Reducing crime - Increasing security: Research, practice and statistics

Welcome to Linnaeus University's conference 2023 on the topic of crime prevention in everyday life. In the conference, we highlight how researchers and practitioners collaborate. The conference is aimed at police officers, municipal employees, researchers, and others who work with crime prevention and security-creating issues. Speakers are Swedish, Nordic, and international researchers, experts, and practitioners. Representatives from the Swedish Police Authority and Municipalities participate in panel discussions.

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Thursday, June 15 – Friday, June 16, 2023

Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

The Department of Criminology and Police Work and the Centre for Police Research and Development (CPU) at Linnaeus University organize annual conferences in the field of crime prevention and security creation.

The conference of 2023 will mainly be presented in Swedish however a few lectures will be given in English.

Programme

The programme is preliminary and will be updated.

15 juni

Moderator: Peter Lindström och May-Britt Rinaldo Ronnebro

From 11.30
Registration opens. (outside Weber, house K)

12.00 - 13.00
LUNCH and welcome.

13.00 - 13.10
Conference opens.
Vice-Chancellor Peter Aronsson

13.10 - 13.20
Welcome to Kronoberg.
Govenor Maria Arnholm

13.20 - 14.20
Building on the Evidence at Scotland Yard:
What Would Carl Linnaeus Do?
Professor Lawrence W. Sherman
(Presentation is given in English)

14.25 - 14.55
University-based police training.
Panel debate between the country's police training programs.

14.55 - 15.30
Coffee, tea and cake.

15.30 - 15.35
Presentation of the criminal damage index.
May-Britt Rinaldo Ronnebro, Linnaeus University

15.35 - 15.55
Reduce crime and increase safety:
To develop and use the crime injury index in a Swedish context.
Linda Nilsson, Police Authority
May-Britt Rinaldo Ronnebro, Linnaeus University

15.55 - 16.15
The Danish police´s data-driven preventive work in everyday life.
Helle Agaard Andersen, Midt- og Vestsjällands Politi, Denmark
(Presentation is given in English)

16.15 - 16.35
The development of the crime injury index internationally.
Dr. Eleanor Neyroud, Research Manager at the Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing
(Presentation is given in English)

16.35 - 17.05
Missing persones and how identification of historical criminal damage can prevent continued victimization.
Dr. Timothy Coupe, former, Cambridge University
(Presentation is given in English)

17.05 - 17.15
Summary of the day.
Peter Lindström, professor, Linnaeus University

19.30
Conference dinner at PM och vänner.

16 juni

Moderator: Peter Lindström och May-Britt Rinaldo Ronnebro

09.00 - 09.05
Crime prevention and safety-creating work:
From "allas vårt ansvar" to "tillsammans mot brott".
Peter Lindström, professor, Linnaeus University

09.05 - 09.35
The municipalities new tasks.
Anna Flink, Kalmar municipality

09.35 - 10.30
Safe counties - A report on what Swedish counties and municipalities can do about the problem of insecurity.
Hanna Sahlin Lilja, fil.dr. Halmstad University
Izabell Sjöberg, County Administrative Board Jönköping
Annie Lees, County Administrative Board Blekinge

10.30 - 11.00
Coffee, tea and cake.

11.00 - 11.20
Area police officers - a crime prevention and safety-creating function.
Adam Jonsson, doktorand, Malmö university

11.20 - 11.50
Local security measurements.
Peter Lindström, professor, Linnaeus University
Niklas Roth. project leader, Linnaeus University

11.50 - 12.00
Summary of the conference.
Peter Lindström, professor, Linnaeus University

12.00
LUNCH