Felipe Estrada Dörner

Professor at the Department of Criminology

In my research, I address key criminological areas such as crime trends, criminal policy, victimization and fear of crime, unequal life opportunities, segregation, and juvenile delinquency.

The issues I have studied revolve around how to measure the extent and development of crime. What constitutes violence, and how can the sharp increase in crime reports be explained? What methods are applicable, and what sources of error must be avoided when describing youth crime? How should the changes in criminal policy over the past 50 years be understood? Which groups in society are most exposed to adversity, and what factors influence the unequal exposure to crime? How does residential segregation affect people’s experiences of crime, and how can such neighborhood effects be measured? Currently, I am involved in a large project concerning how inequality in life opportunities relates to crime respectively what social responses are most effective.

The answers to these questions are naturally complex, and the analytical methods and theories required to illuminate them are diverse. In my research, I have been able to provide some answers, but these problems demand continuous knowledge development, and this is something we actively work on at the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University.