

PhD and Senior Lecturer | Director of studies
Sociology
Main research and teaching areas
- Criminology
- Sousveillance and citizen journalism
- Cybercrime
- Victimology
- Safety and fear of crime
Current research and teaching
Criminality in island communities
I am a member of the Nordic research working group Kriminalitet, frihedsberøvelse og kontrol i nordiske ø-samfund (Criminality, detention and control in Nordic island communities) that studies Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe islands and the Åland islands. Island communities are seen as special places that both offer their inhabitants a cultural otherness and entail geographical challenges because of isolation. These features also influence on the criminality and fear of crime in island communities.
The working group is financed by the Scandinavian Research Council of Criminology.
The working group is also presented on Oslo University’s website www.jus.uio.no
Sousveillance and citizen journalism
Civilians film incidents with their mobile phones and spread the mobile film clips to social media and news media. This citizen journalism is often seen as a more democratic form of journalism, where the public contributes to the reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. Sousveillance, or “control from below”, takes place when the mobile phone filming is aimed at controlling control agents such as e.g. the police or security guards. However my research shows that citizen journalism can lead to cyber bullying.
A presentation of my research on YouTube
Cybercrime
I am chair of the Nordic research working group Cybercrime victimization in the Nordic countries. The aim of the working group is to study cybercrime victimization in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.
The working group is financed by the Scandinavian Research Council of Criminology.
Teaching
I teach primarily on the first and third terms of the Criminology programme (kriminologiprogrammet) at Lund University. I also supervise bachelor theses.
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
Yurttaş Gazeteciliği, Gözetim ve Denetim
Agneta Mallén
(2018) Panoptikon 2.0: alternatif medya ve karşi-gözetim
Book chapterNär det är Lillebror som ser. : Att använda medborgarjournalistiska videoklipp som empiri i kriminologiska studier
Agneta Mallén
(2017) Kriminologiska metoder och internet , p.102-125
Book chapterKriminologiska metoder och internet
(2017)
BookStirring up virtual punishment: a case of citizen journalism, authenticity and shaming
Agneta Mallén
(2016) Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 17 p.3-18
Journal articleWhen Baby Brother is watching: How civilians surveil control agents in the new era
Agneta Mallén
(2016)
Working paperVirtual punishment in the making: When citizen journalism enables processes of shaming and online victimization
Agneta Mallén
(2016)
Conference paperCriminality, incarceration and control in Nordic Island societies: The Faroe Islands, The Åland Islands, Iceland and Greenland.
Agneta Mallén, Annemette Nyborg Lauritsen, Hedda Giertsen, Helgi Gunnlaugsen
(2016)
ReportCitizen journalism, surveillance, and control
Agneta Mallén
(2012) Crime, security and surveillance: effects for the surveillant and the surveilled
Book chapter"It's Like Piecing Together Small Pieces of a Puzzle". Difficulties in Reporting Abuse and Neglect of Disabled Children to the Social Services
Agneta Mallén
(2011) Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 12 p.45-62
Journal articleHot och handlingsstrategier : en komparativ studie av tre bostadsområden i Örebro.
Agneta Mallén
(2010) Sociologisk Forskning, 47 p.98-100
Review"It's like putting small pieces together". Difficulties in reporting abuse and neglect of disabled children to the social services
Agneta Mallén
(2009)
Conference paperLillebror ser dig. Medborgarjournalistik, övervakning och kontroll
Agneta Mallén
(2008) Medier, brott och den aktiva publiken: om brottsrapportering och kreativ medieanvändning , p.41-60
Book chapterVäktare och våld. En studie av finska och svenska väktares berättelser om våld och hot om våld
Agneta Mallén
(2007)
Conference paperTrygghet i skärgårdsmiljö : En studie om rädsla för brott i Åboland
Agneta Mallén
(2005)
Dissertation
Collaboration
Since 2014, I have worked part-time as a Research and development Coordinator in Malmö municipality. My work in Malmö focuses on forms of collaboration between university and municipality.
Programme Coordinator
In 2017-2018, I am the Programme coordinator of the Criminology programme (kriminologiprogrammet) at Lund university.
Earlier research
Security and fear of crime related to issues of victimhood: How safety can be studied with the same factors that are commonly used to analyze fear of crime.
Difficulties in reporting child abuse. How child habilitation staff reason when reporting violence and neglect against children with disabilities.