Peter Lindström

Professor, Head of Department

Department of Criminology and Police Work Faculty of Social Sciences

peter.lindstrom@lnu.se

I hold a PhD from Stockholm University (1993). Thesis title: School and Delinquency in a Contextual Perspective. Since then, I have worked at:

The Swedish National Police College, Research Unit (1993-1997)
The National Council for Crime Prevention (1998-2004)
Växjö University (2004-2005)
Ministry of Justice (2005-2010)
The Police Authority in Stockholm County/Police Region Stockholm (2010-2020)

Since 2021, I am professor of criminology at Linnaeus University.

Teaching

Criminology, crime prevention, and survey methodology

Research

I am currently involved in the following research projects:

Nordic police cooperation in border regions
Mechanisms behind violent riots
Local safety surveys
Older prisoners: a criminal policy dilemma

My research groups

My ongoing research projects

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Lindström, P. (2015). Police and crime in rural and small Swedish municipalities. Journal of Rural Studies. 39 (June). 271-277.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2013). More Police – Less Crime? The relationship between police levels and residential burglary in Sweden. The Police Journal. 86 (4). 321-339.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2008). Fångtal och brott : hur ser sambandet ut?. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 95 (2). 151-172.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2007). Tredje resan – vart bär det hän?: Utvärderingsresultat och implikationer av den amerikanska lagen ”Three-Strikes and You’re Out. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 94 (1). 40-55.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2006). Polisiär nolltolerans: flipp eller flopp?. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 93 (1). 15-36.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2005). Violence against women in Scandinavia : A description and evaluation of two new laws aiming to protect women. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. 5 (2). 220-235.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (2001). School Violence: A Multi-Level Perspective. International Review of Victimology. 8 (2). 141-158.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (1998). Fler åtalade unga lagöverträdare. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 85 (2). 141-158.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (1997). Patterns of School Crime : A Replication and Empirical Extension. British Journal of Criminology. 37 (1). 121-130.
Status: Published
Lindström, P. (1996). Family Interaction, Neighborhood Context and Deviant Behavior: A Research Note. Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention. 5 (1). 113-119.
Status: Published

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Lindström, P. (2005). Violence against women in the Swedish context. Family Violence and Police Response : Learning From Research, Policy and Practice in European Countries. Routledge. 105-125.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Bull, T., Lindström, P. (2020). Om att förebygga och utreda hatbrott. Religion, migration och polisiärt arbete. Studentlitteratur AB. 251-264.
Sempert, U., Lindström, P. (2019). Malmö ur ett polisperspektiv. Brottslighet och utsatthet i Malmö. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 127-144.
Lindström, P. (2018). Kunskapsbaserat polisarbete : forskning och professionalisering. Kriminologi och poliskunskap : mötet mellan forskning och praktik. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 19-50.
Lindström, P., Svanberg, K. (1998). Victim-Offender Mediation in Sweden. Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Potentialities, Risks, and Problems. Leuven, Leuven University Press. 245-260.

Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)

Lindström, P. (1993). School and Delinquency in a Contextual Perspective. Doctoral Thesis. Stockholm, National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet, BRÅ. 200.

Report (Other academic)

Lindström, P. (1996). Närpolisen och skolan : ett brottsförebyggande team?. Stockholm, Polishögskolan. 50.
Lindström, P. (1995). School Context and Delinquency. The Impact of Social Class Structure and Academic Balance. Stockholm, Stockholm University, Department of Sociology. 60.

Collection (editor) (Other academic)

Lindström, P., Sempert, U. (2018). Kriminologi och poliskunskap : mötet mellan forskning och praktik. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 231.