Fangebehandling i norske rusmestringsenheter – i spennet mellom straff og velferd Innsatte med rusmiddelproblemer utgjør en stor del av den norske fangebefolkningen. Mange av dem har behov for og ønsker behandling og ...

After years of criticism of the legal processing of sexual violence and the legal marginalization of victims, victims have become central stage in the processing of sexual violence. The legal system is not only involved ...

The effects of the General Data Protection Regulation on the legal subjects

I senere år har man sett en utvikling i bevæpningspraksisen til det norske politiet, i tillegg til en aktiv debatt om bevæpning. Mange ønsker et normalt bevæpnet politi, særlig innenfor politiet selv. De endringene som har ...

Denne masteroppgaven er en kvalitativ undersøkelse basert på individuelle intervju av tretten unge voksne i alderen 18 – 22 år. Her handler det om å se nærmere på hvilken rettsforståelse, normer og holdninger unge voksne ...

The U.S. and Western Europe have during recent decades experienced a transformation in the perception of issues of crime, punishment and public safety. This transformation has come to be labelled “the punitive turn,” ...

Denne oppgaven handler om menn som har blitt utsatt for seksuelle krenkelser og hvordan deres opplevelse har vært når de har fortalt om det. Seksuelle krenkelser har i denne oppgaven blitt benyttet som et samlebegrep for ...

This study examines the micro-spatial and temporal patterns of violent crime in Oslo and Bergen. The observation that the majority of crime within a city tends to cluster in a small number of micro-places (e.g. street ...

Denne avhandlingen undersøker kommersielle stordataselskapers inntog innen antiradikalisering. Bekjempelse av terror og voldelig ekstremisme har vært gjenstand for forskning over lengre tid, og myndigheter har forsøkt å ...

I 2015 gikk et bredt politisk flertall inn for Nærpolitireformen, som er en langsiktig plan for utvikling av politiet. Reformeringer av politiet har pågått i flere land, så det norske politiet er intet unntak. På grunn av ...

Samfunnet har til enhver tid handlinger det definerer som kriminelle eller ulovlige handlinger. Handlinger sett som en skade på samfunnet. I Norge er det organet Kriminalomsorgen som har fått i oppgave å tilrettelegge for ...

Temaet i denne oppgaven er kriminalitetsforebyggende arbeid i offentlige rom. Dette er et område som rommer mange strategier for forebygging, og oppgaven undersøker hvordan to ulike aktører bidrar på dette feltet, med fokus ...

Denne oppgaven handler om kvinner i Oslos rusmiljø og tar sikte på å identifisere hvilke mestringsstrategier som kommer til uttrykk når kvinnene forteller om sine liv. Tradisjonelt sett har rusavhengige kvinner blitt ...

Criminal justice has always been considered a problem for the nation state, but global processes have resulted in crimes no longer being constrained by borders. International crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes ...

The last decades we have seen a large preventive move in western policing with a use of place-based policing. In Norway too, greater pressure has been put on the police force to prevent and reduce crime at places – but to ...

Temaet i denne oppgaven er kriminalitetsforebyggende arbeid i offentlige rom. Dette er et område som rommer mange strategier for forebygging, og oppgaven undersøker hvordan to ulike aktører bidrar på dette feltet, med fokus ...

Narrative criminology is a theoretical paradigm rooted in a view of stories as influencing harmful actions and arrangements. Narrative criminologists explore the storied bases of a variety of harms and also consider the ...

Innledning: Vi lever i et samfunn hvor skjult diskriminering av eldre arbeidstakere forkommer hyppigere enn man forventer. Samtidig lever vi et samfunn hvor alle områder av livet er regulert av lovgivning og vern mot ...

Prices in illegal drug markets are difficult to predict. Based on qualitative interviews with 68 incarcerated drug dealers in Norway, we explore dealers’ perspectives on fair prices and the processes that influence their ...

Based on interviews with 104 young partygoers, this article examines sexual assaults that occur in the context of festive events. Focus is on how individuals describe their sexual victimization. Three experiential ...

The Scandinavian exceptionalism literature has highlighted the relatively progressive and rehabilitative nature of imprisonment in Norway, with the Norwegian Correctional Services taking the view that those convicted of ...

Denne oppgaven handler om kvinnelige innsattes soningstilværelse ved et lavsikkerhetsfengsel, fokusert rundt deres soningsforhold, soningstilbud og kontakt med familie og barn. Kvinner er i betydelig mindretall i forhold ...

Fights are widespread in society, but for most people it happens once or twice and is not part of a consistent pattern or lifestyle. Using a narrative criminological framework, we study the stories of violence among people ...

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book illustrates some of the difficulties in measuring rape in population surveys. It addresses legal responses ...

Drinking stories feature widely in Western societies. Many people eagerly share their stories in the aftermath of drinking events. These stories are also common in books, movies, music and the media. Based on qualitative ...

Suddenly, talk of ‘safeguarding’ and a sector-wide ‘safeguarding crisis’ seems to be everywhere. Grappling with the scope and content of ‘safeguarding’ as a parameter of humanitarian practice, this commentary asks questions ...

Barneloven har blitt endret flere ganger de senere år med formål om å styrke barneperspektivet i foreldretvister og gi barn økt beskyttelse mot vold og overgrep. I 2013 avsa Høyesterett en dom som gikk langt i å nekte far ...

In recent decades, many scholars have invoked the concept of penal populism to explain the adoption of “tough on crime” measures and a wider politics of “law and order” across the post-industrialized world. But scholars ...

The issue surrounding plastic in the ocean has recently been put on the agenda by the newspapers around the world. More and more articles are being published about the topic, consequently giving more information to the ...

Following recent terrorist attacks in the US and Europe, Western Muslims have been criticised for not taking a firm stand against radical Islam and extremist organisations. Drawing on insights from narrative criminology, ...

Bourdieu’s anthropology of the state can be interpreted as a form of political theology, premised on a panentheistic conception of the state, which is transcendental to social reality while simultaneously being lodged in ...

Following a series of transformative political and legal battles, California's overcrowded prison system has moved in the direction of moderate decarceration. A softer stance on punishment means that thousands of previously ...

This study concerns individuals convicted of sex offences and their experiences with their stigmatized status both in prison and post-release. The study is based on qualitative interviews with eight adult men, all convicted ...

This thesis considers homicides in Norway between 1991 and 2015 and the decline that can be seen in this period. What it seeks to do is to look into what characterise homicides in this period, in which type of homicide can ...

Following the establishment of the UN and the Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the International Crime Court (ICC) and the Rome Statute, international guidelines have been developed on how to prosecute and punish ...

This paper explores alcohol-related sexual storytelling. In a qualitative study of more than 100 male participants in the night-time economy in Norway, many told animated and cheerful stories laced with erotic excitement. ...

Artikkelens formål er å bidra med rettssosiologisk innsikt i studiet av internasjonal strafferett og til en dypere forståelse av ICCs (Den internasjonale straffedomstolen) «krisetilstand». Analysens første del tar for seg ...

A background in ‘ordinary’ crime, violence and drug use seems to characterize many European individuals recently involved in ISIS-related jihadi violence. With its long tradition of studying marginalized populations and ...

What does it mean to study security from a critical perspective? This question continues to haunt critical security studies. Conversations about normative stances, political engagement, and the role of critique are mainstays ...

Kriminalitetskontroll og sikkerhetspolitikk glir stadig mer over i hverandre, både når det gjelder retorikk og arbeidsmetoder. For å forstå hvorfor fenomener som tidligere kunne bli behandlet som nasjonale politisaker og ...

Male sexuality can be at times misrepresented, and this misrepresentation has real impact on how men perceive themselves, as well as how others perceive male sexuality. The man who lacks the sexual appetite might feel ...

Det er blitt vanligere blant barn og unge å ta utfordrende bilder av seg selv for deretter å distribuere disse bildene til andre. Parallelt med at ungdom deler flere utfordrende bilder av seg selv ser man en teknologi som ...

Det er blitt vanligere blant barn og unge å ta utfordrende bilder av seg selv for deretter å distribuere disse bildene til andre. Parallelt med at ungdom deler flere utfordrende bilder av seg selv ser man en teknologi som ...

Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan en gruppe menn som jeg har intervjuet, hver for seg, fremstiller sine erfaringer og opplevelser med vold i utelivet. I tillegg har jeg sett på om disse erfaringene og opplevelsene kan ...

This study explores the applicability of a combination of social movement theory, narrative criminology and subcultural perspectives to the extremist organisations The Prophet’s Ummah and The Nordic Resistance Movement. ...

This study explores the applicability of a combination of social movement theory, narrative criminology and subcultural perspectives to the extremist organisations The Prophet’s Ummah and The Nordic Resistance Movement. ...

Denne oppgaven handler om kvinner som har blitt voldtatt, men som ikke har anmeldt voldtekten. Voldtekt forstås i denne oppgaven som en handling der offerets vilje overvinnes på en særlig seksuell måte. I denne handlingen ...

Detta arbete syftar till att undersöka hur elitidrottare beskriver sin livsvärld och hur man kan förstå att vissa elitidrottare dopar sig och andra inte. Trots stora insatser i slutet av 1900-talet och början av 2000-talet ...

Foreldrevold er et tema som har fått en økende interesse de siste årene. Tanken om at mødre også kan være den voldelige parten har for mange virkelig blitt en realitet den siste tiden. Bakgrunnen for denne oppgaven ligger ...

I 2008 kom stortingsmeldingen nr. 37 Straff som virker - mindre kriminalitet - tryggere samfunn med formål om å bekjempe og minske kriminalitet. Stortingsmeldingen var et resultat av et storstilet og langvarig prosjekt, ...

Penality in Scandinavia has been seen as somewhat of an outlier, a redoubt against the punitive turn witnessed in other parts of Western Europe and the United States. This article examines contemporary discourses of penality ...

El surgimiento de vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) o drones, como medio para el manejo de situaciones de emergencia, el orden público, la seguridad ambiental o la vida silvestre en Latinoamérica, plantea una gran ...

This thesis is an inquiry into proforma marriage and family immigration. Since marriages and family reunifications are the most significant sources of immigration to Norway, it is imperative to examine UDI's (The Norwegian ...

In the last few years, the aim for research to have a societal ‘impact’ has become increasingly central. This can entail ‘emancipatory’ or ‘critical’ research but is often interpreted as being ‘relevant’ and ‘instrumental’ ...

Med forankring i kritisk grønn kriminologi søker denne studien å avmystifisere fenomenet og konseptet «dyrepoliti» i Norge og Sverige. Bakgrunnen er opprettelsen av djurskyddspolisen i Stockholm i 2011 og dyrekrimprosjektet ...

Det rettslige utgangspunktet for behandling i norsk helsevesen er at den skal være frivillig og basert på informert samtykke. Lovverket åpner derimot opp for unntak fra denne generelle hovedregelen, der man i psykisk ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om opplevelser ved soning med elektronisk kontroll. For å undersøke dette er studien basert på empiriske data, som et resultat av fem intervjuer med personer som soner med fotlenke og fire ...

This article explores a much theorized but rarely empirically investigated temporal component to the structuring of life chances at the apex of the class structure. By following 21 complete birth cohorts, I utilize sequence ...

Patterns are the epistemological core of predictive policing. With the move towards digital prediction tools, the authority of the pattern is rearticulated and reinforced in police work. Based on empirical research about ...

The Islamic State (IS) has become notorious for violent, brutal actions and the presentation of these actions in social and mainstream media. Excessive violence creates a spectacle for the news media. However, IS propaganda ...

Better management and new technological solutions are increasingly portrayed as the way to improve refugee protection and enhance the accountability of humanitarian actors. Taking concepts of legibility, quantification and ...

Drawing on anthropology, feminist science and technology studies (STS), and critical masculinity studies, this article contributes to a theory of male harm by reflecting on examples of data-driven screening practices in ...

The new drug markets emerging on the dark net have reduced earlier drug market risk factors such as visibility and violence. This study uses economic sociology and transaction cost economics to broaden the present understanding ...

Denne masteravhandlingen tar for seg utfordringene for kvinnelige pårørende til innsatte i norske fengsler, med et fokus på minoritetsbefolkningen i Norge. Med minoritet menes det i denne sammenheng de som har tilknytning ...

In this chapter I reflect upon doing practice-based research on migration police in Norway and look at how this positionality might generate new analytical insights. The methodology of the project was designed to gain ...

In this article, I analyse the presentation of crime statistics in the annual reports of the Oslo Police from 1950 to 2008. During this period, data on reported crime have been presented in various ways under different ...

The chapter serves as the introduction to the collection, and provides the background for, and overview of, the book. The goal of the collection is to examine and compare civil legal aid in the Nordic countries in relation ...

In a recent account of border control, Mary Bosworth introduces the notion of ‘penal humanitarianism’ to describe how humanitarianism enables penal power to move beyond the nation state. Based on a study of international ...

This chapter introduces the concept and content of the book to the readers. It describes the aim of the book, which is to elaborate the contingency of how we understand prostitution, arguing that it is often taken for ...

The Arab body has long been a focal point of literary, political, technological, and military interventions. The state of otherness attributed to the embodied nature of Arab identity has made it a key locus of social ...

Research on migration’s internal dynamics has focused on labour migration and drawn heavily on cumulative causation theory. It is often believed that pioneer labour migrants of middling socioeconomic selectivity facilitate ...

Since its establishment, the legal clinic Juss-Buss has played an important role in providing outreach legal aid to disadvantaged groups that would otherwise struggle to name their legal problems, and claim their rights ...

This article deals with how return programmes for rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants construct and create vulnerabilities.Few studies have exploredthe role of assistance provided through such programmes for the ...

The chapter gives an overarching analysis of the Nordic legal aid schemes, as described in this collection. The welfare state, and its development, serves as a common backdrop for the Nordic countries, and has influenced ...

The chapter analyses civil legal aid in Norway. It gives a brief review of the history of the legal aid scheme in Norway, a detailed description of the public legal aid scheme, and how the public scheme relates to third ...

It is often taken for granted that women who sell sex are vulnerable, that welfare services can and should alleviate this vulnerability, and as such, being defined as ‘vulnerable’ can be beneficial and associated with ...

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Problemstillingen utforsker fortellinger om voldtekt i russetiden. Det empiriske grunnlaget er tredelt og brukes komplementært for å belyse tema fra tre vinkler: holdningskampanjene Amnesty og Kjernekar, TV-serien SKAM, ...

Denne masteravhandlingen er en analytisk drøfting av begrensninger ved politiets taushetsplikt. Disse begrensningene reguleres i Lov om behandling av opplysninger i politiet og påtalemyndigheten (politiregisterloven) av ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om asylsøkeres og flyktningers subjektive opplevelser og erfaringer av trygghet i norske asylmottak. I hvilken grad opplever de trygghet, og hvordan skaper og opprettholder de trygghet i sin ...

In this article, we present and discuss the intended and unintended effects of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act, which criminalises the purchase of sex within a context where the sale of sex is legal. Whether or not this means ...

Colombia’s transitional justice provisions for victims and women in particular, have attained global best practice status. What will be the real impact for victims of the civil war? How can the rule of law help Colombia ...

Hatkriminalitet har som tema blitt viet stor oppmerksomhet de siste årene. Straffbare, hatefulle ytinger skal sanksjoneres på når de er uttrykt på bakgrunn negative holdninger mot bestemte grupper i samfunnet. Bakgrunnen ...

Denna studie ser på hur välfärdsproblem är ackumulerade bland norska fångar, och hur dessa problem påverkar fångarnas tankar om möjligheten till ett liv utan kriminalitet. Att avstå från kriminalitet går ofta under benämningen ...

This study examines how creditors in illicit drug markets manage debtors’ inability to repay “fronted” drugs. Based on qualitative interviews with 40 incarcerated drug dealers in Norway, we explore four outcomes of unpaid ...