andersen & Jeanett Bjørness

Dr. Miikka Vuorela from UEF Law School has created a superb and user-friendly data portal ”Historical Criminal Statistics of the Nordic Countries 1809–2022”. Provides even some correlate series such as alcohol use per capita. Historical Criminology NSfK criminalstatistics.fi

Our May newsletter is out! Get criminology and crime policy news from Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden: New statistics, podcasts, legislation, seminars, publication plus more! #criminology #norcrim nsfk.org/news/newslette…

Blog post alert! What are the effects on imprisonment? Many studies have rejected the deterrent effect of imprisonment, others find that it might prevent crime through incapacitation. Enes Al Weswasi presents findings from Sweden: #nordiccriminology #criminology nsfk.org/blog/challenge…

SAVE THE DATE! Our 2025 Research seminar will take place in Denmark from 7th to 9th of May. Topic: "25 years into the millennium: New challenges for crime control and prevention" Stay tuned for our Call for papers! #criminology #nordiccriminology nsfk.org/news/nsfk-rese…

📣 CALLING NORDIC PhD STUDENTS IN CRIMINOLOGY! 📣 Our 2024 PhD seminar will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 6-7. More info below. Application DL: August 31st. #criminology #nordiccriminology nsfk.org/activities/phd…

Rusmiddelforskning is hosting this year's PhD seminar by the NSfK If you are a PhD fellow and interested in criminology and criminal justice issues in a Scandinavian context please take a look at this call for participants

We are very proud to announce that we have funded the development of this unique database that is now made public: Crime statistics of the Nordic countries from 1810-2022. A huge thank you to Miikka Vuorela! You are all invited to dig in and explore: nsfk.org/news/the-histo…

New Nordic Criminology Blog post!

Our newsletter gives you news from all Nordic countries on matters relating to criminology, crime prevention and crime policy: New legislation, crime statistics, evaluations, vacancies, publications, podcasts plus more! nsfk.org/news/newslette…

Nordic countries grapple with multifaceted challenges posed by youth crime. In this situation, it is important to critically assess the narratives that shape public opinion and policy. Read Marja Lönnroth's new post on our blog: Nordic Criminology nsfk.org/blog/youth-str…

Tips til ferielektyre: Les siste nummer av Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab! Om straffeskjerpinger i Sverige, Desistance-forskning fra Norge, og POL-INTEL i Danmark. Open Access, of course! tidsskrift.dk/NTfK/issue/vie…

📢 NEW NORDIC CRIMINOLOGY BLOG POST! 📢 Bystander interventions, empowering individuals to take prosocial action to prevent sexual harassment and assault, can be a powerful preventive tool. Read more about Terese Hartmann-Petersen ongoing research: nsfk.org/blog/empowerin…

Interesting research on bystander intervention. Shows women more likely to intervene. I suspect this reflects the norm of chivalry protecting females against assaults in public. Men who intervene face a greater risk of retaliation. It's safer for women to intervene?

📢 BLOG POST ALERT! 📢 Criminal and social justice is becoming increasingly entangled within juvenile justice, leading to increased legal uncertainty for the individual, Andreas Anderberg writes in our newest blog post: #nordiccriminology Nordic Criminology nsfk.org/blog/within-or…

Curious about the latest in crime policy, prevention, and criminology in the Nordic countries? Our August newsletter covers youth crime, organized crime, and more. Check it out! #nordiccriminology #criminology nsfk.org/news/newslette…

Self-reported victimization among women has risen and is now 10-15% higher than men. A new study by Mika Hagerlid shows a shift in how questions on sexual offenses are interpreted, reflecting growing intolerance: #nordicccriminology #criminology nsfk.org/blog/the-rever…