Doctoral studies in Criminology

Criminology is a multi- and interdisciplinary subject that focuses on the development and causes of criminal behaviour, as well as on criminal policy interventions to prevent and stop crime.

Criminology also includes victimology, that is, research on those who are victims of crime. The subject draws on and integrates theoretical frameworks and methodological concepts and approaches from various disciplines in order to understand individual, contextual, and societal processes that are implicated in the development of crime and its consequences. The doctoral programme in criminology at Örebro University focuses on the causes of individual and contextual variations in criminal behaviour, as well as on the consequences of committing and/or being a victim of crime. In part, the subject area involves applied research with a focus on risk assessment, prediction, as well as on prevention and safety and security enhancing intervention.

The doctoral studies are pursued in one of the subject area’s three research fields: biopsychosocial criminology, developmental and life course perspective criminology, or stalking and intimate partner violence.