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Gunnar Thomassen

Associate Professor
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Background and experience

I have a degree (hovedfag) in Political Science from NTNU and have particular interest in the relationship between police and society. I have worked on different topics such as Police Corruption, Police Accountability, Trust in the Police, Police Recruitment and Arming of the Police.

Teaching

  • Research Methods
  • Supervision of bachelor and master theses

Research

  • Police Corruption
  • Trust and legitimacy in the police

Projects

Publications

  • Bjørgo, Tore; Jupskås, Anders Ravik; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Patterns and Consequences of Threats Towards Politicians: Results from Surveys of National and Local Politicians in Norway. Perspectives on Terrorism (PT). 16(6), p. 100–119. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Cynicm and (dis)trust in the police: Self-selection or evolving attitudes? In Bjørgo, Tore & Damen, Marie-Louise (Ed.), The Making of a Police Officer: Comparative Perspectives on Police Education and Recruitment.. Routledge. ISSN 9780367228668. p. 194–207. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Mirroring society: How politically representative are police students in Europe? In Bjørgo, Tore & Damen, Marie-Louise (Ed.), The Making of a Police Officer: Comparative Perspectives on Police Education and Recruitment.. Routledge. ISSN 9780367228668. p. 96–110. Full text in Research Archive
  • Winnæss, Pål; Damen, Marie-Louise & Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Understanding learning preferences and career aspirations of Norwegian police students in a comparative perspective. In Bjørgo, Tore & Damen, Marie-Louise (Ed.), The Making of a Police Officer: Comparative Perspectives on Police Education and Recruitment.. Routledge. ISSN 9780367228668. p. 111–140. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aas, Geir; Thomassen, Gunnar & Sund, Annette K (2019). Holder norsk politiutdanning mål (slik politiet selv vurderer den)? Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. ISSN 0029-1528. 106(2), p. 188–210. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2017). Når politiet møter publikum: En analyse av kontakterfaring og tillit til politiet. Nordisk politiforskning. 4(1), p. 29–44. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1894-8693-2017-01-04. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kääriäinen, Juha; Isotalus, Pekka & Thomassen, Gunnar (2016). Does public criticism erode trust in the police? The case of Jari Aarnio in the Finnish news media and its effects on the public’s attitudes towards the police. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. ISSN 1404-3858. 17(1), p. 70–85. doi: 10.1080/14043858.2016.1144315. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Kääriäinen, Juha (2016). System satisfaction, contact satisfaction, and trust in the police: A study of Norway. European Journal of Policing Studies. ISSN 2034-760X. 3(4), p. 437–454. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Strype, Jon & Egge, Marit (2014). Trust no matter what? Citizens' perception of the police 1 year after the terror attacks in Norway. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. ISSN 1752-4512. 8(1), p. 79–87. doi: 10.1093/police/pat032. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fekjær, Silje Bringsrud; Petersson, Otto & Thomassen, Gunnar (2014). From legalist to Dirty Harry: Police recruits’ attitudes towards non-legalistic police practice. European Journal of Criminology. ISSN 1477-3708. 11(6), p. 745–759. doi: 10.1177/1477370814525935. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2010). Hvordan kan vi vite hvor effektive skjulte etterforskningsmetoder er? In Schartum, Dag Wiese (Eds.), Overvåking i en rettsstat. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245010480. p. 342–356. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2007). Korrupsjon i politiet . Råtne epler eller råtne tønner ? PHS Forskning 2007:7. Politihøgskolen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsson, Paul; Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2006). Hvem er politistudentene? In Thomassen, Gunnar & Bjørgo, Tore (Ed.), Kunnskapsutvikling i politiet. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278080498. p. 37–51. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2002). Investigating complaints against the Police in Norway: An empirical evaluation. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy. ISSN 1043-9463. 12(3), p. 201–210. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Myklebust, Trond & Thomassen, Gunnar (2003). Det utfordrende politiarbeidet: Om krisehåndtering og utradisjonelle etterforskningsmetoder. Politihøgskolen Forskning. ISBN 9788278080375. 185 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Strype, Jon; Thomassen, Gunnar; Kyrkjerud, Oda; Jakobsen, Kristina Kepinska & Hestehave, Nadja Kirchhoff (2026). Falske tilståelser. doi: https:/open.spotify.com/episode/3ZJAz1MWGBXFQ7T71DCtkR. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Thomassen, Gunnar; Berntsen, Benedicte Nordahl & Strype, Jon (2026). Hets og trusler mot politikere: En spørreundersøkelse blant medlemmer av regjering, storting og partienes sentralstyrer i 2025. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Strype, Jon; Barland, Bjørn & Urnes, Kjersti Dahlskås (2026). Measuring perceived safety in an urban context: A scoping review protocol. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/5NTBY. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2025). Politikorrupsjon på norsk: Former og risikofaktorer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2025). Politikorrupsjon på norsk: Former og risikofaktorer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Flaatten, Sverre; Thomassen, Gunnar & Winnæss, Pål (2025). Leder og kandidatundersøkelse, 2022-kullet : Kunnskapsyn og praktisk sans. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2024). Police corruption in Norway: Forms and risk factors. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2024). Nordic noir: Police corruption in a norwegian context. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2023). Police Corruption in a Nordic Context. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2023). Står tilliten til politiet for fall? Full text in Research Archive
  • Holter, Katrine; Magnussen, Anne-Mette; Ellefsen, Hjørdis Birgitte & Thomassen, Gunnar (2023). Rett og Slett #48: Politisamrøre på narkotikafeltet: Hva gikk galt? [Radio]. Alle podkastspillere. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Harasment and threats towards polticians; A survey of Norwegian parliamentarians, cabinet ministers and executive committee members of political parties and their youth wings. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Jupskås, Anders Ravik; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Patterns and Consequences of Threats towards Politicians. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Jupskås, Anders Ravik; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Threats and harassment against politicians in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Gunnar og Jon kaster podd. Episode: Trakassering og trusler mot politikere. [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Trusler mot politikere øker. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Strype, Jon; Myhrer, Tor-Geir & Barland, Bjørn (2021). Gunnar og Jon kaster podd. Episode: Med eller uten våpen? [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2021). Gunnar og Jon kaster podd. Episode: Statistikk i mørketida. [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2021). Gunnar og Jon kaster podd. Episode: Politimaster og andre mastere - hvordan undersøke kvalitet og relevans? [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2021). Hva kan vi lære av "Jensen-saken"? [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2021). Gunnar og Jon kaster podd. Episode: De historiske røttene til norsk politi. En samtale med historikeren Birgitte Ellefsen. [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Damen, Marie-Louise; Thomassen, Gunnar; Strype, Jon & Winnæss, Pål (2021). Hvem er politistudentene? [Internet]. Gunnar og Jon kaster pod (podkast). Full text in Research Archive
  • Ellefsen, Hjørdis Birgitte & Thomassen, Gunnar (2021). De historiske røttene til norsk politi. [Internet]. Gunnar og Jon kaster podd, Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Holmboe, Morten (2021). Rusreform i Gunnar og Jon kaster Podd. [Internet]. Spotify. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørkelo, Brita; Hoel, Linda Antoniett; Solhjell, Randi; Leirvik, Mariann Stærkebye; Singh, Manjeet & Thomassen, Gunnar [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Når politiets gode intensjoner oppleves som mistenkeliggjøring. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 3: Om variabler og indikatorer. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 2: Om operasjonalisering, mm. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 1: en podkast om metode. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 9: Julespesial. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 7: Om slutningsstatistikk og signifikans. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 4: Om utvalg og populasjon. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 6: Bjørn snakker om fenomenologi mm. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 5: Om problemstillinger. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2020). Kaste Podd. Episode 8: Eksamensspesial. [Internet]. Mediasite. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2019). Om bevæpning av politiet i "Desse dagar". [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Sakrisvold, Marthe Lefsaker & Thomassen, Gunnar (2019). Vi trenger kyndig og nøktern formidling av statistikk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjevrak, Pernille Erichsen; Thomassen, Gunnar & Barland, Bjørn (2018). New means of safety? Electroshock weapons in the point of intersection of human rights and the need of Public safety. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barland, Bjørn & Thomassen, Gunnar (2018). Should the police carry guns? A survey of the police and the public. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barland, Bjørn; Thomassen, Gunnar; Myhrer, Tor-Geir; Høivik, Julie & Strype, Jon (2017). Just another TOOL in the Box. Attitudes in the Norwegian police towards permanent arming of police officers. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørkelo, Brita; Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen & Thomassen, Gunnar (2015). Velkommen! Nordisk politiforskning. 2(2), p. 123–124. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2014). [Anmeldelse av "Just Authority? : Trust in England and Wales"]. Nordisk politiforskning. 1(1), p. 83–86. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Egge, Marit & Strype, Jon (2013). Political orientation and perceptions of the police after July 22nd 2011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2013). Corruption and trust in the police: A cross-country study. European Journal of Policing Studies. ISSN 2034-760X. 1(2), p. 152–168. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Thomassen, Gunnar & Egge, Marit (2013). Trust in the police: Does a major critical incident matter? Full text in Research Archive
  • Egge, Marit; Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2013). Never again - Norwegians' view on terror prevention. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myhrer, Tor-Geir; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2013). Visjoner, reform og realiteter: anmeldelse av og kommentarer tilVerdens bedste politi. Politireformen i Danmark 2007-2011. Av Flemming Balvig, Lars Holmberg og Maria Pi Højlund Nielsen: København: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag, 2011. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. ISSN 0029-1528. 100(2), p. 272–275. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Egge, Marit & Thomassen, Gunnar (2012). Trust in the police after the terror attacks in Norway 2011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Thomassen, Gunnar & Egge, Marit (2012). Trust no matter what? Norwegian police as seen by the public in the year following July 22nd 2011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Egge, Marit; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2012). Tillit til politiet etter 22. juli. Noen foreløpige (og upubliserte) resultater. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Strype, Jon & Egge, Marit (2012). When all is said and done: Citizens’ perceptions of the police one year after the terror attacks in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
  • Egge, Marit; Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2012). Tillit til politiet etter 22.juli. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Egge, Marit & Thomassen, Gunnar (2011). In the aftermath of July 22nd: trust in the police after the terror attacks. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2011). Ethnicity, personal experience and trust in the police. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2010). Sosial tillit, politisk tillit og tillit til politiet. In Runhovde, Siv (Eds.), Tillit til politiet. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278080733. p. 71–89. Full text in Research Archive
  • Runhovde, Siv; Larsson, Paul; Strype, Jon; Thomassen, Gunnar & Myhrer, Tor-Geir (2010). Tillit til politiet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar (2010). Social trust, political trust and trust in the police. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsson, Paul; Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2008). Politics in the police What are the implications of political diversity? Policing in Scandinavia :Proceedings from the conference on police research, Växjö august 2007. Växjö universitet. p. 267–278. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsson, Paul & Thomassen, Gunnar (2008). I'm not a police officer anymore ..I'm just fooling around!! Main obstacles in implementing problemoriented policing in Norway, Policing in Scandinavia. Växjö universitet. p. 57–68. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Larsson, Paul & Strype, Jon (2007). The party-political allegiance of police students: Does it really matter? Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Bjørgo, Tore (2006). A letter from Norway Contemporary trends in Norwegian Policing. ?. 8(1), p. 61–64. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2024). Politikorrupsjon på norsk: En empirisk undersøkelse av former og risikofaktorer. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278082171. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2022). Harassment and threats: A survey of Norwegian parliamentarians, cabinet ministers and executive committee members of political parties and their youth wings. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278081693. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barland, Bjørn; Høivik, Julie; Myhrer, Tor-Geir & Thomassen, Gunnar (2022). "As before, but safer": The police’s evaluation of 14 months’ temporary arming of the police. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278081730. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgo, Tore; Thomassen, Gunnar & Strype, Jon (2021). Trakassering og trusler mot politikere: En spørreundersøkelse blant medlemmer av Stortinget, regjeringen og sentralstyrene i partiene og ungdomspartiene. Politihøgskolen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strype, Jon; Thomassen, Gunnar & Ingvaldsen, Halvor Hegna (2021). Rapport fra kandidatundersøkelsen 2021 master: Master i politivitenskap og erfaringsbasert master i etterforskning. Politihøgskolen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Skjevrak, Pernille; Strype, Jon; Barland, Bjørn & Myhrer, Tor-Geir (2020). Med eller uten våpen?: Innbyggernes holdninger til rutinemessig bevæpning av politiet. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278081556. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar; Skjevrak, Pernille Erichsen; Strype, Jon; Barland, Bjørn & Myhrer, Tor-Geir (2019). Alltid våpen i tjenesten?: Politiets holdning til bevæpning. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278081471. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barland, Bjørn; Høivik, Julie; Myhrer, Tor-Geir & Thomassen, Gunnar (2017). "Som før, men tryggere": Politiets vurdering av 14 måneders midlertidig bevæpning. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278081273. Full text in Research Archive
  • Egge, Marit; Strype, Jon & Thomassen, Gunnar (2012). Tillit til politiet etter 22. juli : Trust in the police after July 22nd. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278080948. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myklebust, Trond & Thomassen, Gunnar (2010). Arbeidsmetoder og metodearbeid i politiet : Forskningskonferansen 2010. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278080726. Full text in Research Archive
  • Thomassen, Gunnar & Bjørgo, Tore (2006). Kunnskapsutvikling i politiet. Politihøgskolen. ISSN 9788278080498. Full text in Research Archive

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