Crime and social harms

This programme conducts interdisciplinary research in collaboration with practical fields to study the development and consequences of various types of violence and crime, as well as how these can be prevented and countered.

Crime and social harm is a research programme within the Health Promoting Work that addresses some of society's most pressing challenges, focusing on issues that directly affect people's everyday lives: such as education and work-related issues, psychological, technological and economic violence, domestic violence, mental ill health, social marginalisation, organised crime and inadequate legal protection.

These problems have consequences for people's health, well-being and living conditions, and threaten the very foundations of our welfare society. If trust in the authorities is eroded and deep injustices are allowed to persist, everyone is affected. This is research that directly addresses important and central societal needs. Against this background, research in these areas needs to be guided to a large extent by real needs in society, not least with regard to profession, organisation and collaboration between authorities and other actors.

As the challenges facing society are complex and intertwined, new perspectives and innovative solutions are needed in collaboration with the practical field. The programme therefore brings together expertise in a number of subjects, such as psychology, social work, law, economics, healthcare and education, in order to tackle the problems in an interdisciplinary and interprofessional manner. The research programme is also run in collaboration with the research profile Crisis and Transition at Örebro University.

News

Conference: The Silent Violence, March 19th 2026
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Selection of Ongoing Research Projects

The silent violence
Post-Separation Violence and Health
Existential and Social Loneliness Among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Approaches to Prevent Female Genital Mutilation and Pathways to Support
A Place of Their Own - Permanent Housing for Victims of Violence

Doctoral projects

Social security contributions and taxation of seafarers
Children's right to accommodation due to domestic violence

Researchers involved in the programme

Senior Research Leader: Eleonor Kristoffersson, Law
Senior Research Leader: Magnus Kristoffersson, Law

Webinars

Webinar: Children in the shadow of violence

On 2 December 2024, a webinar was held entitled: Children in the shadow of violence - custody, access, post-violence. Here you can watch the webinar afterwards with an introduction by Sara Skoog Waller on post-violence. The introduction and the webinar is in Swedish.

Sara Skoog Waller on post-violence

Webinar: Children in the shadow of violence - custody, access, post-violence

Publications

Hartwig, F., Huq, A., Leidhammar, B., Mondani, H., (2026) En analys av riskfaktorer i fyra offentligt finansierade branscher. En analys av riskfaktorer i fyra offentligt finansierade branscher External link..

Ståhl, C. & Grylin, H. (2025). Ärendehandläggning inom socialtjänsten. Upplaga 2:1, Stockholm, Norstedts Juridik AB.

Skoog Waller, S & Forinder, U (2025) Speaking through silence – the lonelification at the core of domestic abuse. External link. Violence Against Women.

Hartwig, F., Huq, A & Rudholm, N (2025) Revision och skatteundandragande i småföretag. External link. Handelns forskningsinstitut.

Sköld, S. & Hartwig, F. (2024) Konsekvenser av olika innebörder av begreppet näringsverksamhet i bokföringslagen och inkomstskattelagen.. Balans: tidskrift för redovisning och revision

Kusterer, H., Gallardo, M. & Sara Skoog Waller (2024) Samverkan och interorganisatoriskt lärande (interventioner för att motverka våld och kvinnlig könsstympning används som ”case”) Bokkapitel. Studentlitteratur AB.

Kusterer, H. L., Skoog Waller, S., & Jordal, M. (2023). Samverkan och arbetssätt för att motverka kvinnlig könsstympning: Följeforskning av ett lokalt utvecklingsprojekt. External link.

Forkby, T., Alstam, K., Gunnarsson, C., Rostami, A., Sarnecki, J. & Wahlgren, P. (2023). Problemlösningarnas eviga nu : Om trygghetsfrämjande och brottspreventiva partnerskap External link.. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. 338 s.

Mondani, H., Askanius, T. & Rostami, A. (2023). Country Chapter: Sweden. Transnational linkages between violent right-wing extremism, terrorism and organized crime. Berlin

Mondani, H. & Rostami, A. (2023). Criminal nomads: The role of multiple memberships in the criminal collaboration network between Hells Angels MC and Bandidos MC. The Criminology of Carlo Morselli - Part II. Routledge.

Rostami, A. (2023). Organiserad brottslighet, våldsbejakande extremism och polisiärt arbete. Religion, migration och polisiärt arbete. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.

Rostami, A. & Sarnecki, J. (red.) (2022). Det svenska tillståndet: En antologi om brottsutvecklingen i Sverige. External link. Malmö: Studentlitteratur AB. 472 s.

Rostami, A. & Sarnecki, J. (2022). Det svenska tillståndet: Summering och analys External link.. Det svenska tillståndet: en antologi om brottsutvecklingen i Sverige. Malmö: Studentlitteratur AB.

Rostami, A. (2022). . Kriminalpolitik: Berättelsen om det svenska tillståndet External link.. Snabbtänkt: Reflektioner från valet 2022 av ledande forskare. Sundsvall: Demicom, Mittuniversitetet. S. 25.

Rostami, A. (2022). Stockholm 2040: En sammanhållen region mot organiserad brottslighet och utan utsatta områden. External link. Stockholm 2040: 11 berättelser om liv, arbete, kultur och ekonomi i framtidens stad. Stockholm: Volante.

Skoog Waller, S. (2022). Utan mig är du helt ensam: kvinnors levda erfarenheter av omgivningens och samhällets ensamgörande i spåren av mäns våld och eftervåld. External link. Högskolan i Gävle.

Skoog Waller, S., Kusterer, H. L., Halin, N., & Trygged, S. (2021). Våldsprevention genom Huskurage: Utvärdering och följeforskning av en förebyggande insats i Gävle kommun External link.. 2020. Gävle University Press.

Leidhammar, B. & Grylin, H. (2021). Bevissäkring av handling lagrade i en molntjänst? – analys, Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen, 2021-04-27, mål nr 655–20. Stockholm: JP Infonet förlag. Se följande webbsida: https://www.jpinfonet.se/kunskap/nyheter4/bevissakring-av-handling-lagrade-i-en-molntjanst/ External link.

Conference contributions

Violence against women as an AI-driven business model. Jan Sjölund, Sara Skoog Waller
Conference: Intermedial Networks: The Digital Present and Beyond, 7th conference of the International Society of Intermedial Studies, Linnéuniversitetet
Shifting gender hierarchies to combat climate change – A discussion of ecological and social sustainability. Catarina Wahlgren.
Conference: NERA (Nordic Educational Research Association) Helsinki, 5-7th March 2025, Helsinki University
Starting in a gender equal preschool, ending up in toxic masculinity? Notions of femininity and masculinity while growing up. Catarina Wahlgren
Conference: G25 – Feministiska koalitioner för levbara världar: hur, var och för vem? 21–23 oktober 2025 i Östersund. Forum för Genusforskning och Gaskeuniversiteete/Mittuniversitetet i Staare/Östersund

Debate articles