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A man has been arrested in Gothenburg suspected of preparing for murder of exile Iranians in Denmark. The most important question is whether the detainee can be linked to any of Iran’s embassies in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, writes criminologist Ardavan Khoshnood.
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Ardavan Khoshnood, criminologist at Malmö University, lists three reasons why the shootings in Malmö are decreasing.
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The majority of Iranians in Sweden often travel to Iran, which means that they are easily targeted by the Islamic regime that can use them to gather information about other Iranians in Sweden, writes Ardavan Khoshnood.
Recent reports state that firearm-related violence is increasing in Sweden. In order to understand the trend of firearm-related violence in Sweden with regard to rate, modus operandi (MO) and homicide typology, and for which injuries and causes of death firearm-related violence is responsible, a systematic literature review was conducted. After a thorough search in different…
The debate about crime statistics and which crimes are increasing and not is often infected. The discussion benefits neither from understatements nor exaggerations, but should be kept factual. The truth is that yes, some crimes are decreasing and Sweden is very safe internationally. But there are also dark clouds, for example when it comes to…
Victims of homicide and attempted homicide are not uncommon in Sweden. We therefore aimed to study these victims to understand their injuries, their cause of death, and their relationship to the offender. All cases during five years in a district court in Sweden, where an offender had been convicted for homicide or attempted homicide, were…
![Increased Use of Firearms is a Challenge for the Emergency Care [Swedish]](https://ardavan.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LATI-1735-1.jpg)
Serious violent crimes continue to be a major concern in Sweden. Not least, this applies to firearm-related violent crimes which are increasing in the country.
Firearm-related violence is common in our contemporary world and causes serious harm to humans as well as to the society. One of the countries in which firearm-related violence is increasing is Sweden and its most southern region, Skane, in which Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city, is highly affected. If not contained and limited, Sweden risks…
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Psychiatric diagnosis is scarce among criminal gang members, and thus differs compared to other violent offenders.