Police work
We offer advanced-level academic courses for police officers looking to further develop their knowledge in police work. All our courses are given in Swedish.
Education
Police work involve studies of the police force and policing practices. Our courses are grounded in social sciences, meaning we adhere to traditional social science research questions, methods, and theories. Topics of interest include the police organisation, training, professional practice, and policing methods.
In these courses, students develop their analytical thinking, learn to scrutinise and assess, gather and compile relevant information, and independently conduct smaller studies and evaluations. All these skills are vital for police officers.
Academic studies in police work have existed in an international context for about sixty years, offering a wealth of knowledge to be learned. In Sweden, the subject is younger but rapidly developing.
At Linnaeus University, students can pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in police work. We offer three courses that build upon the Police Education and Training Programme (120 credits):
- Advanced course I (30 credits, in Swedish)
- Advanced course II (15 credits, in Swedish)
- Independent bachelor's thesis (15 credits, in Swedish)
Research
Police research is conducted in collaboration with other units within Linnaeus University, other higher education institutions that offer police training, and international partners. Police science primarily lies within the practical applications of social sciences and law that are relevant for police operations, but also within police-related areas within organisational theory and criminology.
Currently, research is primarily conducted in areas such as:
- criminal policy
- youth relations with the police
- interrogation techniques
- legal assistance
- practical skills related to stress
The Police Education and Training Programme also participates in development projects within crime prevention methodology and collaboration, police IT applications, and new methods for weapons training.
Research groups
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Effects of Criminal Policy Reforms – A research environment funded by the Swedish Research Council: Swedish Criminal Justice Policy Action Lab (SCAL)
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Centre for Police Research and Development Centre for Police Research and Development (CPU) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Department of Criminology and Police Work based at Linnaeus…
Research projects
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Doctoral project: Negotiating Respectability My dissertation project explores how drag participants experience and do familyhood, gender, and aging.
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Project: Sibling violence from a professional perspective - managing and preventing an overlooked form of violence in close relationships In this project we study social workers' and family…
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Project: A valid police education Like many other countries that have already academised police education – not least other Nordic countries – Sweden had both the political will and far-reaching plans…
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Project: Power and control in secure care for young people The aim of this project is to analyse the scope and variation over time of restrictive measures at secure care institutions, and how this is…
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Project: Policing and crime prevention cooperation in border areas The starting point for this project is the stated goal that the Nordic region will be the world's most sustainable and integrated…
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Doctoral project: The mechanisms of gang homicides Gun homicides and explosions related to organized crime have increased drastically over the past few years in Sweden. Therefore, the objective of…
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Project: The institution of concern – a compulsory encounter between police and social services in times of change The present project examines how the police assess and communicate concerns during…
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Doctoral project: The crime prevention collaboration of the Swedish parole agency The project aims to both map the extent of the probation service's crime prevention agency cooperation, and to…
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Project: Honour problematics investigated by Swedish social services The purpose of the project is to enhance the understanding of how social services and family legal services investigate and…
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Project: Policing democracy (Poldem) during political manifestations The purpose of the project is to develop theory-based understandings of how democratic values are learned in public institutions,…
Staff
- Cecilia Jonsson Senior lecturer
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- Martin Bergqvist Senior lecturer
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- Niklas Roth Project manager
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- Ola Kronkvist Senior Lecturer
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- Peter Lindström Professor, Head of Department
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- Veronika Burcar Alm Associate professor
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