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Tea Fredriksson

@spookademic.bsky.social

PhD. Criminologist by day, gothicist by night. Researching spaces and processes of belonging and otherness. Based at Stockholm University.

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Limiting Beliefs and Desistance from Gang Crime Abstract. This study explores how incarcerated, gang-affiliated youths in Sweden navigate questions of change, aspiration and desistance. Drawing on interv

Article Out! Exploring psychological and relational challenges to desistance from gang crime. Interviews with incarcerated youths and staff highlight how internalized disbelief of current options and safe/meaningful futures permeates the narrative among staff, youths and society at large.

01.12.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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International Handbook of Sensory Criminology Series: 1 This short post marks the opening of a series dedicated to discussing each of the organising themes of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology, in preparation for its launch. Ea…

We'll be talking about each of the eight themed sections from the @routledgebooks.bsky.social International Handbook of #Sensory #Criminology in turn. The first introduces the book: sensorycriminology.com/2025/11/26/i... comments will be left open and we particularly welcome students engagement.

27.11.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I dare say this book release has impeccable timing. However, getting my author copies just in time for Halloween might have caused a less-than-serious approach to this post. πŸŽƒ #criminology

24.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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No longer happening, not yet resolved: The courthouse as a socio-temporal threshold - Tea Fredriksson, 2025 This article explores the courthouse as a socio-temporal threshold, where past harms are rearticulated and future outcomes are yet uncertain. Drawing on ethnogr...

I finally got around to turning what started as a presentation at ESC in Florence a couple of years ago into an article in CMC! πŸ₯³

Open access, and lots of pictures! (Somehow, the PDF has better photo placements than the online layout)

#criminology #sensorycriminology #courthouseethnography

26.09.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important information for anyone attending the European Society of Criminology in Athens and for members of ESC. Petition outlines serious concerns. Consider what you can do to support πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡#eurocrim

30.08.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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30.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I won’t be at the ESC this year, but at least it’s fun to be there in print ✨

29.08.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Demand action from the ESC: petition to end complicity We, criminologists and criminal justice scholars, are alarmed by several recent decisions by the European Society of Criminology Executive Board and Eurocrim local organizing and scientific committee ...

The European Society of Criminology is normalizing war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide. We demand action from the ESC: please sign the petition to end complicity and circulate widely
@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social

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21.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7

Was I supposed to be fine with this? ”It’s OK guys I don’t think she’ll notice”. πŸ€”

26.08.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sure, it’s not like I put them in their order on purpose or anything. πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

26.08.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy

πŸ“– Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, & Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson & Robin GΓ₯lnander is now on our YouTube page.

@spookademic.bsky.social @robingalnander.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @margueritesch.bsky.social

youtu.be/UYT-YytzY-c?...

01.07.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a drawing of a dinosaur with the words " and i don 't like it " above it ALT: a drawing of a dinosaur with the words " and i don 't like it " above it

#relatable πŸ˜…

07.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time does rush past, that’s for sure. Feels like we were just in Glasgow (but also like that was 100 years ago)! πŸ˜… Hope you are doing good too, would be fun to catch up soon! ✨

07.07.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait to read this! 🀩🀩🀩

20.06.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hon Γ€r vΓ€rldens bΓ€sta kriminolog: ”Sveriges regering gΓΆr alla fel” Polisen mΓ₯ste sluta gripa barn och unga, sΓ€ger prisade krim-forskaren Frances Crook.

Frances Crook Γ€r trΓΆtt pΓ₯ att politiker struntar i forskningen, som enligt henne Γ€r glasklar: repression funkar inte fΓΆr att stΓ€vja brott.

11.06.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy Join us for this author-meets-readers event! Authors: Tea Fredriksson & Robin GΓ₯lnander, Stockholm University.

πŸ“•Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson @spookademic.bsky.social & Robin GΓ₯lnander @robingalnander.bsky.social

Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

πŸ—“οΈ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
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πŸ”»Register bit.ly/3HdaR89

28.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #criminology
Check out the new #SensoryCriminology blog by Chloe Young.

Here she explores some themes to come from her Doctoral study on women and the #NighttimeEconomy

Please read and share.

15.05.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you! I hope you’ll like it 😊

05.04.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, it did feel like it at times! Thank you ☺️

04.04.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What happens when academics live together: spontaneous co-writing. πŸ₯³

Our book finally arrived! @robingalnander.bsky.social

#criminology #desistance #academicsky #academia

04.04.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It went well! One of the students actually told me your article β€œmoved her to tears”, and overall they had some really interesting discussions πŸ‘πŸ»

26.03.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy This book provides a nuanced, critical analysis of desistance from crime, particularly through the lens of women’s experiences. It develops desistance theory by interrogating the concept of normalcy, ...

Publication day! @spookademic.bsky.social and I wrote a book, deep diving into the struggles involved in desistance from crime and - crucially - dealing with concepts of normalcy from a position as outsider.

26.03.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe are losing sight of the academic mission: to think, to enquire, to design and perform new research…There are many reasons why this has occurred over just a quarter of century but a key contributor has been the corporatization of academic institutions.” πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

10.03.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First Impressions Last? Lay-Judges’ Assessments of Credible Victimhood Abstract. This articleΒ explores how Swedish lay-judges assess victims’ credibility in district court. Previous studies have explored how biases and emotion

New stuff from the courthouse project Anita Heber and I have been working on these past couple of years. Feels good to end the year with a publication! πŸ₯³

12.12.2024 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My first book! Leaders with #livedexperience can inform practice relationships that are humanising, empowering & nurturing of empathy, solidarity and social action routledge.com/Peer-Mentori... #peermentoring

05.12.2024 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe we should strive for just a hint of both πŸ˜‚

02.12.2024 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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01.12.2024 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

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Then at least you have a system! πŸ‘πŸ» Mine just hide here and there throughout the office after years of β€œoh, this’ll come in handy later!”. πŸ˜…

27.11.2024 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorting/throwing out printouts of articles that I barely recall what research I wanted to incorporate them in anymore. πŸ˜…

27.11.2024 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0