Janne Kivivuori
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Janne Kivivuori
@jkivivuori.bsky.social
Professor of criminology, University of Helsinki, Finland. Criminologist, sociologist. Research themes: history of criminology, homicide, International Self-Report Delinquency Study.
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My new book Crime and Civilization was published last month. Today I learned that it will be available as audiobook from 25 Feb 2025! For more info about the content and the print/ebook version see: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reflections on lethal violence against women: Historical Homicide Monitor based comparisons of early modern and modern patterns. Originally a guest lecture, published in a short article format. fjsr.journal.fi/article/view...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great author meets critics session on my book ‘Crime and Civilization’ in the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology (Washington DC, Nov 12-15). Good discussions by a great line-up of critics: @shaddmaruna.bsky.social @marcelo-f-aebi.bsky.social and Brendan Dooley. Thanks!
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last week at #Eurocrim2025 Athens conference, my book ‘Crime and Civilization’ was discussed in an author meets critics panel. Thanks to @henryyeomans.bsky.social , @marcelo-f-aebi.bsky.social , and @shaddmaruna.bsky.social for great insights & constructive comments!
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I was happy to be interviewed by the European Criminology Oral History (ECOH) project (recorded Sep 2024 during the annual conference of the European Society of Criminology). Huge tanks to prof. Nora Markwalder for good questions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqat...
Janne Kivivuori interviewed by Nora Markwalder
YouTube video by ESC - European Society of Criminology
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August 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Prof. Brendan Dooley has reviewed my book ‘Crime and Civilization’ in the Journal of Historical Criminology. Reading the review is a quick way of getting an overview of the content of the book!
Link to the review (open access): journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/pub/5tfvf84f...
August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Janne Kivivuori
It's here! The Journal of Historical Criminology volume 1 issue 1 now available! Congratulations to editors Iain Channing and Alex Tepperman. Looks excellent - excited to read more. journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/jhc-2025-vol...
JHC (2025) Vol 1, Iss 1
journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Yesterday I gave a guest talk at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (Freiburg, Germany), discussing my recent book Crime and Civilization, while also reflecting on the next steps in this line of research. Good discussion & feedback!
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April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My new book Crime and Civilization was published last month. Today I learned that it will be available as audiobook from 25 Feb 2025! For more info about the content and the print/ebook version see: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Happy to report that my new book “Crime and Civilization” will be published this week. The book offers a new interpretation on the origins of criminology as a data-driven intellectual field. The first chapter is open for a month. academic.oup.com/book/58687/c...
November 12, 2024 at 2:21 PM
“Discovery of Hidden Crime” (2011) approached the history of 20th century criminology from data perspective: why the crime survey emerged, and how it impacted substantial thought. The book is now open access at OUP web page! academic.oup.com/book/9672
Discovery of Hidden Crime: Self-Report Delinquency Surveys in Criminal Policy Context
Abstract. This book presents a history of the self-report crime survey as a method of criminological inquiry, describing how it was born within a distinct
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October 23, 2024 at 1:39 PM
The data of the 3rd sweep of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study is now open and available in Harvard Dataverse. doi.org/doi:10.7910/...
October 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Uusi kriminaalipolitiikan oppikirja on ilmestynyt! Teos painottaa empiiristä näkökulmaa kriminaalipolitiikan eri keinojen arvioinnissa ja tutkimuksessa. Kiitos Noora Ellonen & Satu Rantaeskola, Mikko Aaltonen, Antti Latvala ja Sasu Tyni! www.gaudeamus.fi/teos/krimina...
Kriminaalipolitiikka - Gaudeamus
Kriminaalipolitiikka nojaa empiiriseen tutkimukseen ja sen uusimpiin tuloksiin tarkastellessaan alan keskeisiä keinoja ja niiden vaikutuksia. Tilaa kirja verkkokaupasta.
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September 6, 2024 at 7:29 AM
In a recent article co-authored with Nora Markwalder and Marieke Liem, we take stock of the first 15 years of the European Homicide Monitor approach. New developments: the EHM is growing beyond Europe, and backwards in time to the historical dimension.
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August 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Janne Kivivuori
Idag blir det offentligt, Malmö center for policing and prevention är ett faktum efter en donation på 30+10 miljoner från Länsförsäkringar Skåne.

Vi kommer snart att inleda rekryteringsarbete av forskare och doktorander.

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Mångmiljondonation i kampen mot kriminella gäng
Ett center för polisforskning inrättas vid Malmö universitet.
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January 16, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Reposted by Janne Kivivuori
Quite a few of our authors are already here in Bluesky! Allow us to introduce @jkivivuori.bsky.social, one of the editors of 'Nordic Homicide in Deep Time: Lethal Violence in the Early Modern Era and Present Times'. Check out the book at: doi.org/10.33134/HUP-15. It's #OpenAccess!

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November 23, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Uusi Kriminologia-lehden numero ilmestynyt. Siinä on peräti neljän väitöskirjan lectio praecursoria. Vahvassa nousussa oleva tutkimusala!
Vol 3 Nro 2 (2023)
kriminologia.journal.fi
November 9, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Kolmannet kriminologian päivät pidetään Tampereella 31.10.-1.11.2024. Päivät järjestetään joka toinen vuosi, kannattaa merkitä kalenteriin.
Kriminologian päivät 2024 | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö
Kotimaisen kriminologian päätapahtuma kokoaa kriminologian tutkijoita, eri palvelujärjestelmien edustajia ja kolmannen sektorin toimijoita Tampereelle 31.10.–1.11.2024.
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November 8, 2023 at 8:00 AM