• Personality and hardiness among police students: An evaluative pilot study 

  Risan, Patric; Skoglund, Tom H.; Sandvik, Asle Makoto; Milne, Rebecca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The purpose of the current pilot study was to evaluate the suitability and usefulness of short-form measures of personality (BFI-20) and hardiness (DRS-15-R) for an upcoming research project. We used a sample of police ...

• Experiencing trust in multiagency collaboration to prevent violent extremism: A Nordic qualitative study 

  Solhjell, Randi; Sivenbring, Jennie; Kangasniemi, Mari; Kallio, Hanna; Christensen, Tina Wilchen; Haugstvedt, Håvard; Gjelsvik, Ingvild Magnæs (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  In previous studies, multiagency collaboration was identified as a key strategy for early intervention in violent extremism. However, there has been little focus on professionals’ shared communication to ...

• Hiding in plain sight: Directed surveillance as a bodily practice 

  Dahl, Johanne Yttri; Svanæs, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  In this article, we empirically explore directed surveillance as bodily practice—material bodies observing other material bodies. Such low-tech police surveillance practice (Haggerty 2012) relies on a police officer’s body ...

• The potential to become a good police officer: Development of a competency framework for the Norwegian Police University College 

  Abraham, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The Norwegian Police University College (PHS) needed a common terminology for the evaluation process of appli-cants’ “required aptness”. This created an opportunity to explore the requirements for the role of student and ...

• Transparens og tilsløring i politiets kunnskapssystemer 

  Lundegaard, Jenny Maria; Flinterud, Guro; Bjørkelo, Brita; Dahl, Johanne Yttri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Det norske politiet vektlegger i økende grad det som kalles kunnskapsbasert politiarbeid, der kunnskap skal være retningsgivende for praksis. Det har i mindre grad vært fokusert på denne kunnskapens tilblivelse. Artikkelen ...

• Å forebygge ulvedrap 

  Larsson, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  This article deals with the prevention of the illegal hunting of wolves in Norway and is based on research conducted between 2016 and 2019. The main actors are the local police and the rangers / guards of the ...

• Shaping migrants as threats: Multilayered discretion, criminalization, and risk assessment tools 

  Gundhus, Helene Oppen Ingebrigtsen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  This article examines Operation Migrant, initiated by the Norwegian police following the so-called migration crises in Europe in 2015. One of its central aims was, by predicting challenges related to increased migration, ...

• AI, trustworthiness, and the digital Dirty Harry problem 

  Paulsen, Jens Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a game changer on many fronts. For the police it offers new ways of carrying out investigation, surveillance, crime prevention and order maintenance. Questions have been raised about ...

• The Window of opportunity: Organisational challenges in the development of competence in the police patrol’s investigation of domestic violence against children 

  Edvardsen, Oddbjørg; Hoel, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Research into the police’s investigation in cases where there is a suspicion of domestic violence against children, has mostly examined what happens to the child during interrogation by specialists. By applying an interpretive ...

• A Scoping review of stress measurements and psychometry in police research 

  Rabbing, Lillis; Bjørkelo, Brita; Fostervold, Knut Inge; Strømme, Hilde; Lau, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Despite a growing body of research, there is no systematic body of evidence that establishes the rigour of existing measures of stress among police. The aim of this scoping review was to investigate (1) the diversity of ...

• Does motivational regulation affect physical activity patterns among Norwegian Police University College students? 

  Jenssen, Ole Ragnar Norheim; Dillern, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Physical readiness is important for operative police officers to cope with occupational tasks. Despite this, physical activity and physical fitness among police officers decrease throughout their occupational career. ...

• Perceived adequate education in ethics: A way to tap into ethical SNS dilemma awareness? 

  Bjørkelo, Brita; Almås, Aslaug Grov; Helleve, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Teachers are role models when it comes to ethics both on- and offline. Teacher education aims to prepare preservice teachers for future on- and offline situations and issues that may be of ethical concern. Education in ...

• Cheats, threats and reflexivity: Organizational narratives on policing organized and economic crime 

  Vestby, Annette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Drawing on narrative criminology and sensemaking theory, this paper explores interpretive patterns in an interagency policing collaboration that targets ‘work-related crime’ (WRC). WRC is a policy term denoting organized ...

• Embodiments and frictions of statehood in transnational criminal justice 

  Stambøl, Eva Magdalena; Solhjell, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Outside of criminology, dominant conceptions of postcolonial statehood in the Global South as ‘fragile’ or ‘failed’ have long been criticized. In criminology, however, the theoretical outcomes of this critique have been ...

• Instruktøren som veileder – i spennet mellom rollene som pedagog og politi 

  Eckblad, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Veiledning som læringsform benyttes både i politiutdanningen og i andre profesjonsutdanninger. Studien denne artikkelen bygger på, undersøker veiledningspraksis blant instruktører for politistudenter på Politihøgskolens ...

• Bak den norske overvåkingsdebatten 

  Flinterud, Guro; Strype, Jon; Lomell, Heidi Mork (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Hvordan resonnerer deltakerne i overvåkingsdebatten over sitt ståsted, og er debatten så polarisert som den fremstår i avisspaltene? Vi har intervjuet personer som jobber med overvåking eller deltar i det offentlige ...

• Structured hypothesis development in criminal investigation: A method aimed at providing a broad and objective starting point for a criminal investigation 

  Sunde, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The Structured Hypothesis Development in Criminal Investigation (SHDCI) method aims to assist detectives in developing an adequate set of hypotheses, which prepares the ground for a broad and objective investigation. The ...

• Familievolden i politireformen 

  Aas, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Norsk politi har i løpet av de senere årene gjennomgått en omfattende ny reform, nærpolitireformen, og følgelig har både strukturene og innholdet for politivirksomheten endret seg. Det er foretatt flere studier som har ...

• Diversity in education and organization: From political aims to practice in the Norwegian Police Service 

  Bjørkelo, Brita; Bye, Hege H.; Leirvik, Mariann S.; Egge, Marit; Ganapathy, Jaishankar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Police agencies implement a variety of strategies for recruiting, promoting and retaining police officers with diverse backgrounds. Changes have however been difficult to attain. We expand research on representative ...

• Opportunitetsprinsippet i politiretten 

  Rønning, Hild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Opportunitetsprinsippet åpner for at politiet selv kan bestemme om, og i så fall på hvilken måte, en tjenestehandling utføres når de rettslige forutsetninger for handlingen er oppfylt (Auglend & Mæland, 2016, s. 657). ...

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