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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA

@powikstrom.bsky.social
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Professor Emeritus University of Cambridge. Professor Malmö universitet. Situational Action Theory (SAT) its development, testing and policy & prevention application. Short Bio; www.crim.cam.ac.uk/People/professor…

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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MORAL FILTER. New SAT inspired study that uses Virtual Reality to develop the study of decision-making in the crime situation, indicating the great importance of young people's moral filter for their crime involvement: www.crimrxiv.com/pub/5wqkorqf
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A Proof of Concept of the Virtual Reality Process Tracing Approach for the Study of Offender Decision Making in the Context of Situational Action Theory
The present study demonstrates the use and validity of the Virtual Reality Process Tracing Approach (VRPTA) using Situational Action Theory as a case study. It represents an innovative method combinin...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MORAL FILTER. New SAT inspired study that uses Virtual Reality to develop the study of decision-making in the crime situation, indicating the great importance of young people's moral filter for their crime involvement. www.crimrxiv.com/pub/
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy to report that we have received an Outstanding Contribution Award for our book Character, Circumstances and Criminal Careers from the American Society of Criminology's division for Development and Life-Course Criminology. See book link below: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Killings Falsely Reported as Combat Deaths by the Colombian Military: A Situational Action Theory Analysis. Just published interesting qualitative research and analysis by Sandy Vera Giraldi in a very difficult to study area. Link below. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Situational Action Theory and Schools. New open access study by Liam McSharry on the moral context of schools and its impact on student crime. Crime prone students are most affected by a weak school moral context. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New open access studie by Linnea Schumacher et al on Young People's Partner Violence Based on PADS+ data link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New SAT inspired open access comparative study on alcohol and violence in Sweden and England by Kyle Treiber and Robert Svensson link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Self-Control, Intoxication and Violence: A Cross-National Comparison of English and Swedish Adolescents - International Criminology
This paper draws upon situational action theory (SAT) to frame and test the relationship between alcohol intoxication and violence in adolescents from on-going longitudinal studies in two European cou...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
New open access SAT related German longitudinal study (ages 14-18) by Jasper Bendler :The Heterogeneous Development of Norm Orientation.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Authors summary of key findings
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New SAT inspired Australian study by Molly McCarthy and colleagues involving 3287 youth (10-16 years) who have had contact with the law. The study shows that exposure to criminogenic environments has the strongest impact on RE-OFFENDING. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
SAT BIBLIOGRAPHY. For those interested. I have attached to one of my LinkedIn posts a bibliography of 147 published SAT related works in English. Apologises, I did not find a way to attach the bibliography here.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Morality of Speeding and the Conditional Relevance of Controls. New SAT inspired paper by Chae Rosé & Beth Hardie. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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The Morality of Speeding and the Conditional Relevance of Controls - International Criminology
While many studies have investigated Situational Action Theory’s (SAT) situational model of crime causation, most have failed to capture the nuance of its core principles of moral correspondence and t...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I Onsdags presenterades ESO rapporten "Innan det är för sent" om ungas brott och dess förebyggande pà ett seminarium i Stockholm. Jag har bidragit med ett kapitel om "Brott som moraliskt handlande" (link till rapporten nedan) eso.expertgrupp.se/wp-content/u...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Congratulations to Fabian Hasselhorn who today successfully defended his PhD thesis (University of Cologne): Investigating the Influence of Self-Control on Rule-breaking: Advancing Empirical Tests on Situational Action Theory Through Rigorous Operationalizations and Experimental Designs.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Just back from Sweden. Took part last week in Stockholm in a ceremony for the awarding of the government's reward medal in gold: “Illis Quorum Meruere Labores" presented by the Swedish Prime Minister, and introduced by the Minister of Justice.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
New interesting study on cybercrime, analysed from an SAT perspective, by Janne Vespäläinen et al. doi.org/10.1177/1043...
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Cybercrime Correlates Among Adolescents in Europe and South America: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Situational Action Theory - Janne Vepsäläinen, Markus Kaakinen, Noora Ellonen, Karin Arbach, Mar...
Cybercrime is increasingly recognized as a global issue, with adolescents being a key group as crime trends shift online. However, relatively little is known ab...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Just published this open access, SAT based, paper on Criminal Careers explained as a series of Crime Events , aiming to integrate the Psychology and Sociology of people’s pathways in crime through action theory . www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Explaining Criminal Careers As Crime Events
Why does people’s crime involvement vary and change? Developmental and Life-Course criminology has brought individual change to the forefront of criminological study and has done an impressive job of ...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Spent the week teaching and meeting with colleagues at Malmö University. An intense but rewarding week. Celebrated with a well-deserved princess cake at Emporia!
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This was the theme of one of the first ASC conferences I attended and I guess it has stuck with me ever since.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Time for a new wave of PADS+ data collection. Visiting the PADS+ office meeting Kyle and Beth, and our new research assistants (Katie, Rhianna, Giulia) who will be doing the most important job interviewing the participants. And of course it was time for a coffee!
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Happy and honoured to report being awarded by the Swedish government the Medal of Reward in Gold of the Eighth Size with inscription “Illis quorum meruere labores” (To those whose deeds deserve it) for many years of significant contributions to criminological research share.google/iZKoTDI5c9Tp...
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Regeringen tilldelar åtta personer regeringens utmärkelser
Belöningsmedaljen Illis quorum meruere labores och hederstiteln Professors namn är två av regeringens främsta utmärkelser och tilldelas personer so...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New study by Andrzej Uhl and Beth Hardie, studying CORRUPTION with Polish data, informed by Situational Action Theory eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Enjoyable concert at the O2. One of the many perks living in a commuting distance to London and it’s rich cultural life.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Study abstract
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New very interesting open access SAT inspired paper by Helmut Hirtenlehner and Gorazd Mesko: Crime propensity and lifestyle risk: The interplay of personal morality and self-control ability in determining the significance of criminogenic exposure doi.org/10.1177/1477...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Wishing everyone a happy summer and many good readings! There is in my view nothing better than a coffee and a good book.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Just published SAT inspired open access study of CYBERBULLYING by Seong-Sik Lee and Sohee Jung: How Do Internal and External Control Factors Affect Cyberbullying? Partial Test of Situational Action Theory. Link below: doi.org/10.3390/bs15...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
New SAT inspired Swedish open access study of CHILD-TO-PARENT VIOLENCE by Robert Svensson, Lisa Andersson and Björn Johnson. doi.org/10.1177/0011...
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Spent an enjoyable day teaching at the ESC summer school. Meeting some of the criminologists of the future (and Fernando and Marcelo)
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congratulations to Dr Kyle Treiber that just has been appointed Professor at the University of Cambridge. Such a brilliant mind. It is a particular pleasure to see your former PhD students do well.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Psillos is an old favourite of mine and his book with loannidis does not disappoint. Two very good books.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Enjoying a break in the Spanish sun and some very good books. Carruthers's just published book makes a good argument that philosophical treatments of action theory would benefit from taking better into account cognitive sciences, and, among other things, the role of habits.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Enjoying Tea and Scones at the Orchard. One of many classic and lovely spots in Cambridge.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
WONDERFUL to see BRYNÄS ready for the finals. Lucky that at least there is an English pay channel that shows matches from the SHL. Brings back wonderful childhood memories from my short ‘career' in Brynäs boys' team 3 😂 As they say. Once Brynäs, always Brynäs!
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Interview I did with Kurir, a leading Austrian newspaper Enjoyed talking to this excellent journalist on crime and its prevention
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Cumulative risk as a marker of social context New open access paper by myself and Kyle Treiber in which we suggest and preliminary test an explanation of the phenomenon of cumulative risk in the study of crime doi.org/10.1002/cbm....
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Cumulative Risk as a Marker of Social Context
Background This paper takes on ‘Farrington's challenge’ ‘to bridge the gap between risk factor research and more complex explanatory theories’ by offering an explanation for the unexplained statisti.....
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Hunting in the digital jungle: Exploring cyberstalking with higher order moderation in situational action theory
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of Situational Action Theory (SAT) in understanding cyberstalking behavior. Using a ra…
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Just published SAT inspired paper by Saeed Kabiri in Journal of Criminal Justice: Hunting in the digital jungle: Exploring cyberstalking with higher order moderation in situational action theory.
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Spent a few days in Vienna, one of my favourite cities Gave a talk at the University of Applied Science on the causes of crime and its prevention. Had interesting discussions with policy-makers; a weissbier, a lovely Vivaldi church concert, a Sacher cake, and a visit to Albertina
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The PADS+ cohort is now in their mid 30s. We did the first data collection at their age of 12, interviewing their parents, including collecting retrospective data about their children from birth. The main findings from the study so far has been published in two books
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Time to become a 'grey eminence'😂 The succession of the PADS+ study is in full swing, 'the three musketeers', the highly experienced and skilful team of Beth Hardie, Gabriela Roman and Kyle Treiber, under Kyle's leadership, is just in the process of recruiting the fieldworkers
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Very enjoyable for people like me interested in the role of rules and their role in human action. A good and recommended read!
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Coincidently, I just received this book by Newburn and Ward that has a large section on smoking so perhaps? I will instantly be proven wrong. Look forward to read this one!
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Understanding the mechanisms of change in moral norms and its behavioural effects are crucial knowledge for crime prevention policy and practise. I have not seen any in-depth analysis of the changing moral norms of smoking and its drivers but that may just be due to my ignorance?
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Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA @powikstrom.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Just ordered your book. Look forward to read it. Thanks for highlighting it
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