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Helgi Gunnlaugsson - Professor
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School of Social Sciences
Helgi Gunnlaugsson
Hann/Hans
Íslenska
Professor
Criminology, sociology
Location
Oddi / O-217
Phone
+354-525-4504
+354-695-8556
Email
helgigun [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Published Work
Helgi Gunnlaugsson - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Helgi Gunnlaugsson - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4473-7533
Research portal – Helgi Gunnlaugsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
FÉL009F - Reading Course in Sociology
FÉL262G - Sociology of Deviance
FÉL091F - Reading Course in Sociology
FÉL0A4F - Crime in Iceland
FÉL309G - Criminology
FÉL001F - Reading Course in Sociology
FÉL090F - Reading Course in Sociology
Collaboration
,
Education
1992
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Missouri
,
Sociology, criminology
1990
,
Meistarapróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Teacher Certificate
1985
,
MA
,
University of Missouri
,
Sociology
1982
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Sociology
Professional Experience
2001 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2013 -
2016,
Chair,
University of Iceland
2001 -
2015,
Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology - Board member,
University of Iceland
1995 -
2001,
Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
1996 -
2000,
Nordic Sociological Society - Board member,
University of Iceland
1987 -
1996,
College Teacher,
Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík
1990 -
1995,
Assistant Professor,
University of Iceland
1987 -
1990,
Part time Teacher,
University of Iceland
Published works
2023
On crime and punishment in four Nordic island societies: Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Áland Islands
Prison alternatives in Iceland
I Island er man begyndt at tænke stofbrug mere som et folkesundhedsproblem end et strafferetsligt
STOF
2022
Retreat or entrenchment: Drug policies in Iceland revisited
2021
Drug controls in Iceland: Any retreat in sight?
Afbrot og refsingar í fjórum norrænum eysamfélögum
Criminal Justice in a small Nordic country: The case of Iceland
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
2020
Is digital crime victimization increasing in Iceland – may the Mee-too movement influence how victimization is experienced?
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Barátta Hæstaréttar við vímuefnin í 100 ár: Frá áfengi yfir í önnur fíkniefni
After the gold rush in Iceland: Causes and consequences of the banking collapse in 2008
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
2019
Is cybercrime increasing in Iceland?
Drug dealing on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram
Drug and Alcohol Review
Stofproblemet i Island: Opioid krisen giver alvorlige bekymringer
STOF
2018
Afbrot og íslenskt samfélag
A more nordic Norway? Examining prisons in 21st century Iceland
Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
From banning beer to cannabis: The power to define what is legal or not
Out of the Icelandic cold murder they wrote: The Guðmundur- and Geirfinnur criminal case of 1974
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
2017
Iceland's peculiar beer ban, 1915-1989
Criminal justice in Iceland: A case of Scandinavian exceptionalism?
Þróun og sérsvið íslenskrar félagsfræði
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
2016
Vil Island straffe for prostitution og narkotikabrug?
Can Prison Walls be Broken: The Prison Situation in Iceland
Tíðni og tegundir netbrota
Criminal Justice in Iceland: Recent Prison Developments
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
How widespread is cybercrime? Types and volume of public victimization in Iceland
How Did the Icelandic Criminal Justice System Respond to the Banking Collapse in 2008?
2015
Årsager til det islandske banksammenbrud i 2008: Fölgevirkninger og udviklingen mod ekonomisk fremgang efter krisen
Criminalization of drug use and buying sexual services: The public view in Iceland
Internationalization of US Criminal Laws: Covert Drug Policing in Iceland
RETFÆRD
Are the criminal courts more lenient than the public? A case study from Iceland
Vil den islandske befolkning have strengere straffe end dommerne for ökonomisk kriminalitet og seksuelle forbrydelser mod börn?
Réttartilfinning borgaranna: Vilja Íslendingar refsa fyrir vændi og neyslu fíkniefna?
Ótti við afbrot: Skiptir aldur máli?
Moral panic in Icelandic society: Arrival of ecstacy to Iceland in the 1990's
Drug use and drug controls in Iceland: An historic paradigm in sight?
The public sense of justice in Scandinavia
European Journal of Criminology
Runaway Icelanders
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
2014
Siðfár í íslensku samfélagi: Koma e-töflunnar til Íslands
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Urban dwelling,everyday life, rootedness and arctic/antarctic issues
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
Gengur afstaða Íslendinga í berhögg við ríkjandi refsipólitík?
Siðfár í íslensku samfélagi?
Narkotika, Island og unge mennesker
2013
Viðhorf Íslendinga til afbrota
Driving while intoxicated in Iceland
Liikenne
Fíkniefni, íslenskt samfélag og nýir kostir í stefnumótun
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Fíkniefnavandinn á Íslandi
Penal populism and criminal justice: Are the courts more lenient than the public?
European Prison Education Association Magazine
Causes of the Iceland banking collapse and the road to recovery since
Methods of quantitative research: Har gerningspersonens køn eller nationalitet indflydelse på islændinges holdning til straf?
2012
Eru dómarar mildari en almenningur í málum er tengjast kynferðisbrotum gegn börnum og fjárdrætti í banka?
Tímarit lögfræðinga.
Hefur kyn eða þjóðerni brotamanns áhrif á afstöðu Íslendinga til refsinga?
Hverjir óttast afbrot á Íslandi?
No Room at the Inn
Er offentligheden i Island strengere end domstolene i sager vedrörende seksual brott imod börn og ekonomiske brott?
Economic crisis, explanations and impact on crime
Criminology in Europe - Newsletter of the European Society of Criminology
Extreme case of life-style regulation
Reykjavík city centre
Hverjir óttast afbrot mest á Íslandi?
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
2011
Afstaða Íslendinga til kynferðisbrota
Criminal Punishment in Iceland in the New Millenium
Vil offentligheden i Island have strengere straffe end domstolene?
Ikke kun strenghed
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Iceland´s (2008) and Argentina´s (2001) crises
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
From economic boom to collapse
Félagsfræði íslenskra kvikmynda
Vilja Íslendingar harðari refsingar en dómarar fyrir efnahagsbrot og kynferðisbrot gegn börnum?
2010
Banking crisis in Iceland and beyond
Iceland´s (2008) and Argentina´s (2001) crises
Islandia tras la quiebra bancaria
Pueblos: Revista de Informacion y Debate
Eru dómstólar mildari en almenningur?
Tímarit lögfræðinga.
Den nordiske retsbevidsthedsundersögelse
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Afbrot og refsingar
Vilja Íslendingar harðari refsingar en dómstólar?
Drug globalization
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention
Iceland´s desolate aftermath
The low-crime thesis examined
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
2009
The beer struggles in Parliament 1915-1988
Realidad: South Cone Journal for Social and Political Psychology
Attitudes of Icelanders toward driving while intoxicated
Nordic Survey on Prison Inmates Educational Background and Motivation
Viðhorf Íslendinga til ölvunaraksturs
Lögleiðing bjórs á Íslandi
Ethical dilemmas in the Icelandic business community
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
2008
Ofbeldi, miðborgin og umfjöllun fjölmiðla
Afbrot á Íslandi
Consumer Fraud and Victimization Patterns in Iceland
Island
Etisk dilemmma i det islandske forretningsmiljö
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Reykjavik Downtown
2007
Education and educational motives of Icelandic prisoners
Social transformation, crime perceptions and the role of the social sciences
Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues
Alvorligshedgrad og anmeldelse
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
Menntun íslenskra fanga
Ölvunarakstur
Victimization in Iceland and consumer fraud
Eru afbrot á Íslandi fátíðari en í öðrum löndum?
Félagsfræði tveggja heima
The grey area
2006
The Icelandic Government
Afbrotafræði íslenskra glæpasagna
Gráa svæðið í viðskiptalífinu
Fengslende kultur og forbrydelser i Island
Ballade i Reykjavik
2005
Brotaþolar, lögreglan og öryggi borgaranna
Dulin afbrot á Íslandi
Experience of crime and reporting to the police in Iceland
Alcohol and Drug Policy in International Perspective: A Case of Moral Panics in Iceland?
Realidad: South Cone Journal for Social and Political Psychology
Forebyggelse af lovbrud i Island
2004
Íslensk félagsfræði
Íslensk félagsfræði við upphaf 21. aldar
2002
Crime, shame, and recidivism
British Journal of Criminology
2001
Going public with social science
Social Problems
1999
Iceland and the Nordic drug survey
Young
1994
Review essay
Acta Sociologica
Establishing a discipline
Acta Sociologica
Keywords for Specialisation:
Crime perceptions
Local crime trends
Criminology
Crime perceptions Local crime trends Criminology
Deviance and crime
Hate speech and hate crime
Criminology
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