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Karin Hellfeldt

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: a2FyaW4uaGVsbGZlbGR0O29ydS5zZQ==

Phone: +46 19 302375

Room: L2173

Research subject

Criminology

About Karin Hellfeldt

Karin Hellfeldt is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Örebro University and the research director of CAPS – Center for Criminological and Psychosocial Research, a research group in criminology dedicated to producing practically relevant knowledge on norm-breaking and criminal behaviour, as well as psychosocial adjustment and development more broadly.

Her research focuses on crime prevention and issues of safety and security, with a particular emphasis on the living conditions of children and young people. She leads the prospective longitudinal research programme the SOFIA-study, which follows the development of norm-breaking and criminal behaviour over time and examines its relationship with early risk and protective factors.

A central part of her work involves developing and evaluating crime prevention initiatives in collaboration with community stakeholders. She has evaluated the working method Effective Coordination for Safety (EST) and the implementation of Group Violence Intervention (GVI) in Sweden, and has worked extensively with local safety surveys and analyses of perceived insecurity in collaboration with municipalities and police regions. Her research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods and aims to generate knowledge that strengthens policy development and practical crime prevention efforts.

Karin has also contributed to the development of the Criminology Programme at Örebro University and served as Programme Director from 2016 to 2020. She teaches at all levels, primarily in criminological theory and crime prevention, and supervises doctoral students within her areas of expertise.

Active projects

Completed projects

Research groups

Children's living conditions and well-being (BLIVA)

Publications

Articles in journals

Doyle, M. , Bood, F. , Frogner, L. , Golovchanova, N. & Hellfeldt, K. (2025). Beyond Fear of Crime: Exploring the True Worries of Older Adults in the Context of Fear of Crime and Vulnerability in Sweden. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. [BibTeX]
Colins, O. F. , Fanti, K. A. , Hellfeldt, K. , Frogner, L. & Andershed, H. (2025). Developmental trajectories of conduct problems from childhood to adolescence: Early childhood antecedents and outcomes in adolescence. Development and psychopathology (Print). [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Thunberg, S. & Åsa, K. (2025). Young adults’ explanations of childhood neglect and their associations with health problems in young adulthood. Children and youth services review, 180. [BibTeX]
Persdotter, B. , Landstedt, E. & Hellfeldt, K. (2024). Detection of children at risk of maltreatment: longitudinal understanding of teachers' concern for children's home situation in Sweden. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 32 (2), 266-280. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2023). Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety and life satisfaction among older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 27 (8), 1636-1643. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. , Boersma, K. & Hellfeldt, K. (2022). Perceived reasons of unsafety among independently living older adults in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Criminology, 23 (1), 44-60. [BibTeX]
Frogner, L. , Hellfeldt, K. , Ångström, A. , Andershed, A. , Källström, Å. , Fanti, K. A. & Andershed, H. (2022). Stability and Change in Early Social Skills Development in Relation to Early School Performance: A Longitudinal Study of a Swedish Cohort. Early Education and Development, 33 (1), 17-37. [BibTeX]
Colins, O. F. , Andershed, H. , Hellfeldt, K. & Fanti, K. A. (2022). The incremental usefulness of teacher-rated psychopathic traits in 5- to 7-year olds in predicting teacher-, parent-, and child self-reported antisocial behavior at a six-year follow-up. Journal of criminal justice, 80. [BibTeX]
Thunberg, S. & Hellfeldt, K. (2022). Våld i ungas nära relationer. Texter om våld (1), 25-31. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (9). [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Owiredua, C. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Presence of Meaning in Life in Older Men and Women: The Role of Dimensions of Frailty and Social Support. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. [BibTeX]
Källström, Å. , Hellfeldt, K. , Howell, K. , Miller-Graff, L. & Graham-Bermann, S. (2020). Young Adults Victimized as Children or Adolescents: Relationships Between Perpetrator Patterns, Poly-Victimization, and Mental Health Problems. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35 (11-12), 2335-2357. [BibTeX]
Källström, Å. , Hellfeldt, K. & Nylander, P. Å. (2019). Parental imprisonment, child victimization and adult problems. European Journal of Criminology, 16 (6), 671-688. [BibTeX]
Glatz, T. , Källström, Å. , Hellfeldt, K. & Thunberg, S. (2019). Physical Violence in Family Sub-Systems: Links to Peer Victimization and Long-Term Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Journal of family Violence, 34 (5), 423-433. [BibTeX]
Fanti, K. A. , Hellfeldt, K. , Colins, O. F. , Meehan, A. , Andershed, A. & Andershed, H. (2019). Worried, sad, and breaking rules?: Understanding the developmental interrelations among symptoms of anxiety, depression, and conduct problems during early childhood. Journal of criminal justice, 62, 23-28. [BibTeX]
Nylander, P. Å. , Källström, Å. & Hellfeldt, K. (2018). After a childhood with a parent in prison: Relationships and well-being as a child and young adult. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 14 (1), 34-45. [BibTeX]
Nylander, P. Å. , Hellfeldt, K. & Källström, Å. (2018). Att ha haft en förälder i fängelse under uppväxten - har det betydelse senare i livet?. Tidskrift för kriminalvård, 73 (2), 9-11. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Gill, P. E. & Johansson, B. (2018). Longitudinal Analysis of Links Between Bullying Victimization and Psychosomatic Maladjustment in Swedish Schoolchildren. Journal of School Violence, 17 (1), 86-98. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Johansson, B. & Lindberg, O. (2014). Mobbning och socialt stöd från lärare och klasskamrater: en longitudinell studie av barns erfarenheter av mobbning. Sosiologi i dag, 44 (4), 79-104. [BibTeX]

Books

Thunberg, S. , Hellfeldt, K. & Källström, Å. (2023). Barn och unga som brottsoffer. Stockholm: Liber. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Johansson, B. , Flygare, E. & Hellfeldt, K. (2019). Att stödja utsatta elever i skolan. In: Björn Johansson & Åsa Källström, Barns och ungas utsatthet: Våld och kränkningar i barns och ungas relationer (pp. 155-168). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Thunberg, S. & Moberg Stephenson, M. (2019). Barn och unga som brottsoffer. In: Björn Johansson & Åsa Källström, Barns och ungas utsatthet: Våld och kränkningar i barns och ungas relationer (pp. 107-124). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. & Källström, Å. (2019). Multipel utsatthet: En särskild risk för barn och unga. In: Björn Johansson och Åsa Källström, Barns och ungas utsatthet: våld och kränkningar i barns och ungas relationer (pp. 91-103). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Johansson, B. , Hellfeldt, K. & Flygare, E. (2019). Utsatthet i skolan. In: Björn Johansson & Åsa Källström, Barns och ungas utsatthet: Våld och kränkningar i barns och ungas relationer (pp. 47-61). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Källström, Å. & Nylander, P. Å. (2018). Efter en barndom med en förälder i fängelse: Hälsa, utsatthet och sociala relationer. In: Annelie Björkhagen Turesson & Annika Staaf, Kriminalvården: Innanför och utanför (pp. 177-188). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. & Strand, S. (2018). Grupparbete. In: Caroline Mellberg, Marie Väfors Frits & Eva Tiby, Kriminologi: en studiehandbok (pp. 153-162). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Johansson, B. & Hellfeldt, K. (2018). Relationsarbete i skolan - att bryta mönster präglade av mobbning och kränkningar. In: Anders Bruhn & Åsa Källström, Relationer i socialt arbete: i gränslandet mellan profession och person (pp. 168-183). Stockholm: Liber. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. (2022). Vulnerability for perceived unsafety among older adults: A latent profile analysis. Paper presented at 26th Nordic Congress of Gerontology (26NKG), Odense, Denmark, June 8-10, 2022. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Affective fear of crime and its associations with depressive feelings and life satisfaction in older adults: Cognitive emotion regulation as a moderator?. In: The Stockholm Criminology Symposium Program & Abstracts. Paper presented at The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16, 2021. (pp. 29-29). The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). [BibTeX]
Thunberg, S. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). ”Det är komplicerat” – Om ungas tjejers konstruktioner av offerskap efter utsatthet för våld i nära relation samt deras behov av stöd. Paper presented at Våld i ungas relationer, Musikhögskolan, Örebro universitet, November 25, 2021. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. , Boersma, K. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Feelings of unsafety and well-being in advanced age. Paper presented at 25th Nordic Gerontology Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland, (Virtual Congress), June 2-4, 2021. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Owiredua, C. , Boersma, K. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2021). Presence Of Meaning In Older Men And Women: The Role Of Frailty Dimensions And Social Support. Paper presented at SWEAH (The Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health) Milestone Conference, Lund university, Lund, Sweden, Online conference, October 19-20, 2021. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , López-Romero, L. & Andershed, H. (2019). Cyberbullying and Psychological Well-being in Young Adolescence: The Potential Protective Mediation Effects of Social Support from Family, Friends, and Teachers. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. MDPI. [BibTeX]
Källström, Å. , Glatz, T. , Hellfeldt, K. & Thunberg, S. (2019). Physical Violence in Family Sub-Systems: Links to Peer Victimization and Long-Term Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Paper presented at 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EuroCrim 2019), Ghent, Belgium, September 18-21, 2019. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Andershed, H. & Hellfeldt, K. (2019). The +65 and Safe Study: Feelings of unsafety and fear of crime in advanced age. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 23-25, 2019. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. , Göransson, S. , Meehan, A. & Sverke, M. (2018). Student Generated Violence towards Teachers in Swedish Schools: Prevalence and Characteristics of Victimization and Identification of Risk and Protective Factors. Paper presented at The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-14, 2018. (pp. 172-173). [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. , Göransson, S. , Meehan, A. & Sverke, M. (2018). Teacher-victimization in Swedish schools: Identification of risk factor. Paper presented at 6th European Association for Forensic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology & other involved professions Congress (EFCAP 2018). Young victims and young offenders. Prevention and intervention within families and institutions, Venice, Italy, June 20-22, 2018. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. (2017). The importance of social support and recognition from teachers for pupil´s experiencing bullying victimization. Paper presented at Word Anti-Bullying Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, May 7-9, 2017. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. (2017). Understanding and identifying preschool developmental pathways to early school adjustment. Paper presented at Word Anti-Bullying Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, May 7-9, 2017. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Frogner, L. , Andershed, A. , Källström, Å. & Andershed, H. (2017). Understanding preschool precursors to early school adjustment. Paper presented at Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-21, 2017. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. (2014). Mobbning i skolan: dess olika uttryck, konsekvenser samt behovet av stöd och hjälp för den utsatta. Paper presented at Barnrättsdagarna, Psykisk ohälsa bland barn & unga, Örebro, Sweden, April 8-9, 2014. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. (2014). Mobbning och kränkningar i skolan: olika utvecklingsvägar samt socialt stöd från lärare som en skyddande faktor. Paper presented at Viktimologisk forskarkonferens, Stockholm, Sweden, November 7, 2014. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Johansson, B. & Lindberg, O. (2013). Social support from teachers as a buffering factor for bullied victim’s well-being. Paper presented at 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Budapest, Hungary, September 4-7, 2013. [BibTeX]

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Hellfeldt, K. (2016). The Hurt Self: Bullied Children's Experiences of Social Support, Recognition and Trust at School. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro university. [BibTeX]

Manuscripts

Hellfeldt, K. Bullying and well-being : Social support from teachers as a buffering factor for bullied children. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Gill, P. & Johansson, B. Longitudinal analysis of links between bullying victimization and psychosomatic maladjustment in Swedish schoolchildren. [BibTeX]
Golovchanova, N. , Evans, B. , Hellfeldt, K. , Andershed, H. & Boersma, K. Older and feeling unsafe? Differences in underlying vulnerability, anxiety, and life satisfaction among older adults. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. The importance of recognition : teacher-pupil relations from the perspective of the bullied child. [BibTeX]

Reports

Olsson, K. , Marquardt, I. & Hellfeldt, K. (2024). KOMPASS Örebro: Kommunal planering av systematiskt socialt brottsförebyggande arbete i Örebro kommun.. Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Olsson, K. , Frogner, L. & Strand, S. (2023). Processutvärdering av GVI Örebro: en strategi för att minska och förebygga utvecklingen av grovt och dödligt våld kopplat till kriminella grupper. Örebro: Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap vid Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Hellfeldt, K. , Isakovic, B. & Källström, Å. (2022). Utsatthet för våld under uppväxten bland personer med funktionsnedsättning. Örebro: Örebro University (Working papers and reports Social work 2022:28). [BibTeX]
Johansson, B. , Flygare, E. & Hellfeldt, K. (2018). Pass or fail?: A study concerning how experiences of bullying, truancy and social relations influence pupils’ academic performance.. Friends international center against bullying & Örebro university. [BibTeX]
Johansson, B. , Flygare, E. & Hellfeldt, K. (2017). Godkänd eller icke godkänd? : En studie om hur erfarenheter av mobbning, skolk och socialt umgänge inverkar på elevers skolprestationer. Örebro, Sweden: Örebro universitet (Working Papers and Reports 10). [BibTeX]