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People, Places and Prevention
and Prevention
Why do people commit crime? The overall aim of the research platform is to contribute to a better understanding of the causes and the consequences of crime, as well as the prevention of victimisation and involvement in crime.
Our research
How the question why people commit acts of crime is answered, determines how we view criminality and the people involved, both offenders and victims. It also influences what policies and methods we aim to use.
The programme is divided into four interrelated parts that focus on offenders, victims, social settings and prevention. All these parts are needed for the understanding of crime and its consequences, and also for developing effective crime policy strategies.
Finally, the program will develop, implement and evaluate strategies to prevent people from entering as well as help desisting from a criminal pathway and develop supporting strategies that focus on individuals that have been victims of crime.
Taken together this knowledge will answer the crucial questions: what kinds of interventions are likely to be most effective, for what kinds of people in what kinds of social environments, during key developmental phases. This will help the researchers to develop a solid knowledge base and to develop and evaluate new methods and interventions.
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Researchers, publications and projects
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Eva Elmerstig - Associate Professor/Program director/Senior lecturer
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Mika Hagerlid - Senior lecturer
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Anna-Karin Ivert - Head of department/Associate Professor
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Björn Johnson - Professor
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My Lilja - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Charlotta Löfgren - Professor
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Caroline Mellgren - Associate Professor
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Kim Moeller - Associate Professor
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Johan Nordgren - Senior lecturer
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Pernilla Ouis - Associate Professor
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Charlotte Petersson - Senior lecturer/Assistant head of dep.
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Lars Plantin - Prodekanus
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Torkel Richert - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Robert Svensson - Professor
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Marie Torstensson Levander - Senior Professor
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Lotta Wendel - Senior lecturer
lotta.wendel@mau.se
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2023 | Article in journal
Between street and digital capital? A qualitative study of judicial sentencing of persons convicted of online drug dealing in Sweden
Johan Nordgren, Fredrik Tiberg
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2023 | Article in journal
Overcoming Challenges of Intimacy: Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Experiences of Achieving Healthy Romantic Relationships in Sweden
Charlotte C. Petersson, Lars Plantin
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2022 | Chapter in book
Ethnified intoxication – khat use and the Somali community in Sweden
Johan Nordgren
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2022 | Chapter in book
Trip Reports - Exploring the experience of psychedelic intoxication
Jonas Bååth, Johan Nordgren
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2022 | Article in journal
Dödlig överdos skedde ofta utan person nära som kunde ingripa: Kunskap om närvaron av vittnen är betydelsefull för hur naloxonprogram bör utformas
Lisa Andersson, Björn Johnson
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2022 | Chapter in book
Et sund eller et ocean?: Ligheder og forskelle på stofbrugeres hverdagsliv på de to sider af Øresund
Esben Houborg, Torkel Richert, Johan Nordgren, Morgan Bancroft, Morten Hesse
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2021 | Article in journal
Experiences of Swedish Parents Seeking Social Services Support for Their Adult Children With Drug Addiction
Torkel Richert, Bengt Svensson, Björn Johnson
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2021 | Article in journal
A community intervention to reduce alcohol consumption and drunkenness among adolescents in Sweden: a quasi-experiment
Robert Svensson, Björn Johnson, Karl Kronkvist
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2021 | Article in journal
Alcohol drinking among adolescents with native-Swedish and non-European immigrant background: the importance of parental attitudes and peer attitudes for acculturation
Björn Johnson, Robert Svensson
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2020 | Article in journal
Parents’ experiences of abuse by their adult children with drug problems
Bengt Svensson, Torkel Richert, Björn Johnson
Our research projects regard blurred sexual situations, victimisation among young people, group violence intervention, hate crime, and urban drug scenes.