What happened in Sweden last night? Studies on crime, gender, ethnicity and social class over the last 40 years

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

In this panel we present preliminary findings from four different sub studies in the research project: What happened in Sweden over the last 40 years? Studies on crime, gender, ethnicity and social class. We use both quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the development of crime in Sweden. Over the last decade, violence in the form of shootings and detonations has increased significantly in Sweden. At the same time, most other types of crimes are not showing any tendency to increase. These shootings and explosions are exceptional in their scope, for both Swedish and European circumstances.

Subtopic

• Topic 3: Crime Correlates / Ethnicity and Crime

Chair

• Sofia Wikman, University of Gavle

Individual Presentations

• Violent Networks in Sweden. - Jerzy Sarnecki, University of Gavle

• Correlates of unsafety, fear of crime and victimization – A multilevel analysis of 25 years of Swedish safety surveys - Lars Westfelt, University of Gavle

• What happened in Sweden – from a professional point of view - Evelina Davidsson, Department of Social work, Criminology and Public Health, University of Gävle; Sofia Wikman, University of Gavle

• Former incarcerated individuals’ narratives about the illegal drug market in Sweden - My Lilja, University of Gavle