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The link between mental health issues and crime differs according to gender

Mental health issues and youth crime are often linked, but the nature of these links varies depending on the type of mental health problem and the gender of the individual. This is demonstrated by criminologist Linn Persson in a new doctoral thesis from...

Department of Criminology

Criminology is the study of crime. It is a multidisciplinary subject that addresses the development and causes of criminality at an individual as well as societal level, measures for its prevention and alleviation of its consequences.

Research in focus: Perspectives on Malmö

Malmö is a city with many faces: unemployment, social deprivation and crime are one picture. But Malmö is also a popular and young city, renowned for its vitality and creativity and its rich cultural life. At Malmö University there is a lot of research...

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.

Mid-term seminar — Carl Ursing

Crime Prevention Work with Children and Young People

This research environment brings together different projects focused on crime prevention work with children and young people. The projects include, among other things, summer camps, crime prevention work in schools, and measures to prevent children and...

Dissertation defence — Jens Widmark

Nailing of thesis — Jens Widmark

Department of Police Work

The police programme at the Department of 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...