We organize meetings and seminars where we present and discuss current research and development projects, and aim to develop perspectives, models, theories and knowledge that can help increase the understanding and quality of preventive policing.
PREVPOL is seeking the answers to the following questions
- How are the problems of preventive policing understood and constructed, and what agencies take/get position as the responsible owners of the problems?
- What rationalities and logics are at play in the definition, implementation and practice of preventive policing at policy-, management- and practise level?
- At what levels (primary, secondary, tertiary) are preventive measures directed, and what role does the police play in the different levels?
- What are the (intended and unintended) effects and consequences of different preventive methods and measures, and which ethical and legal boundaries can/should be drawn for preventive policing?
A selection of our ongoing research projects:
- Mapping and forecasting crime trends in smaller cities - relevance for Norwegian research and policing (Annica Linn My Allvin)
- Dialogue as a preventive method in the police. (Elisabeth Myhre Lie)
- Drug prevention in a historical perspective (Hjørdis Birgitte Ellefsen)
- The preventive role and practice of the «police doctor» 1863-1920 (Hjørdis Birgitte Ellefsen)
We collaborate with
- Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi, UiO
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism, UiO
- Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI, OsloMet
- Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- Politieacademie, Nederland
Contact us
If you are interested in learning more about our research or would like to initiate a collaboration, please contact the group leader Elisabeth Myhre Lie at elisabeth.myhre.lie@phs.no