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Nina Christine Dahl

Doctoral Research Fellow
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Visiting address Domus Juridica

Academic interests

  • Rule of law and human rights for adults at risk
  • Violence, abuse and neglect
  • Disability and society
  • Suspects with cognitive disabilities and their encounter with the police

Background

Nina Christine Dahl has a master's degree in disability and society from NTNU. In recent years, Dahl has worked as a senior adviser at the Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, with a focus on adults at risk. She lectures at the Norwegian Police University, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and VID.

Dahl has published several books dealing with her field of interest and contributed to research reports and anthologies.

Awards

  • The equality award in Tromsø municipality for 2019

Appointments

Dahl is currently collaborating with a research group at Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Social Research and Fafo, which will evaluate the Norwegian Children's House and the follow-up of particularly vulnerable adults. She is also associated with a research group at the Norwegian Police University and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Positions held

Dahl has been a member of the working committee for the Network for legal security for people with intellectual disabilities in case of offenses, for 8 years. She is now a member of the network.

Tags: Human Rights, Police, Rule of Law, The courts and the criminal justice system, Sociology of Law

Publications

Dahl, N.C. (2018). Rett forstått? Politiets erfaringer fra avhør av mennesker med utviklingshemming. Masteroppgave. NTNU.

Dahl, N. C., & Sørensen, D. (2019). Mennesker med kognitive funksjonsnedsettelser og problematisk eller skadelig seksuell atferd. In O. G. Lillevik, J. S. Salamonsen, & I. Nordhaug (Eds.), Vold i nære relasjoner. Diskurser og fenomenforståelse (pp. 69-89). Oslo: Norge: Gyldendal.

Dahl, N.C.& Sørensen, D. (2020). Vold, overgrep og omsorgssvikt mot risikoutsatte voksne. Forebygging, avdekking og håndtering. Universitetsforlaget.

Dahl, N.C. (red.) (2023). Skyldig? Funksjonshemmedes møte med strafferettspleien. Universitetsforlaget.

Dahl, N.C. & Søndenaa, E. (red.) (2023). Helse og omsorg for personer med utviklingshemming. Universitetsforlaget. 

Dahl, Nina Christine; Garrels, Veerle & Jakobsen, Kristina Kepinska (2026). “Gut feeling and subtle signals”: Norwegian police officers' strategies for identifying cognitive disabilities in suspects during the initial stages of the legal process. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. ISSN 0160-2527. 106, s. 102204–102204. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2026.102204.

Kermit, P., Bruteig, R., Olsen, T., Mjøen, O.M., Dahlen, W.N., Thoresen, S.H., Elvegård, K., Dahl, N.C. & Envik, R. (2025). Evaluering av tilbudet til særlig sårbare voksne ved Statens Barnehus. Rapport 2024. NTNU Samfunnsforskning. 

Olsen, T., Kermit, P., Dahl, N. C., Søndenaa, E., & Envik, R. (2018). "Rettssikkerhet – likeverd og likeverdig behandling. Mennesker med kognitive funksjonsnedsettelser i møte med strafferettspleien". Rapport 5/2018. Nordlandsforskning.

Søndenaa, E., Olsen, T., Kermit, P. S., Dahl, N. C., & Envik, R. (2019). "Intellectual disabilities and offending behaviour: the awareness and concerns of the police, district attorneys and judges". Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour.

Søndenaa, E. & Dahl, N.C. (2020). "Utviklingshemmede i rettssystemet". I: Olsen, T., Bakkefjell B., Dahl, N.C. Engbråten, A.L., Hansen, H. & Kristiansen, H. Utviklingshemming og seksuelle overgrep. Kunnskap, rettssikkerhet og beskyttelse. Universitetsforlaget.

  • Dahl, Nina Christine; Garrels, Veerle & Jakobsen, Kristina Kepinska (2026). “Gut feeling and subtle signals”: Norwegian police officers' strategies for identifying cognitive disabilities in suspects during the initial stages of the legal process. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. ISSN 0160-2527. 106. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2026.102204. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dahl, Nina Christine & Søndenaa, Erik (2020). Utviklingshemmede i rettssystemet, Utviklingshemming og seksuelle overgrep, Kunnskap, rettssikkerhet og beskyttelse. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215041438. p. 173–189. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dahl, Nina Christine; Ahokas, Ulla-Maija; Kvandahl, Kirsti & Pedersen, John (2020). Hvordan håndterer kommunene og spesialisthelsetjenesten mistanke om overgrep, Utviklingshemming og seksuelle overgrep, Kunnskap, rettssikkerhet og beskyttelse. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215041438. p. 108–121. Full text in Research Archive
  • Søndenaa, Erik; Olsen, Terje; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Dahl, Nina Christine & Envik, Robert (2019). Intellectual disabilities and offending behaviour: the awareness and concerns of the police, district attorneys and judges. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 1744-6295. 10(2). doi: 10.1108/JIDOB-04-2019-0007. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Mjøen, Odd Morten; Berre, Stine; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Olsen, Terje; Bruteig, Rebekka & Dahl, Nina Christine [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2025). Facilitated criminal case processes in Norway: Who are considered vulnerable adults? A factorial survey. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bruteig, Rebekka; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Thoresen, Stian; Olsen, Terje; Mjøen, Odd Morten & Søndenaa, Erik [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2024). Accommodating persons with intellectual and cognitive disabilities in the Norwegian ‘Barnahus’(Children’s Houses). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. ISSN 0964-2633. doi: 10.1111/jir.13166. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dahl, Nina Christine (2024). Informantbehandling, etikk og særlige hensyn. In Jakobsen, Kristina Kepinska & Risan, Patrick (Ed.), Etikk i etterforskning. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205605602. p. 202–219. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bruteig, Rebekka; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Olsen, Terje; Thoresen, Stian; Arfa, Shahrzad & Mjøen, Odd Morten [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2024). Møtet mellom barnehuset og mennesker med kognitive funksjonsnedsettelser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dahl, Nina Christine & Sørensen, Dagfinn (2019). Mennesker med kognitive funksjonsnedsettelser og problematisk eller skadelig seksuell atferd. In Lillevik, Ole Greger; Salamonsen, Jens Severin & Nordhaug, Inge (Ed.), Vold i nære relasjoner : diskurser og fenomenforståelse. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788205512429. p. 69–90. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Bruteig, Rebekka; Olsen, Terje; Berre, Stine; Mjøen, Odd Morten & Dahlen, Wenche Natland [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2025). Evaluering av tilbudet til særlig sårbare voksne ved Statens barnehus. NTNU Samfunnsforskning. ISSN 9788275707831. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olsen, Terje; Kermit, Patrick Stefan; Søndenaa, Erik; Dahl, Nina Christine & Envik, Robert (2018). Rettssikkerhet – likeverd og likeverdig behandling. Mennesker med kognitive funksjonsnedsettelser i møte med strafferettspleien. Nordlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273217417. Full text in Research Archive

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