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Caroline Mellgren

Caroline Mellgren
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caroline.mellgren@mau.se
+46 72 239 43 65
orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-0065
Faculty of Health and Society
Department of Criminology
Police work
Criminology
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  • 2025 | Article in journal

    From pixels to patrol cars: exploring desktop-based simulator sickness in police driving training

    Joakim Ingrell, Caroline Mellgren

  • 2024 | Article in journal

    Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review

    Caroline Mellgren, Amir Rostami, Manne Gerell, Joakim Sturup, Thomas Hartvigsson, Christian Munthe, Johan Bring, Uliana Hellberg, Ann Kristine Johnsson, Sara Fundell, Knut Sundell

  • 2024 | Article in journal

    The violence must stop: Authorities’ experiences of communicating anti-violence messages to violent groups in Malmö, Sweden

    Anna Hedlund, Anna-Karin Ivert, Caroline Mellgren

  • 2024 | Article in journal

    Citizensʼ Views on the Importance of Different Areas of Police Work: A Best–Worst Scaling Approach

    Tobias Fläder, Caroline Mellgren

  • 2023 | Report

    Psykosociala insatser för att förebygga och minska gängkriminalitet bland barn och unga vuxna

    Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering (SBU), Amir Rostami, Manne Gerell, Joakim Sturup, Caroline Mellgren

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    Evaluation of the Impact of GVI Implementation in Sweden

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    The scope and character of empirical studies on Swedish police and policing 2010– 2024. A scoping review.

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    Police work in security zones. Response, assessment, and effects.

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    Driving simulators for an efficient and safe traffic work environment for police officers

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    Evaluation of the implementation of Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) in Malmö

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    Simulator based training for emergency personell - Knowledge transfer in relation to risk and sustainability

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    Evaluation of Sluta Skjut

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    Malmöbarn – en studie av den sociala miljöns betydelse för barns och ungdomars utveckling (MINDS)

  • Previous research projects in Diva

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People, Places and Prevention

Why do people commit crime? The overall aim of the research platform is to contribute to a better understanding of the causes...

Malmö Centre for Policing and Prevention

Tackling the problem of crime in society requires knowledge and the dissemination of knowledge about what works.

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