Camilla Løvschall Langeland

• Buil-Gil, David; Moretti, Angelo; Birkbeck, Christopher; Enzmann, Dirk; Arbach, Karin & Bazon, Marina Rezende [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2026). Unstructured spare time as an international predictor of adolescent crime. PLOS ONE. 21(5), p. 0349291–0349291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349291. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study investigates whether unstructured spare time is a significant correlate of self-reported offending among adolescents in multiple countries. Drawing on survey data from 58,425 13-to-17-year-olds in 21 countries in Europe, North America, and South America, we examine whether time spent in unstructured out-of-home and at-home activities, as well as structured time at home, is associated with offending prevalence and incidence. Using multivariate models that control for key criminological predictors, we find that unstructured out-of-home spare time is a robust and consistent correlate of self-reported offending. Its estimated association is larger than that of most classical predictors. While structured spare time at home is associated with lower levels of offending, unstructured spare time, particularly out-of-home, is strongly linked to both prevalence and incidence of crime involvement. Country-specific analyses reveal that this pattern holds across most national samples. Simulation analyses suggest that modest reductions in unstructured out-of-home spare time may be associated with lower levels of adolescent offending. These findings indicate that unstructured time environments constitute a cross-culturally robust correlate of adolescent offending, with potential relevance across dispositional and opportunity-based explanations, and with implications for how prevention frameworks conceptualize adolescents’ everyday environments.

• Kaakinen, Markus; Westfelt, Lars; Moeller, Kim; Rostami, Amir; Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét & Langeland, Camilla Løvschall [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2026). Gang involvement among adolescents in nine Nordic cities: A comparative study on associated risk factors. European Journal of Criminology. ISSN 1477-3708. doi: 10.1177/14773708251400845. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Rising youth gang involvement in the Nordic countries has become a growing concern, particularly due to its association with crime and other problem behaviours. This study is the first to examine the prevalence and risk factors of street gang involvement among adolescents from nine cities in five Nordic countries. Using comparative, cross-national probability city samples from the fourth wave of the International Self-Reported Delinquency Study (ISRD4), the analysis includes data from 9039 adolescents aged 13–17 from Denmark (n = 1094), Finland (n = 2037), Iceland (n = 3007), Norway (n = 1559), and Sweden (n = 1342). Based on the Eurogang measurement, the findings highlight significant differences in gang involvement across cities, with Stockholm exhibiting the highest prevalence of youth gang involvement (16%). These differences persisted after adjusting for individual-level risk factors. Adolescents involved in gangs reported higher levels of peer delinquency, pro-delinquency attitudes, lifetime assault, as well as lower levels of parental control and self-control. In contrast, family strain and perceived discrimination were associated with street gang involvement only at the city level. The study discusses the implications of these findings for policy and prevention strategies, emphasising the need for targeted interventions to curb the rise of gang involvement among youth in the Nordic region.

• Vepsäläinen, Janne; Kaakinen, Markus; Ellonen, Noora; Arbach, Karin; Bazon, Marina Rezende & Hazel, Neal [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2025). Cybercrime Correlates Among Adolescents in Europe and South America: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Situational Action Theory. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. ISSN 1043-9862. 41(4), p. 661–678. doi: 10.1177/10439862251389822. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Cybercrime is increasingly recognized as a global issue, with adolescents being a key group as crime trends shift online. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of cybercrime, its specific risk factors, and how they differ across high and low-middle-income countries. This highlights the need for more cross-national comparative studies on the cybercriminal behavior of young people. This study examines the prevalence of four types of cybercrime (image-based abuse, online hate speech, cyberfraud, and hacking) among adolescents aged 13 to 17 in Europe and South America (N = 28,325). Utilizing data from the International Self-Report Delinquency Study 4 (ISRD4), the analysis includes nine countries from Europe (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) and three from South America (Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela). According to our results, there is variation in adolescent cybercrime offending between countries and continents. Overall, cybercrime and hacking were more common in South America, whereas image-based abuse was more prevalent among adolescents from Europe. Cybercrime was associated with low self-control, morality, and anticipated formal sanctions for cybercrimes, whereas peer delinquency was associated with a higher likelihood of offending. In line with situational action theory (SAT), peer delinquency and anticipated formal sanctions for cybercrimes were associated with cybercrime only among those with low or average morality.

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• Lomell, Heidi Mork; Langeland, Camilla Løvschall & Franko, Katja (2026). CRIMKNOW: Digitalisering og privatiserte kunnskapsregimer i kriminalpolitikken. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2026). ‘If only the police knew what the police already know’: The knowledge paradox in intelligence. doi: https:/www.digitresearchschool.no/conference-programme. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Contemporary police reforms increasingly emphasise data-driven decision-making and knowledge-based approaches. However, practitioners identify a different challenge. While data and information exist within and across police systems, access to them is limited and, in some cases, non-existent. Drawing on interviews with 35 police intelligence analysts in Norway and Denmark, this article examines how knowledge-based policing is experienced in everyday intelligence practice. Analysts often describe the most valuable knowledge as already present in existing registers. Accessing and integrating it across systems, platforms and agencies, however, remains difficult. Rather than calling for more data, they point to organisational and technological constraints that prevent available information from becoming actionable intelligence. Conceptualising this dynamic as a knowledge accessibility paradox, the article argues that the promise of knowledge-based policing in intelligence work is constrained less by data scarcity than by the conditions under which knowledge is accessed, assembled, and made usable. The article further distinguishes between data accessibility and retrievability, emphasising how information may exist without being practically findable or usable. The analysis identifies infrastructural, epistemic, organisational and imaginary inhibitions, alongside enabling conditions such as data integration and searchability, that shape how information becomes actionable. These dynamics are situated within sociotechnical imaginaries of data-driven policing that shape how problems and solutions are defined and pursued. This has consequences for decision-making, including delays, partial situational awareness, and the underutilisation of existing knowledge. By foregrounding analysts’ perspectives, the study shifts attention from data accumulation to the practical and organisational factors that shape what can count as knowledge in policing.

• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2026). The Pursuit of Knowledge: Translating knowledge-based models in police intelligence work. doi: https:/ccc.ku.dk/events/the-pursuit-of-knowledge/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Contemporary police reforms aim to offer solutions grounded in data-driven decision-making and knowledge-based approaches. However, practitioners identify a different challenge. While data and information exist within and across police systems, access to them is limited and, in some cases, non-existent. Drawing on interviews with 35 intelligence analysts in Norway and Denmark, this article examines how knowledge-based policing is experienced in everyday intelligence practice. Analysts consistently identify the most valuable knowledge as already present in existing registers, yet challenging to access and integrate across systems, platforms and agencies. Rather than calling for more data, they point to organisational and technological constraints that prevent available information from becoming actionable intelligence. Conceptualising this dynamic as a knowledge accessibility paradox, the article argues that the promise of knowledge-based policing is constrained less by data scarcity than by the conditions under which knowledge is accessed, assembled, and made usable. By foregrounding analysts’ perspectives, the study shifts attention from data accumulation to the practical and organisational factors that shape what can count as knowledge in police work.

• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall & Myrvang, Thea (2026). Hvorfor bør vi bry oss om at dommere bruker Microsoft Copilot? doi: https:/rett24.no/articles/hvorfor-bor-vi-bry-oss-om-at-dommere-bruker-microsoft-copilot. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2026). Midway assessment: Making knowledge work. A study of how intelligence analysts adapt to knowledge-based policing. doi: https:/www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english/research/news-and-events/events/midway-assessments/2026midway-assessment-langeland.html. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2025). Pursuit of Knowledge in Evidence-Based. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2025). Pursuits of Knowledge in Evidence-Based and Intelligence-Led Policing. Full text in Research Archive
• Franko, Katja; Lomell, Heidi Mork; Ellefsen, Hjørdis Birgitte; Langeland, Camilla Løvschall; Myrvang, Thea & Zinober, Ninni Charlotte Eliassen [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2025). Kriminalpolitiske kunnskapsregimer i endring. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2024). The Knowledge Networks of Policing. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2024). Charting the Knowledge Networks of Policing in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall (2024). Exposure to and Perpetration of Violence: A quantitative study on Youth Experiences and Attitudes in Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall; Antonsen, Katrine & Myrvang, Thea (2024). Fra prosjekt til praksis. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi har gleden av å presentere ferske masterprosjekter fra 2024. Felles for prosjektene er at de bidrar med unike og originale studier innen kriminologi og rettssosiologi med både faglig og praktisk relevans.

• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall & Myrvang, Thea (2024). Book Review: The Digital Revolution: A Short History of an Ideology by Gabriele Balbi. Theoretical criminology. ISSN 1362-4806. Full text in Research Archive
• Langeland, Camilla Løvschall & Antonsen, Katrine (2023). Kriminologikonferansen 2023. Full text in Research Archive

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