The Observatory highlights criminal trends in Denmark and maps their national and international roots and movements.
Research
Research projects
The new centre already has several research projects connected to it that follow the researchers to the centre:
ANIMALAW - An interdisciplinary study of Danish animal welfare offences in animal transportInvestigates how broader societal conceptualizations of human- animal relations interact with specific veterinary knowledge when animal welfare cases are decided upon in Danish courtrooms. The research aims to provide a unique insight into the interdependencies of legislation, animal welfare and biological expertise, as well as to create a strong interdisciplinary research network between legal, social and natural sciences. See project page at Aarhus University. Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF2) |
DE-CLaSS – Developing Environmental Criminal Law – a Sociolegal StudyDE-CLaSS is an interdisciplinary research project exploring how the Danish criminal justice system can be strengthened to better address environmental crime both nationally and across borders.
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark |
Exceptional Prisoners in Exceptional Prisons (EXCEL)EXCEL uses order in prisons as a central analytical junction to examine how order is locally understood, negotiated, lost and gained. We examine order and disorder by investigating three different groups of prisoners who pose challenges to order, thereby putting pressure on and making the borders of the welfare state visible. Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark |
LOCKEDDenmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands are expanding existing as well as constructing new prison facilities. LOCKED investigates – through participant observation and interviews – what effect prison architecture has on resocialization, safety in prisons and staff’s working environment, including how employees and prisoners use and experience the possibilities and limitations of prison architecture. |