Research on the new crime-terror nexus has focused on examining the confluences of criminal and jihadist milieus. This article contributes to this research, using insights from criminological theory and analyzing data from ...

This study examines early intervention against individual radicalization. The data originate from interviews with young Muslims in Norway who had experienced interventions related to their own radicalization, or engaged ...

Punishment and help in drug cases for young people Young people in Norway have traditionally been fined for use and simple possession of illicit drugs. In the 2000s, however, the prosecuting authorities have moved from ...

Many different languages and disciplines are involved in Asian research on environmental conflicts. Linguistic diversity combined with the varied economic, legal, political and social contexts of the Asian continent gives ...

Since the early 2000s, governments in many Western democracies have introduced policies and practices to prevent radicalization and violent extremism (PRVE). This has led to the formation of a new policy arena in which an ...

Issues related to victimhood are central to transitional justice and international criminal justice. However, processes of transitional justice do not usually include victims of drug-related violence, despite the fact that ...

Abstract By focusing on Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers in Lebanon, who in 2018 constituted 4 per cent of all persons of concern to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in that country, this ...

In the spring of 2020, the Black Lives Matter protests shook the Western world. Spreading from the USA, demonstrations diffused globally, especially to Europe, calling out racism in its different forms. Emotions ran high ...

Kvinne-, kjønns- og likestillingsperspektiver på retten har en lang tradisjon som forskningsfelt på Det juridiske fakultet ved Universitetet i Oslo. Retten regulerer rettigheter og plikter, rettsvern og straff – den kan ...

Abstract The notions of refugee participation and empowerment are core—but highly debated and poorly implemented—standards of humanitarian response. Drawing on empirical research in Lebanon, this article offers ...

Symbolic boundaries are used for establishing narrative identities and have critical impact on behavior and interpersonal interactions. Using data from a photo-ethnography of people who use methamphetamine in Alabama we ...

Crime is both storyable and storied, and narrative analysis is thus essential for criminologists. In this article I present four different ways of doing narrative analysis: thematic, structural, performative and dialogical. ...

Much is known about the patterning of offending throughout life, but less about the patterning of victimization. In this study, we used data from the Stockholm Life-Course Project (SLCP), a longitudinal study that includes ...

Racial discrimination takes many forms and so does opposition to it. In contrast to the dominant emphasis on institutional or state efforts to counter racism, we examine how members of racially minoritized groups resist ...

Background: A large proportion of the prison population experiences substance use disorders (SUDs), which are associated with poor physical and mental health, social marginalization, and economic disadvantage. Despite the ...

This chapter explores how rape legislation has been used as nation-branding to keep Sweden on top, and how the desire to remain a norm entrepreneur impacted on legal revisions. Sweden's legislation on gender and violence ...

Indigenous peoples, their cultures and territories, have been subjected to continuous victimisation, plunder and genocide throughout history—or at least ‘history’ as created by and written from the North. Since contact ...

This article examines Operation Migrant, initiated by the Norwegian police following the so-called migration crises in Europe in 2015. One of its central aims was, by predicting challenges related to increased migration, ...

The topic of this dissertation is the policing of global hubs, and it is particularly concerned with the security governance arrangements found at Norwegian airports and maritime ports. Employing a mixed-method design, the ...

Background We study the significance of stories about bad trips among users of psychedelics. Drawing on narrative theory, we describe the characteristics of such stories and explore the work they do. Methods In-depth ...

In this article, we aim to examine whether intelligence-led policing in police practice reinforces the control model of the police organization. We argue that digitalization of police working life resurrects several of ...

Global oppvarming, miljøødeleggelser, fattigdom og brudd på menneskerettighetene er kritiske globale og lokale problemer. Disse har bidratt til stor politisk og akademisk interesse for hvordan selskaper påvirker samfunnet. ...

Fysisk aktivitet er en essensiell forutsetning for opprettholdelse av god psykisk og fysisk helse og er derfor en viktig del av soningsforholdene i fengsler. De siste årene har yoga blitt populært i mange kriminalomsorgs ...

Mens de straffe- og sikkerhetsrettslige aspektene ved terrorangrepet 22. juli 2011 har vært grundig belyst i sakprosa og faglitteratur, har rettens mer generelle rolle i møte med 22. juli ikke blitt gjenstand for samme ...

There has been considerable scholarly interest regarding the notion of exceptionality, i.e. how and under what conditions extraordinary powers and measures are justified in the name of security. Exceptional threats are now ...

In March and April 2020, at the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Norwegian government prohibited overnight stays at secondary homes as an early measure to prevent the spread of the virus. Violations of the ban ...

In this article we look at the home as an arena for care by exploring how care robots and technological care-systems can become part of older adults’ lives. We investigate the domestication of robot technology in the context ...

Research has shown widespread discrimination and hostility toward Muslims in Western countries. There is less knowledge of how Muslims resist, oppose, or challenge such behaviour. Based on in-depth interviews with 90 young ...

Denne avhandlingen tar for seg manifester skrevet av høyreekstreme enslige aktører. De siste årene har det i Vesten vært en rekke terrorangrep begått av høyreekstreme enslige terrorister som har publisert et manifest i ...

Denne avhandlingen tar for seg manifester skrevet av høyreekstreme enslige aktører. De siste årene har det i Vesten vært en rekke terrorangrep begått av høyreekstreme enslige terrorister som har publisert et manifest i ...

Frelsesarmeen som frivillig organisasjon er en aktør som tar del i arbeidet med straffegjennomføring i Norge. I denne oppgaven beskriver jeg hvordan Frelsesarmeens fengselsarbeid inngår som en del av kriminalomsorgen og ...

Den 12. mars 2020 stengte regjeringen ned samfunnet for å hindre spredning av COVID -19 viruset. Dette satte alle deler av samfunnet i ny og ukjent situasjon. Avstand og smittevern ble plutselig den nye gullstandarden. For ...

Avhandlingen ser på forholdene i lakseoppdrettsnæringen og dens påvirkning på dyrevelferd og bærekraft samt de maktforhold som ligger bak veksten i næringen. Empirien i avhandlingen bygger på intervjuer med åtte samfunnsaktører. ...

This chapter outlines how criminological researchers can attend to narrative as part of their ethnographic practice. Attention to the narrativity of speech, conversations, and texts pertaining to both individuals and groups ...

Wolves and brown bears are critically endangered in Norway. Their population is approximately 110 and 150 individuals, respectively, and is kept at these low numbers through licensed hunts. These animals are also vulnerable ...

Many aspects of law enforcement increasingly rely on algorithmic processing of digital data. Whereas most recent critical scholarship focuses on the algorithm as the decisive factor in the production of knowledge and ...

Mareile Kaufmann er forsker ved Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi, Universitetet i Oslo og Peace Research Institute Oslo. Hun har forsket på de sosiale dimensjonene ved digital informasjon og teknologi i over ti ...

This article establishes the relevance of surveillance and secrecy as methodological tools, and it substantiates the argument that surveillance and secrecy are not oppositional in character, but overlap. It does so by ...

Hackers tend to be portrayed as criminals or activists. In current digital media landscapes, however, hacking inhabits many places. This chapter’s aim is to complicate mainstream notions of hacking and acknowledge its ...

Digitaliseringen av samfunnet har skapt både utfordringer, men også muligheter for politiet. Internett har gitt opphav til nye former for kriminalitet, og økt rekkevidde og muligheter for allerede eksisterende lovbrudd. ...

Abstract Criminology have long celebrated the lone hero researcher. Doing and writing up research in solitude has been the key to academic success and institutional promotions. However, the social sciences in general have ...

Mexico may well be the largest country in the world to legalize cannabis. Nevertheless, it is culturally conservative and a certain discrepancy exists between liberalization reforms and popular opinion regarding cannabis. ...

Abstract Ideals of universalism and the idea that all lives are equally valuable, and should be equally worthy of protection, form a standard narrative for human rights regimes and international legal instruments. However, ...

The Southern Mediterranean border has in the past decade become one of the most deeply contested political spaces in Europe and has been described as a site of the border spectacle. Drawing on textual and visual analysis ...

Research has revealed widespread anti-Muslim sentiment in Norway. Little knowledge exists, however, on the types of anti-Muslim hostility that Muslims experience and how they react to it. Based on interviews with 90 young ...

Abstract Collective memory of atrocities is a fractured and disputed terrain. In this article, we empirically explore the complex process of translating violent events that took place in Medellín during the 1980s ...

Somewhere between party and non-party to the Refugee Convention, Turkey is a rather unique case from the perspective of refugee law and practice, with its protection regime fundamentally shaped by the Refugee Convention ...

Abstract Many studies have examined why individuals with a background in street life and crime are drawn toward extremism. This paper examines why most people with this background reject extremism. Based on ...

The sovereign state of Norway and rule of law: A case study of the NAV scandal, the EEA, and governmental accountability

Kriminalomsorgen har ansvar for å gjennomføre straffene som domstolene foreskriver, med unntak av de rene pengestraffene. I denne artikkelen utsetter vi kriminalomsorgens ferske virksomhetsstrategi for kritisk nærlesning. ...

Justisminister Monica Mæland (H) sa i et intervju med VG i mai 2021 at «ofrene for kriminalitet for ofte har blitt glemt når man diskuterer kriminalitet». Hun ønsket derfor å styrke ofrenes stilling. I denne artikkelen ...

Abstract Despite significant research interest in Norwegian penality, there remains much to be learned about how people in Norway experience life during and after punishment. This article is one of the first to ...

Abstract While prisons are often described as places of pain, despair and hopelessness, studies show that some prisoners under certain conditions report positive life changes happening in prison. This paper ...

This article outlines the field of critical criminology and how its development was essential for the development of green criminology. Through a personal trajectory, I use my experiences first as a student and later as ...

Introduction to Special Issue of CRIMEANTHROP: CriminaL Justice, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene

The world is losing species at an alarming rate; the population sizes of wild mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have dropped 68% since 1970. Much of this loss is caused by trade. This article discusses the ...

AbstractThis article discusses the use of prisons as punishment in Norway during the period 1850 to today. It looks at ideas about prisons and how they manifest themselves in prison sites and buildings. It also investigates ...

Recent scholarship has explored the potential of subcultural theory for understanding the convergence of Western street and jihadi subcultures. The role of jihadi rap in this radical hybrid culture, however, is yet uncharted. ...

I mesteparten av barnevernets historie har jenter blitt sett som bærere av den problematiske seksualiteten. Først nokså nylig er også gutters seksualitet kommet tydeligere inn i barnevernets synsfelt, i forbindelse med ...

The epidemic psychology of pandemics creates an atmosphere of panic and fear that can expedite new laws and facilitate criminogenic narrative arousal. Using narrative criminology, we discuss crimes that emerged from pandemic ...

Research on crime tends to emphasize clear-cut stories, either in support of or rejecting crime. Stories, however, are often ambiguous, mainly when they concern complex and multi-faceted phenomena. Based on qualitative ...

Miljøkriminalitet har lenge vært et nedprioritert fagfelt i norsk politi. Spesielt har det vært rettet kritikk mot kompetansen og kapasiteten til å håndtere miljøkriminalitet i politidistriktene de siste årene. I takt med ...

Abstract While scholars of state crime and organized crime have frequently explored the intersection of these fields with green criminology, for the most part they have not brought the two together as organized state ...

For å hindre smittespredning til distriktene og overbelastning av lokale helsevesen ble «hytteforbudet» vedtatt mars 2020. Overtredelse var straffbart med bøter og fengsel inntil 6 måneder. «Hyttefolk» var på nasjonalt ...

Vold i nære relasjoner er et betydelig satsningsområde for det norske Konfliktrådet. I 2020 hadde Konfliktrådet to pågående pilotprosjekter som omhandla behandling av vold i nære relasjoner-saker, henholdsvis om utvikling ...

The criminalization of migration-related acts, rather than simply strengthening state authority, also represents a risk of exposing legal legitimacy deficits. By drawing on juridical analysis of court judgements, legal ...

Det er godt dokumentert at en stor andel av fengselsbefolkningen preges av ulike lidelser. Flere studier viser at en overvekt av innsatte i norske fengsler hadde et daglig bruk av rusmidler før innsettelse, at mange har ...

Most analyses of international wildlife law (IWL) focus on the specifics of implementing particular policies, while there is less engagement with the fundamental philosophies underpinning international conventions. In this ...

13. januar 2020 oppstod det en sentral politisk begivenhet som fikk store konsekvenser for bioteknologiloven. Frp går ut av regjering og samler et flertall på Stortinget for legalisering av eggdonasjon. I tradisjonell ...

Cyberkriminalitet er en stadig voksende trussel og i ferd med å bli et reelt samfunnsproblem. Den teknologiske utviklingen har ført til at tradisjonell kriminalitet kan begås på nye måter, for eksempel ved bruk av internett. ...

By exploring silence as a response to repression, this study contributes to the literature on the dynamic rela-tionship between protest and repression; it examines the ways in which certain radical activists responded with ...

Denne avhandlingens tema berører etterforskeres bevisvurdering- og etterforskningspraksis. Etterforskning er et felt som er under kontinuerlig utvikling, i takt med profesjonaliseringen av politiet – med økt krav til ...

Denne avhandlingens tema berører etterforskeres bevisvurdering- og etterforskningspraksis. Etterforskning er et felt som er under kontinuerlig utvikling, i takt med profesjonaliseringen av politiet – med økt krav til ...

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 ...

Forsikring er trolig noe folk flest har hørt om, og sikkert har i form av reiseforsikring, helseforsikring eller lignende. Den forsikringsavtalen beskytter deg økonomisk, og hvis du er uheldig vet du at du får en økonomisk ...

Narratives and material objects are both intertwined with the contemporary politics of migration and crime control in the European Union. In this thesis, I investigate how narratives on migration control have developed in ...

Salg av seksuelle tjenester er et tilbakevendende tema i den norske samfunnsdebatten, og meningene har vært mange om hvordan markedet kan og bør reguleres. Tidligere forskning viser at prostitusjonsmarkedet er et felt som ...

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 ...

Denne avhandlingen handler om narkotikapolitikkens dilemmaer. Narkotikapolitiske endringer utforskes i tre typer kontekster: den strafferettslige, den medisinske og den sosialfaglige. Hvilke dilemma oppstår når narkotiske ...

Feminist criminologists are well acquainted with how their research on sexual harms and gendered forms of victimisation may serve as powerful levers for punitive agendas. In recent years, culturalist interpretations of ...

Sex work is often interpreted through master narratives that see women as victimized and subjected to stigmas and negative attitudes. This paper offers an insight into narratives that challenge or can be seen as an alternative ...

Powerful narratives that invoke religious concepts—jihad, Sharia, shahid, Caliphate, kuffar, and al-Qiyāmah—have accompanied jihadi violence but also inspired robust counter-narratives from Muslims. Taking a narrative ...

This study examines the mothering practices and identities of incarcerated women in Mexico. Data gathered from repeated life-story interviews with 12 women, were analyzed to describe mothering practices in the different ...

Temaet for denne oppgaven er alvorlig sinnslidende innsatte. Dette er et tema som kan utforskes fra ulike perspektiver, og i denne oppgaven er fokuset rettet mot hvordan ressursteamet på Ila fengsel forstår og forteller ...

This article contributes to scholarship on digital sociology by addressing the methodological challenge of gaining access to hard-to-reach online communities. We use assemblage theory to argue how collaborative efforts of ...

This study examines the role of fatherhood for incarcerated men in Mexico, based on repeated life-story interviews with twelve men. We distinguish between their descriptions of fatherhood in the past and present and how ...

Som et bidrag til å hindre at tidligere innsatte faller tilbake til kriminalitet, har diverse kulturtilbud blitt implementert i Norske fengsel. Et av disse tilbudene er Musikk i Fengsel og Frihet, som tilbyr musikkprogram ...

While Scandinavia in general and Norway in particular have been the focus of much criminological interest, the work of probation has largely been overlooked in favour of prisons. This article seeks therefore to contribute ...

Vocations and visions are vital to data analyses: without them, there is neither data, nor analysis. Visions are the solutions that technology designers and data analysts strive towards, and vocations are those callings ...

This article addresses the content, context and development of the Norwegian rape offence to frame and explain current reform discussions. The authors describe how the offence has gradually expanded over time by partial ...

Hvordan resonnerer deltakerne i overvåkingsdebatten over sitt ståsted, og er debatten så polarisert som den fremstår i avisspaltene? Vi har intervjuet personer som jobber med overvåking eller deltar i det offentlige ...