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Unit for Police Work
Police Work
The Police programme at the Unit 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 Unit 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 Unit 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
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
Projectevaluation of Sluta Skjut
anna-karin.ivert@mau.se
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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
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2022 | Chapter in book
Åt var och en sitt: Straffbestämmelse, straffskärpningsgrund eller både och?
Andreas Anderberg
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2022 | Collection (editor)
Teori och politik: Straffrätt i omvandling
Andreas Anderberg, Dennis Martinsson, Erik Svensson
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2021 | Chapter in book
Oförsiktiga och oskyldiga brottsoffer: En jämförelse av uppfattningar av ansvar
Caroline Mellgren, Marie Demker
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2021 | Collection (editor)
Författningssamling i polisrätt: 2021/22
Andreas Anderberg
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2021 | Article, book review
Bo Wennström, Om straff och fängelser – Om det avvikande svenska vägvalet på straffrättens område, Jure Förlag 2020, 173 s.
Andreas Anderberg
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2021 | Report
Effektutvärdering av Sluta skjut: En strategi för att minska det grova våldet
Anna-Karin Ivert, Caroline Mellgren
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2020 | Collection (editor)
Författningssamling i polisrätt: 2020/21
Andreas Anderberg
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2020 | Article in journal
Det allmänna rättsmedvetandet och några svenska förarbeten på straffrättens område 2008–2018
Andreas Anderberg
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2020 | Report
Processutvärdering av sluta skjut
Anna-Karin Ivert, Caroline Mellgren, Josefin Nilsson
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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Contract courses
We can offer continuing professional development for your staff in the form of courses tailored to meet your wants and needs. You will get access to the latest research and to the disciplinary range offered by the University.