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- People, Places and Prevention
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.
Researchers, publications and projects
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Staff
Kim Moeller - Associate Professor
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My Lilja - Senior lecturer
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Lars Plantin - Prodekanus
lars.plantin@mau.se -
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Caroline Mellgren - Associate Professor
caroline.mellgren@mau.se -
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Pernilla Ouis - Associate Professor
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Robert Svensson - Professor
robert.svensson@mau.se -
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Torkel Richert - Senior lecturer
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Johan Nordgren - Senior lecturer
johan.nordgren@mau.se -
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Annika Staaf - Senior lecturer
annika.staaf@mau.se -
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Marie Torstensson Levander - Senior Professor
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Björn Johnson - Professor
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Anna-Karin Ivert - Head of department/Associate Professor
anna-karin.ivert@mau.se
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2020 | Article in journal
Alcohol drinking among adolescents with native-Swedish and non-European immigrant background
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
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2020 | Article in journal
Say No and Close the Door? Codependency Troubles among Parents of Adult Children with Drug Problems in Sweden
Johan Nordgren, Torkel Richert, Bengt Svensson, Björn Johnson
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2019 | Article in journal
Non-prescribed use of methadone and buprenorphine prior to opioid substitution treatment
Björn Johnson, Torkel Richert
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2019 | Report
Icke-förskrivet bruk av metadon och buprenorfin samt vidareförmedling av dessa substanser från patienter i substitutionsbehandling
Björn Johnson
Our research projects regard blurred sexual situations, victimisation among young people, group violence intervention, hate crime, and urban drug scenes.