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Department for Police Work
Police Work
The police programme at the Department for Police Work is offered on behalf of the Swedish Police Authority. Continued professional development is also provided at the unit for various social stakeholders, including the Swedish Coast Guard and the Swedish Police Authority.
Education at the Department for Police Work
Police work has a multidisciplinary basis. The education includes perspectives on police work based on subject areas such as law, criminology, health sciences, behavioural science, social work and political science.
Study: Police students can become better drivers with a driving simulator
A film about using driving simulators in police training (7 min)
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Research at the Department for Police Work
Police work has a multidisciplinary basis, and is studied on the basis of subjects such as law, criminology, health sciences, behavioural science, social work and political science. One central field of research is the evaluation of police methods.
Ongoing research projects
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Research project
Driving simulators for an efficient and safe traffic work environment for police officers
caroline.mellgren@mau.se -
Research project
Partnership Policing: From Strategy to Practice
anders.stenstrom@mau.se -
Research project
Evaluation of the implementation of Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) in Malmö
caroline.mellgren@mau.se -
Research project
Simulator based training for emergency personell - Knowledge transfer in relation to risk and sustainability
joakim.ingrell@mau.se -
Research project
Evaluation of Sluta Skjut
anna-karin.ivert@mau.se
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Jesper Fundberg - Senior lecturer
jesper.fundberg@mau.se
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Joakim Ingrell - Director of studies/Senior lecturer
joakim.ingrell@mau.se
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Mia-Maria Magnusson - Lecturer
mia-maria.magnusson@mau.se
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Caroline Mellgren - Associate Professor
caroline.mellgren@mau.se
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Anders Stenström - Associate senior lecturer
anders.stenstrom@mau.se
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2023 | Article in journal
Predicting Gun Violence in Stockholm, Sweden, Using Sociodemographics, Crime and Drug Market Locations
Mia-Maria Magnusson
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2023 | Article in journal
Partnership policing and the dynamics of administrative growth
Anders Stenström
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2023 | Report
Uppföljning av sluta skjut: En strategi för att minska det grova våldet i Malmö
Anna-Karin Ivert, Caroline Mellgren
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2023 | Article in journal
Körsimulator som pedagogiskt verktyg i polisutbildning
Joakim Ingrell, Caroline Mellgren
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2023 | Article in journal
Mental health and exercise habits among police students in Sweden: A three-year retrospective study
Alexander Jansson, Daniel Bjärsholm, Sandra Krugly, Joakim Ingrell, Jenny Vikman
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2023 | Conference paper
Mental health and exercise habits among police students in Sweden: a three-year retrospective study
Alexander Jansson, Sandra Krugly, Joakim Ingrell, Daniel Bjärsholm, Jenny Vikman
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2023 | Conference paper
A longitudinal study on exercise habits and mental health among swedish police students
Daniel Bjärsholm, Alexander Jansson, Sandra Krugly, Joakim Ingrell, Jenny Vikman
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2023 | Book
Polis - vad är det?
Liv Finstad, Caroline Mellgren, Jörgen Andersson
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2023 | Article in journal
Trust Toward the Criminal Justice System Among Swedish Roma: A Mixed-Methodology Approach
Simon Wallengren, Anders Wigerfelt, Berit Wigerfelt, Caroline Mellgren
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2022 | Article in journal
Simulator-Based Driving Training in Low-Speed Maneuvering for Swedish Police Students
Joakim Ingrell, Christian Egerius, Caroline Mellgren
Research subject
Criminology

Criminology is the scientific study of crime and its causes, which includes interventions to prevent and contain crime, as well as lessen its consequences.
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