A note from the new Editor-in-Chief

Abstract

Nordic Journal of Criminology important institution in the study of crime and society. For it as a platform to present new scientific knowledge, feed into public debates, inform policy makers and solidify the Nordic community with a shared interest in things criminological. is important, in of the special character of the Nordic context. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are renowned worldwide as welfare strongholds with steep taxation systems, generous social services, high levels of trust, low levels of incarceration and widespread confidence in personal safety, alongside persistent problems with various types of crime & Tonry, 2011). The Nordic welfare model facilitates certain crimes while impeding others, and this calls for particular interventions and policies that would be unfeasible or ineffective in other parts of the world (Aromaa, 2000). Criminological exchanges across the Nordic countries are needed in order to understand the common challenges we are facing and find better ways to deal with them.