Nadja Kirchhoff Hestehave

Associate professor

Experience and background

In 2021, I completed my doctoral thesis which was based on extensive ethnographic field work in the Danish police. I explored how the police respond to organised crime and how proactive investigations unfold in the police. I have published articles and books about police science, proactive policing, intelligence-led policing and police research methodology. My current research involves miscarriages of justice and investigation ethics and police corruption and misconduct.

Competence areas

  • Criminal Investigation
  • Knowledge-based Policing and Intelligence
  • Police Research Methodology
  • Organised Crime

Researching

  • Investigation Processes and Investigation Methods
  • Miscarriages of Justice
  • Police Organisation and Police Culture
  • Police Corruption and Misconduct

Teaches in

  • Police Occupational Culture and Police Organisation
  • Criminology and Police Sociology
  • Investigation and Intelligence-led Policing