The Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC) unites researchers with a wide range of approaches to studying crime and criminal justice. It stimulates research across disciplines that include law, anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, political science, history, and others. Based on a commitment to diversity – also with respect to theory and empirics – CCC researchers study the connectedness of local and global crime trend. CCC investigates how criminal justice systems work and develop in Scandinavia and across the world as they aim to curb crime and serve other societal functions.

To achieve this, the CCC conducts comprehensive studies of deviant behaviour and criminal justice systems – from policing and court practices to punishment and post-release dynamics.