Browsing PIA by Author "Bjelland, Heidi Fischer"
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Conceptions of success: Understandings of successful policing of human trafficking
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Most organizations experience multiple demands that impede the performance of organizational tasks. Different and sometimes conflicting demands may also cause divergent definitions of success and goal attainment in the ... -
Cross-border organised crime: Bulgaria and Norway in the context of the migrant crisis
Stoynova, Nadya; Bezlov, Tihomir; Dahl, Johanne Yttri; Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (Research report, 2017)The irregular migrant and refugee crisis poses serious challenges for Europe. The unprecedented migration pressure presents an opportunity for the generation of substantial profits by organised criminal networks. The large ... -
Exploring criminal investigation practices: The benefits of analysing police-generated investigation data
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer; Dahl, Johanne Yttri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Current police practices, such as criminal investigations, generate a variety of data that are potentially available to social science researchers. Despite the vital importance of criminal investigations in police operations, ... -
Facing complexity: Police officers’ reasoning and response to human trafficking
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (Doctoral thesis, 2019)When confronted with complex criminal activities, police officers must deal with situations that do not always fit well with their organization’s regulatory framework and core objectives. While police management tends to ... -
Globalization: A document study on the effects of globalization on police priorities and management in Norway
Johansen, Polya Vitkova (Master thesis, 2017)As a society, we are bombarded every day by news from all over the world, which inform us about terror threats, illegal immigrants, refugees and asylum seeker and various types of cybercrime. The police are often criticized ... -
Identifying human trafficking in Norway: A register-based study of cases, outcomes and police practices
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article examines the identification of human trafficking crimes in Norway. By combining two different sources of police registry data that contain the total set of human trafficking cases reported to the Norwegian ... -
‘It’s about using the full sanction catalogue’: On boundary negotiations in a multi-agency organised crime investigation
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer; Vestby, Annette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Inter-organisational and inter-disciplinary investigations are increasingly deployed against criminal networks and cross-jurisdictional crimes. This study provides a unique empirical window into an inter-organisational ... -
Trusler og trusselhendelser mot politikere: En spørreundersøkelse blant norske stortingsrepresentanter og regjeringsmedlemmer
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer; Bjørgo, Tore (PHS Forskning;2014: 4, Research report, 2014)I hvilken grad har norske stortingsrepresentanter og regjeringsmedlemmer blitt utsatt for uønsket og truende oppførsel og faktiske angrep? Hvilke konsekvenser får slike truende hendelser for deres privatliv og politiske ... -
En voldsom maktbalanse? : en studie av relativ makt og forekomst av partnervold
Bjelland, Heidi Fischer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Studien undersøker sammenhengen mellom partneres relative maktforhold og utøvelse av partnervold. Maktbalansen i parforholdene defineres gjennom partneres relative utdannings- og inntektsnivå. Jeg skiller mellom tre typer ...