The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology has published a number of books. The majority of these are part of the book series Scandinavian Studies in Criminology. Publication details followed by the annotated book titles are listed below in alphabetical order.
| Scandinavian Studies in Criminology | |
| Published by: | The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology |
| Language: | English |
| Content: | series. Anthologies / monographs within the field of Nordic criminology |
| Period: | 1965-1999 |
| Publication frequency: | Approximately once every two years |
| Note: | The book series has been terminated by decision of the Council in March 1999, and has been replaced by a journal. |
| Other books | |
| Published by: | The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology |
| Language: | English |
| Publication format: | Printed version only |
Book titles:
Kuchinsky, Berl & Snare, Annika (ed.). "Law, Pornography and Crime - The Danish Experience", Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 16, Norway: Pax Forlag, 1999.krim.ku.dk\Jesperkrim.ku.dk\Jesper
Thirty years ago, in 1969, Denmark repealed criminal law restrictions on picture pornography. Why did the country take the lead in legalizing the wave of pornography that swept over most countries in the West at that time. Although Denmark had no tradition of pornography, a complex series of social, legal and economic events led to the country's becomming a world symbol of pornograhy, at least for a brief period of time.
The present work by the late author Berl Kutchinsky traces conditions leading to the Danish porno liberalization, brings reports from the changing pornography scene and analyzes the reactions of the Danes to the free availability of sexually explicit materials. The studies described in this book also concern the impact that easily available pornography had on sex-related crimes; a topic which continues to create much heated controversy.
Because the Danish experience in the late 1960s represented a special kind of living laboratory and natural experiment, it is useful to examine the realities of what happened there. Additional data on the effects and implications of a repeal of the ban of pornography have been collected in the subsequent two decades.
This book has been underway for some time, but marks the 30-year anniversary of the Danish porno legalization.
Aromaa, Kauko (ed.). "Insights in Crime and Crime Contro." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 15. Norway: Pax Forlag, 1998.
This volume of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology is about crime in the "nearby" region of Scandinavia - a new Finnish expression referring to Northwestern Russia and the three Baltic countries ( Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). It is also about some Scandinavian criminologists and their newly emerged careers in "Eastern Crime", their efforts trying to grasp some features of a strange new neighbouring region, becoming open to them after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, this book is also a reflection and a document of this learning process, not just assessment of central crime problems. As presented in this book it is likely that the emancipatory character of research activities for the outsider entering the new milieu is becoming apparent, however obvious this should have been from the very beginning. Illustrative of the emancipatory character of such endeavors for the participants is already the single fact that through this orientation towards our nearby region, we have become involved with questions related to organized crime - a topic that has been largely overseen in the Scandinavian criminological research tradition.
Aspelin, Erland (ed.). "Some developments in Nordic Criminal Policy and Criminology." Stockholm, Sweden: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 1975.
[Some developments in Swedish criminal policy; Beware of treatment; The day-fine system in Sweden: Towards crime statistics based on damages]
Balvig, Flemming (ed.). "The Snow-white Image: The Hidden Reality of Crime in Switzerland." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 9. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1987.
According to the information available, Switzerland should be a suitable country for a critical social researcher to study crime in, because there is not so much of it there. One of the best-selling guidebooks about Switzerland states: "It is remarkable, but true, that there is almost no crime in Switzerland." It is no use blaming the guidebook for giving misleading information. In Switzerland this self-image is proudly supported by politicians, the police, the media, and the population as a whole. Moreover, their opinion has been confirmed primarily by American criminological research. How then can it happen that when a Danish criminologist and sociologist travels to Switzerland for research purposes, he arrives at a considerably different picture of Europe's serene oasis? In his account of this experience, the author describes stimulating and demythologizing research process. Switzerland is not in fact the land of little crime that it claims to be. But it has some interesting - and also in some cases instructive - methods of dealing with crime. This book discusses the social structure of Switzerland, and the extent and development in criminality as a product of this structure. The main purpose is to obtain a specific yardstick, a suitable mirror-image, against which the bogged down ritual and ineffective Danish criminal policy can be measured. By charting the Swiss criminal landscape its Danish counterpart can be illustrated and discussed. Flemming Balvig is professor at the Institute of Legal Science at the University of Copenhagen.
Bishop, Norman (ed.). Crime and Crime Control in Scandinavia 1976-1980. Oslo, Norway: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 1980.
[Theft in Scandinavia; Economic Criminality; Violence in Scandinavia; Domestic violence: crimes against women; Drugs and Criminality in Scandinavia; Some features of police organization in the Nordic countries 1979-1980; Reasons for punishment; Imprisonment in the Nordic countries; Conditional Sentence and Probation; The indeterminate incarceration of dangerous offenders in Scandinavia; Capital punishment, Civilization of conflicts; Annual report for 1979 of the Scandinavian Research council for Criminology]
Bishop, Norman (ed.). Scandinavian Criminal Policy and Criminology 1980-1985. Copenhagen, Denmark: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 1985.
[Crime in Scandinavia; Crime Trends in a Small Society; Economic Crime in Sweden; The Crime of Rape and Criminal Policy; Current Trends in Criminal Policy in the Scandinavian Countries;Drugs and the Criminal Justice System; The Argument against building more Prisons; The Use of Solitary Confinement in Scandinavian Prisons; Prison within a prison; The United nations Regional Institute for Crime Prevention and Control in Europe; Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology - Organization and Activities.]
Bishop, Norman (ed.). Scandinavian Criminal Policy and Criminology 1985-1990. Stockholm: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 1990.
[Long-term Consequences of being a Victim of Violence; Innovative Non-custodial Sanctions; Alternative Ways of Controlling Environmental Crime, Criminality among Swedish Birth Cohorts; Criminality, Sex and Class; Life at the Bottom: The Living Conditions of Lawbreakers; Dealing with HIV and AIDS Infections in the Prison System; sub-Regional Criminal Policy: The Experience of the Nordic Countries; Some Recent developments in Swedish Criminal Policy; Contemporary Penal policy; a Study in Moral Panics; Sentencing Theory in practice: Implementing the Notion of Normal Punishments in Finland; Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology: Organization and Activities]
Christensen, Karl O. (ed.). "Contributions on recidivism, resocialization & self-reported crime." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 1. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1965.
A few of the articles have been published earlier in one of the Scandinavian languages but most of them have been written especially for this volume. The reader will find articles on such different subjects as: self-reported crime and delinquency; the topology of crime in Denmark; methods of criminological analysis; group activity in crime; recidivism among sexual offenders; crime and the press; life imprisonment; correction and the prevention of crime; a resocialization experiment with short-term offenders.
Christie, Nils (ed.). "Aspects of Social control in Welfare States." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 2. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1968.
The second volume concentrates on studies of social control. How the official system of control operates and with what sort of consequences - for the offenders well for the other participants in the system. One will find articles concerning the law and its personnel, social agencies, correctional institutions, and experiments in social control.
Christie, Nils (ed.). ["On crime rates, criminal policy, alcohol, and drug users."] Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 3. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1971.
Vol. 3 - has consumption and control of alcohol and drugs one major topic. Klaus Mäkelä describes the extremely high concentration of alcohol consumption in Finland - a small minority is responsible for most of the total consumption. Salme Ahlström-Laakso compares arrest-rates in Helsinki and Copenhagen and makes it highly probable that the much smaller arrest-rate in Copenhagen is related to that city's general social structure. A heavy drinker h greater opportunities both for uninterrupted drinking and for finding shelter in Copenhagen. The same tolerance for pluralism is reflected in an article by Karen Berntsen describing a program for drug users in Copenhagen. The contrasting Norwegian picture - one of stern negative attitudes towards all drugs - is described by Sverre Brun-Gulbrandsen. Other topics include negative comments on studies of 'crime causation', 'radical' and 'conservative' criminal policy, organized crime, and a panorama of recent Scandinavian Criminology.
Christie, Nils (ed.). ["On violence, police and penal system, child welfare, and criminal cultures."] Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 5. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1974.
Volume 5 contains articles by a number of authors. One major theme is comparative analysis of criminal violence in Scandinavia. Related to this is an article on international criminality in Sweden. Another major theme is represented by studies of systems of control. One study shows the general forces behind the emergence of child welfare laws, another a new police approach in suburban environments, while a third article applies a Marxian perspective on the total system of penal law. Studies on prison culture, self-reported crime, and victimology are also included.
Hauge, Ragnar (ed.) "Drinking-and-Driving in Scandinavia." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 6. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1978.
[ Drinking-and-Driving in Scandinavia - The Legal Framework / The Effects of Scandinavia's Drinking-and-Driving Laws / Scandinavia's Drinking-and-Driving Laws - Do They Work? / Drinking-and-Driving: Biochemistry, Law and Morality Drunken driving: A tentative Causal Model / The Deterrence of Drunken Driving in Norway and Sweden: An Econometric Analysis of Existing Policies Actual Drunken Driving in Sweden / On the Politics of Drunken Driving in Sweden / Research on Drunken Driving in Scandinavia]
Hauge, Ragnar (ed.). "Policing Scandinavia." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 7. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1980.
[ Criminal Policy and Repression in Capitalist Societies - The Scandinavian Case Reinforcing the Police - Actors, Interests and Strategies / The Proactive Police / The 1976 Police Strike in Finland / Police Investigation and the Personal Integrity of the Suspects in Scandinavia / Violent Criminality and Social Control during Stockholm's Urbanization / Finnish Gypsies and the Police Work / Adjustments of Swedish Policemen / The Police and Social Conflicts - The Menstad Conflict of 1931]
Järvinen, Margaretha (ed.). "Of Vice and Women: Shades of Prostitution." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 13. Norway: Pax Forlag, 1993.
This volume deals with recent prostitution research in the western world, particularly emphasizing Scandinavian methods and experience. The aim of the study is to delineate the specific Finnish character of the police-registered prostitution, and to indicate where it differs from the forms of commercial sex described in international literature. Of vice and Women. Shades of Prostitution describes society's attempts to come to grips with multifaceted sexual relations. From the theoretical point of view, the author makes use of three general perspectives to classify both earlier and most recent research, and the content and implications of these different theoretical frames are analyzed.
Kutchinsky, Berl. "Law, Pornography and Crime: The Danish Experience." Edited by Annika Snare. Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 16. Norway: Pax Forlag, 1999.
Thirty years ago, in 1969, Denmark repealed criminal law restrictions on picture pornography. Why did the country take the lead in legalizing the wave of pornography that swept over most countries in the West at that time. Although Denmark had no tradition of pornography, a complex series of social, legal and economic events led to the country's becoming a world symbol of pornography, at least for a brief period of time.
The present work by the late author Berl Kutchinsky traces conditions leading to the Danish porno liberalization, brings reports from the changing pornography scene and analyzes the reactions of the Danes to the free availability of sexually explicit materials. The studies described in this book also concern the impact that easily available pornography had on sex-related crimes; a topic which continues to create much heated controversy.
Because the Danish experience in the late 1960s represented a special kind of living laboratory and natural experiment, it is useful to examine the realities of what happened there. Additional data on the effects and implications of a repeal of the ban on pornography have been collected in the subsequent two decades. This book has been underway for some time, but marks the 30-year anniversary of the Danish porno legalization.
Mathiesen, Thomas (ed.). "The Politics of Abolition: Essays in Political Action Theory." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 4. Norway: Universitetsforlaget , 1974 .
The unfinished, the uncompleted, the organization in movement, these are some of the key concepts in Thomas Mathiesen's book on political action theory. How can a radical political movement, a counter-organization, remain alive and in continual development? What are the conditions that may prevent its ossification? These are some of the general issues taken up in this study. In connection with these issues, a number of other questions concerning political movements are also discussed in depth, among them the crucial relationship between the short-term and long-term goals in political action. The author's concrete material is taken from the prison movement in Scandinavia. The prison movement in Scandinavia has developed in two main forms: in the form of radical prison reform organizations outside the prison walls, and in the form of attempts at establishing prisoner's unions inside the prison. There is close cooperation between the outside and the inside movements, and the author gives a detailed description and analysis of their development, including an analysis of a series of nationwide prison strikes in Sweden and Norway. Thomas Mathiesen has himself taken an active part in the development of the Scandinavian prison movement, and the book thus provides rich case material illustrating the role of the sociologist as a political actionist. Mathiesen sees this role as an important role for the radical social scientist. In addition to his involvement in the Scandinavian prison movement, Mathiesen is Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Snare, Annika (ed.). "Youth, Crime and Justice." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 12. Norway: Universitetsforlaget, 1991.
This volume of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology deals with the recurrent theme of criminality among the young and society's response to it. Particular attention is paid to the current signs o a stagnating or even declining trend in juvenile crime - at least among the boys - after decades of reportedly alarming increases. With the Scandinavian model of juvenile justice as a point of departure, recent policy changes and innovations are critically assessed. Despite an increasing emphasis on so-called conflict councils and juvenile contracts, the authors foresee a greater reliance on the criminal justice system in the future. The book also contains a study of the different perceptions among boys and girls of issues related to law, justice and morality, and the question of societal attitudes is addressed in a longitudinal analysis of deviant boys growing into poorly or well adjusted men. It seems that the maladjusted group in particular represents the value orientation of their own generation, which opens for interesting prospects for the future.
Snare, Annika (ed.). "Beware of Punishment." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 14. Norway: Pax Forlag, 1995.
From an international perspective the Nordic countries are known for their liberal approach to crime and punishment. But in recent years the penal climate has stiffened. Beware of Punishment examines this repressive trend in criminal policy from different points of departure, and the contributors caution against a disturbing increased reliance on punitive measures. The expanding role and boundaries of criminal law are linked to the current politicization process whereby criminal law is increasingly treated as a vote-winning tool rather than as a scarce measure. In particular changing in Swedish crime control are scrutinized the escalating steps taken in the Nordic fight against (illicit) drugs are critically reviewed. The problematic harmonization and unification, and respect to human rights in the penal system. In sum, the aim of the book is to confront the utility and futility of criminal law policy.
Stangeland, Per (ed.). "Drug and Drug Control." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 8. Norway: Universitetsforlaget, 1987.
The topic of drugs and drug control has been a primary concern in the criminal policy of the Scandinavian countries for many years. Recently, books by two of the contributors to this volume, Nils Christie and Jacob Hilden Winsløw, have given rise to fiery newspaper debates in Norway and Denmark. Despite the relative homogeneity in the cultural, social, and economic aspects of these countries, there is a marked diversity in the progressive severity of the criminal law in relation to drug offenses, with Norway being the most repressive and Denmark being the most moderate. This volume, comprising articles by prominent criminologists of four very similar, yet dissimilar countries, not only sums up the Scandinavian experience: the comparative perspective gives it an additional research value.
Takala, Hannu and Henrik Tham (eds.). "Crime Control in Scandinavia during the Second World War." Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 10. Norway: Universitetsforlaget, 1989.
What is the relationship between war and criminality? Does war have a demoralizing effect which leads to an increase of crime? Or does war boost the general morale in such a way that crime diminishes? In an international perspective, the Nordic countries are rather homogeneous. Still they experienced the Second World War in radically different ways. Thus, these countries provide an outstanding experimental field for studies on the effects of war on criminality. This book aims at describing and comparing how the Second World War affected criminality, the control of crime, morale and justice in the Nordic countries (excluding Iceland). It contains contributions from well-known Scandinavian criminologists and historians. Snare, Annika (ed.). "Criminal Violence in Scandinavia". Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, Vol. 11. Universitetsforlaget, 1990. Though generally seen as an oasis of peace and stability, Scandinavia has a long and well documented history of criminal violence. In the present study a number of prominent criminologists describe and analyze this phenomenon from a range of perspectives, drawing on material form Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Due to unusually good demographic bookkeeping, the path of Finnish violence can be traced from the sixteenth century to the present day. Similarly, the striking stability of the Swedish homicide rate can be studied for a period of more than 200 years. Furthermore, the book includes the studies of the connection between alcohol and violence; victimization surveys and how they should be interpreted; and finally a presentation of the philosophical and existential issues facing a murderer in the solitude of his cell.
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