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Amir Mohammadi RostamiForskare

Om mig

Amir Rostami holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Stockholm University and is professor and senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Gävle. Rostami is also a research fellow at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm and Rutgers University Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience. In 2021 he was granted a Distinguished Fellowship at the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute, Canada. 

Rostami holds the rank of Police Superintendent in the Swedish Police and has also served as senior advisor to the Swedish National coordinator to safeguarding democracy against violent extremism. Rostami is a seated member of the Homeland Security Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

Rostami’s main research interest is the social organizing dimensions of criminal phenomena such as organized crime and violent extremism. He has conducted extensive research on criminal organizing in Sweden. Rostami is currently involved in several projects studying violent extremism and organized crime. 

Undervisning

  • Supervision of bachelor and master thesis

Forskning

THESES

  1. Rostami, A. (2016) Criminal organizing - Studies in the sociology of organized crime (PhD thesis. 
  2. Rostami, A. (2013). Tusen fiender - en studie om de svenska gatugängen och dess ledare. Linnaeus University Studies in Policing och Institutionen för socialt arbete. Fil lic thesis. Växjö: Linnéuniversitetet. 

PEER-REVIEW ARTICLES 

  1. Rostami, A.,  & Mondani, H., Carlsson, C., Edling, C., Sarnecki, J., & Sturup, J. (2022). Lone threats: a register-based study of Swedish lone actors. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
  2. Mondani, H., & Rostami, A., (2022). Criminal nomads: The role of multiple memberships in the criminal collaboration network between Hells Angels MC and Bandidos MC. Global Crime.
  3. Günther, M, Dahlberg, D., Rostami, A., Arborelius, U., Azadali, A., Linder, F and Rostami, E. “Incidence, Demographics, and Outcomes of Penetrating Trauma in Sweden during the Past Decade.” Frontiers in Neurology 12 (2021). 
  4. Mondani, H., & Rostami, A., (2021). Uncovering the degree of criminal organization: Swedish street gangs and the role of mobility and co-offending networks. Social Science Research
  5. Rostami, A. & Askanius, T. (2021). State surveillance of violent extremism and threats of white supremacist violence in Sweden. Journal of Surveillance & Society
  6. Gerell, M., Sturup, J., Magnusson, M-M., Nivall, K., Khoshnood., A., & Rostami, A (2021). Open Drug Markets, Vulnerable Neighbourhoods and Gun Violence in Two Swedish Cities. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. 
  7. Sturup, J., Gerell, M., & Rostami, A. (2020). Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden. European Journal of Criminology. 17 (5), 661-667.
  8. Carlsson, C., Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Sturup, J., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2020). A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups. The British Journal of Criminology. 60, (1), 74–92
  9. Rostami, A., Sturup, J., Mondani, H., Thevselius, P., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2018). The Swedish Mujahideen: An exploratory study of 41 Swedish foreign fighters deceased in Iraq and Syria. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 
  10. Sturup, J., Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Gerell, M., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2019). Increased Gun Violence Among Young Males in Sweden: a Descriptive National Survey and International Comparison. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
  11. Sturup, J., Rostami, A., Gerell, M., & Sandholm, A. (2018). Near-repeat shootings in contemporary Sweden 2011 to 2015. Security Journal, 31, 73–92.
  12. Rostami, A. (2017). Street-gang violence in Swedenis a growing concern. Sociologisk Forskning, 54, 365–368.
  13. Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Liljeros, F., & Edling, C. (2018). Criminal organizing: applying the theory of partial organization to four cases of organized crime. Trends in Organized Crime. doi:10.1007/s12117-017-9315-6
  14. Rostami, A., & Mondani, H. (2019). Organizing on two wheels: Uncovering the organizational patterns of Hells Angels in Sweden. Trends in Organized Crime.
  15. Rostami, A. & Mondani, H. (2015). “The Complexity of Crime Network Data: A Case Study of Its Consequences for Crime Control and the Study of Networks”. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0119309
  16. Rostami, A., Melde, C., & Holgerssson, S. (2014). “The myth of success: the emergence and maintenance of a specialized gang unit in Stockholm, Sweden.” The International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 39(3):199-217. 
  17. Rostami, A., & F. Leinfelt,. &  S, Holgersson. (2012). ”An Exploratory Analysis of Swedish Street Gangs: Applying the Maxson and Klein Typology to a Swedish Gang Dataset.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 28(4): 426-445. 
  18. Rostami, A., & F. Leinfelt,. D, Brotherton. (2012). ”Understanding Gang Leaders: Characteristics and Driving Forces of Street Gang Leaders in Sweden.” Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology 40(2):1–20.

BOOK CHAPTERS 

  1. Sarnecki, J, & Rostami, A. (2022). ‘Det svenska tillståndet: Summering och analys’. In Det Svenska Tillståndet: En antologi om brottsutvecklingen i Sverige, edited by Amir Rostami and Jerzy Sarnecki. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  2. Mondani, H, & Rostami, A. (2022). ‘Samarbete i brott: Organiserad Brottslighet i Sverige 1995–2015’. In Det Svenska Tillståndet: En antologi om brottsutvecklingen i Sverige, edited by Amir Rostami and Jerzy Sarnecki. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  3. Rostami, A., & Appelgren, G., (2021). Case Södertälje. In Ghazinour, M., & Eriksson, M., Polisiärt arbete i utsatta områden. Studentlitteratur.
  4. Rostami, A., & Ghazinour, M., (2021). Utsatta områden och brottslighet. In Ghazinour, M., & Eriksson, M., Polisiärt arbete i utsatta områden. Studentlitteratur.
  5. Rostami, A. (2020). De överlappande hoten: Organiserad brottslighet och våldsbejakande extremism och dess konsekvenser för det polisiära arbetet. In G. Larsson & S. Sorgenfrei (Eds.), Migration, religion och polisiärt arbete. Studentlitteratur.
  6. Rostami, A. (2019). Organiserad brottslighet och våldsbejakande extremism som antagonistiska hot. In Häggström & Brun (Eds). Antagonistiska hot och dess påverkan på lokalsamhället. Försvarshögskolan. 
  7. Ahrne, G., & Rostami, A. (2019). How is ‘Organized Crime’ Organized? In G. Ahrne & N. Brunsson (Eds.), Organization outside Organizations edited by Göran Ahrne. Cambridge. 
  8. Gunnarson, C., & Rostami, A. (2019). Sweden: organised crime, politics and civil society. In F. Allum & S. Gilmour (Eds.), Handbook of Organised Crime and Politics (pp. 35–49).
  9. Irwin-Rogers, K., Decker, S. H., Rostami, A., Stephenson, S., & Van Hellemont, E. (2019). European street gangs and urban violence. In I. Vojnovic, A. L. Pearson, G. Asiki, G. DeVerteuil, & A. Allen (Eds.), Handbook of Global Urban Health (1st Edition). Routledge.
  10. Sturup, J and Rostami, A. (2017). Organiserad antagnosim (2017) In C. Edling & A. Rostami (Eds.), Våldsbejakande extremism: En forskningsöversikt. SOU 2017:67
  11. Rostami, A. (2016). ”Våldets betydelse för organisering av kriminella gäng.” In C. Edling & A. Rostami (Eds.), Våldets sociala dimension: Individ, relation, organisation. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  12. Rostami, A. (2016). “Policing gangs and organized crime – Experiences from conceptual confusion and its consequences from two Swedish case studies”. In C.L. Maxson & F-A Esbensen (Eds) Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context. New York: Springer.
  13. Leinfelt, F., & Rostami, A. (2012). The PANTHER Gang model: Preventive Analysis about Network Targets for Holistic Enforcement Response. In F. Leinfelt & A. Rostami (Eds.), The Stockholm gang model: PANTHER  Stockholm County Police.
  14. Rostami, A., & Leinfelt, F. (2012). The History of Swedish Gangs. In F. Leinfelt & A. Rostami (Eds.), The Stockholm gang model: PANTHER : Stockholm Gang Intervention and Prevention Project. Polismyndigheten i Stockholms län.
  15. Rostami, A., & Leinfelt, F. (2012). Bridging Science and Pragmatism. In F. Leinfelt & A. Rostami (Eds.), The Stockholm gang model: PANTHER : Stockholm Gang Intervention and Prevention Project. Polismyndigheten i Stockholms län.
  16. Rostami, A. & F. Leinfelt (2011). ”The Stockholm Gang Intervention and Prevention  Project: Introducing a Holistic Approach to Gang Enforcement.” In F.-A. Esbensen and C. L. Maxson (Eds.) Youth Gangs in International Perspective: Tales from the Eurogang Program of Research. New York: Springer.

EDITOR FOR CONTRIBUTED VOLUMES 

  1. Rostami, A. & Sarnecki, J (2022). Det svenska tillståndet - En forskarantalogi om våld och säkerhet i Sverige 1975–2020. Lund, Studentlitteratur 
  2. SOU 2017:67. Våldsbejakande extremism: En forskarantologi. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet.
  3. Edling, C., & Rostami, A. (Eds.). (2016). Våldets sociala dimension: Individ, relation, organisation. Lund: Studentlitteratur. 
  4. Leinfelt, F., & Rostami, A. (Eds.). (2012). The Stockholm gang model PANTHER: Stockholm Gang Intervention & Prevention Project, 2009-2012. Stockholm: Polismyndigheten i Stockholms län (Stockholm County Police).

REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Rostami, A. (2022). “Kriminalpolitik – Berättelsen om ”det svenska tillståndet”. In Snabbtänkt. Reflektioner från valet 2022 av ledande forskare. Mittuniversitetet, Demicom, Sundsvall. 
  2. Rostami, A. (2022). ‘Stockholm 2040 – en sammanhållen region mot organiserad brottslighet och utan utsatta områden. In Stockholm 2040. Volante. 
  3. Rostami, A. (2022). ‘Den svenska brottsparadoxen’. Policypapper Mars 2022. Stockholm: Fores
  4. SOU 2022:37 (2022). Stärkt arbete med att bekämpa bidragsbrott. Administrativt sanktionssystem och effektivare hantering av misstänkta brot. Socialdepartmentet. 
  5. Rostami, A. (2021). The Swedish Crime Paradox: A Brief on Challenges Posed by Organised Crime in Sweden. European Liberal Forum Policy Paper. November 2021. Stockholm: European Liberal Forum EUPF.
  6. Rostami, A., and Fuentes, F,. 2021. “What’s Happening in the Land of Pippi Longstocking? Gangs, Bombs, and Transatlantic Police-to-Police Cooperation.” Police Chief Magazine, 40–45.
  7. Mondani, H., Rostami, A., Askanius, T., Sarnecki, J., & Edling., C. (2021). Women in violent extremism in Sweden. Nordic Council of Ministers. 
  8. Rostami, A., Mondani, H., Carlsson, C., Sturup, J., Sarnecki, J., & Edling, C. (2018). Våldsbejakande extremism och organiserad brottslighet i Sverige (No. 2018/4; p. 104). Stockholm: Institutet för Framtidsstudier.
  9. Rostami, A. (2019). Organiserad antagonism  Jihadism och organiserad brottslighet som sociala risker. Slutrapport. Stockholm. Myndigheten för samhällsksydd och beredskap. 
  10. SOU 2017:110. (2017). Värna demokratin mot våldsbejakande extremism - hinder och möjligheter: slutbetänkande. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet
  11. SOU 2016:92. (2016). Värna demokratin mot våldsbejakande extremism: Nationell samordning och kommunernas ansvar. Regeringskansliet.
  12. EXIT – Att lämna en destruktiv organisation: Förslag till nationell avhopparstrategi (No. A219.273/2014). Stockholm: Polismyndigheten.
  13. Den lokala lägesbilden (2012). Huddinge kommun och Södetörns polismästardistrikt. 

 

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