Research

Why are the Nordic penal institutions viewed as so "different" from a non-Nordic vantage point? Are Nordic prisons and penal policies in fact positive exceptions to the general rule?

How are identities and loyalties shaped by conflicts which has been passed down through three generations? How does the conflict between Pakistan and India influence patterns of migration? What happens when "old enemies" meet as work immigrants in Norway?

On the 18th of May 2010, professor em. Nils Christie at the Department of Criminology and Sociology Law was honored for his work ”Prison Guards in Concentration Camps". This book is selected as one of the 25 most important works in the Norwegian Sociological Canon.