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Anna Linda Gröning

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Faculty of Law
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  • E-mailLinda.Groning@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 96 35
  • Visitor Address
    Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1
    5010 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7806
    5020 Bergen

Linda Gröning is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University in Bergen, Norway, with her focus in criminal law. She also has a part time position as a senior researcher at the Regional Competence Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Haukeland University Hospital of Bergen.

Gröning completed her Ph.D. thesis at the Faculty of Law in Lund, Sweden and has been working in Bergen since 2009 when she was recruited to her post-doctoral research. Her main topics for research are criminal responsibility and punishment. She is currently focusing on the legal doctrine of criminal insanity, and how this doctrine is related to mental disorders, with emphasis on comparative research.

Gröning is leader for the Research Group in Criminal law and Criminal Procedure and PI for the RCN project DIMENSIONS about criminal insanity and mental disorder DIMENSIONS | University of Bergen (uib.no) She is also affiliated to several other projects, including the mental health reserach project s-top ('sikkerhetstop') and the RCN project Historicizing intellegence. 

 

Recent selected invited lectures

  • Lecture: ‘Criminal insanity in Norway post 22 July: Controversies and legal reforms’, Institute for Evidence-Based Law Reform, Leicester De Montfort Law School/England, 2019.
  • Lecture: ‘Research on legal concepts about mental disorders’, seminar Institute for clinical neuroscience, centre for psychiatric research, Karolinska, Stockholm/Sweden, 2019.
  • Keynote lecture: ‘Mental disorder and violence: A criminal law perspective,11th European congress on violence in clinical psychiatry, Lillestrøm/Norway, 2019.
  • Keynote lecture: ‘Criminal responsibility in a lifetime perspective’, 13th Nordic Symposium on Forensic Psychiatry, Gothenburg/Sweden, 2019.

 

 

Supervision of graduate students and post doctoral Fellows

Professor Gröning has been doing supervision of graduate students and post doctoral fellows since 2009. Today she has tree PhD- students under supervision:

  • Martin Minderstrømmen: The concept of danger and compulsory psychiatric treatment.
  • Natalia Tesli. (main supervisor Unn K. Haukvik): Imaging violence in severe mental discorders; clinical relevance in the interface betweeen law and neuroscience.
  • Marte Habberstad Mo: Prevented detention  

Teaching:

At the Faculty of Law, university of Bergen:

At the national conference center in forensic psychiatry (SIFER):

Professor Gröning provides education for forensic psychiatrists, arranged by SIFER, National network for security-, prison-, and forensic psychiatry.

At the Faculty of Law, University of Lund:

From 2002 - 2009 Gröning was teaching in criminal law, criminal procedure, international and European criminal law and European human rights law at Faculty of Law/University of Lund/Sweden.

 

 

Professor Linda Gröning is the author of a number of articles, book sections and books, and she is also editor of publications. Here you will find an overview of her publications sorted by category.

Textbook
  • Show author(s) (2011). EU, konstitution, institution, jurisdiktion, 2 uppl. Liber AB.
  • Show author(s) (2010). EU: Konstitution, institution, jurisdiktion. Liber.
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Remodelling criminal insanity: Exploring philosophical, legal, and medical premises of the medical model used in Norwegian law. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Utilregnelighet hos barn mellom 15 og 18 år: Utfordringer og muligheter. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 3-19.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Straffeloven kapittel 25: Voldsforbrytelsene. Karnov lovkommentarer.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Has Norway abandoned its medical model? Thoughts about the criminal insanity reform post 22 July. Criminal law review. 191-202.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Bruk av forvaring og sikring overfor barn 1965–2020: Tidsubestemt frihetsberøvelse av barn i et utviklingsperspektiv. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 246-272.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Constructing Criminal Insanity: The roles of Legislators, Judges and Experts in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. New Journal of European Criminal Law. 390-410.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Criminal Insanity, Psychosis and Impaired Reality Testing in Norwegian Law. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 27-59.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Intoxication and self-induced criminal incapacity in Norwegian law. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 68-91.
  • Show author(s) (2017). I huvudet på en maratonlöpare. Reflektioner om straffansvarets biologiska förutsättningar. Tidskrift utgiven av juridiska föreningen Finland. 629-636.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Rehabilitation in Principle and Practice: Perspectives of Inmates and Officers. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 184-2012.
  • Show author(s) (2016). An efficient anticorruption sanctions regime. The case of the World Bank. The Chicago Journal of International Law. 523-552.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Tilregnelighet og utilregnelighet: begreper og regler. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 112-148.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Ja, lovbrytere bør ha fri vilje! Til Espen Schaanning om grunnlaget og utformingen av utilregnelighetsreglene. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. 117-128.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Kriminell lavalder - noen utgangspunkter. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 314-332.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Education for foreign inmates in Norwegian prisons: A legal and humanitarian perspective. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 141-163.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Straffrättssystemets funktion vid familjevåldsbrott mot barn: problem, utgångspunkter, perspektiv och svar. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 369-383.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Straffgenomföring som en del av straffrättssystemet: Principförklaring av fängelsestraffets innehåll. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 146-195.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Familjevåld i gränssnittet mellan straffrätten och barnevernsrätten: Om offentliga myndigheters rätt och plikt att anmäla av brott. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 37-63.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Familjevåld i gränssnittet mellan straffrätten och barnevernsrätten : om offentliga myndigheters rätt och plikt att anmäla brott. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 37-63.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Towards a Theory of the Criminal Justice System. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 27-46.
  • Show author(s) (2010). A criminal justice system or a system deficit : notes on the system structure of the EU criminal law. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. 115-137.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Lissabonfördraget och frågan om EU-straffrättens syfte. Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 22-47.
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2013). Straffrättslig kompetens på EU-nivå.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Reaksjonssystemet i grensesnittet mellom behandling, straff og samfunnsvern.
  • Show author(s) (2013). En inkluderende strafferett? Straff og straffegjennomføring fra strafferettens perspektiv.
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2021). Ti år etter 22 juli saken: Utfordringer for jussen og rettsvitenskapen. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Kvinner i fengsel - stopper likestillingen bak murene?
  • Show author(s) (2021). Criminal Insanity in Norwegian Law.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Criminal Insanity - Medical. Philosophial and Legal Perspectives.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Straffets föremål och straffrättsystemets innehåll:Tankar från straffrättsvetenskapens horisont.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Straffets föremål och straffgenomföring: Frågan om utbildning i fängelset.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2015). Insanity rules in the Nordic Countries.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Begrunnelser for straff.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Barns Skyldevne.
  • Show author(s) (2014). The rules on legal insanity: a debate.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Familjevåldsbrott mot barn.
  • Show author(s) (2013). A Criminal Law Perspective: Mental order as an excuse.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Vold i nære relasjoner fra strafferettens perspektiv.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Unity trough science? A common comparative framework for transnational criminal law.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Towards a Theory of the Criminal Justice System?
  • Show author(s) (2012). Straffegjennomføring fra strafferettens perspektiv.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Politisering av strafferetten.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Politisering av strafferetten.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Hvem har skyldevne?: (U)tilregnelighetsreglene i dag og i fremtiden.
  • Show author(s) (2010). “Security, Justice and the Criminal Justice System”.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Restorative Justice in Criminal Law: Introduction.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Problems of contemporary criminal law.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Nationell eller transnationell straffrättsvetenskap?
  • Show author(s) (2010). Internasjonalisering av strafferetten; lovgjeving og strafferettsvitskap.
Book review
  • Show author(s) (2016). Om straffrättsvillfarelse (ak.avh.), Wolters Kluwer 2016, 449 s. Juridisk Tidskrift. 504-512.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Konferanserapport: familievold og strafferettssystemets funksjonalitet. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 147-156.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Bokanmälan för Lissabontraktaten – en politologisk analyse, Peter Nedergaard, Jurist og Økonomforbundets Forlag 2010. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 313-318.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Show author(s) (2016). Rettsfølelsen i strafferettssystemet – perspektiver fra teori og praksis. Gyldendal Juridisk.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice. Santérus Academic Press Sweden.
Academic monograph
  • Show author(s) (2020). Forbrytelser i utvalg : straffelovens regler om voldsforbrytelser, seksualforbrytelser, formuesforbrytelser og narkotikaforbrytelser. .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Frihet, forbrytelse og straff : En systematisk fremstilling av norsk strafferett.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Frihet, forbrytelse og straff. En systematisk fremstilling av norsk strafferett.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Frihet, forbrytelse og straff. En systematisk framstilling av norsk strafferett. Foreløpig versjon av del I og II.
Non-fiction book
  • Show author(s) (2013). Det europeiska projektet. Liber.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Det Europeiska projektet: politik och juridik – historia och framtid. Liber .
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2011). Om straffenivået i lys av brotsverka utført på Utøya og i Oslo 22/7. Injuria : tidsskrift for juridiske studenter i Bergen. 65-75.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Om straffenivået i lys av brotsverka utført i Oslo og på Utøya. Injuria : tidsskrift for juridiske studenter i Bergen. 65-75.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Utilregnelighet er ingen diagnose. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
  • Show author(s) (2018). Utilregnelighet til besvær – igjen. Morgenbladet.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Helsehjelp som straffereaksjon. Morgenbladet.
  • Show author(s) (2018). De sakkyndiges rolle i straffesaker. Morgenbladet.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Det norske kontrollregimet. Klassekampen.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Lovgjeving i terrorens tidsalder. Hubro. Magasin for Universitetet i Bergen.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2019). A Framework for Criminalization. Debating the aims of punishment and the behavioural model of the criminal law.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2022). Forskere mener jussen trenger bedre forståelse av utilregnelighet.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Utilregnlig.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2021). Styrket lovskrav – bare i Høyesterett? Et kritisk perspektiv på utviklingen i straffelovgivningen. -117 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Barnerett, strafferett eller barnestrafferett? Tanker om barneperspektivets økende rolle i strafferetten. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Utilregnelighetsreglenes moderne historie. 26 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Juridiske perspektiv på endringer i fengselspopulasjonen. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Fornuftig tvil eller tvilsom fornuft? Tvil, sakkyndighet og bevisvurdering i utilregnelighetssaker. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Criminal justice and detention. 35 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Penal Ideology and Prison Architecture. 18 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Er de norske utilregnelighetsreglene i strid med rettsfølelsen? 19 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Sjuk, frisk och farlig: straffrättens reaktionssystem i gränssnittet mellan straff, vård och samhällsskydd. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Security, Justice and the Criminal Justice System: Remarks on EU Criminal Law. 23 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Introduction: Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System. 11 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Straffrätten i verkligheten eller som verkligheten: Reflektioner kring straffrättsdogmatikens empiriska förankring. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Criminal Law Science and Transnational Criminal Law: Reflections on the Role for Comparative Research. 22 pages.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2015). Proposal for New Rules Regarding Criminal Insanity and Related Issues, Norway post-22 July. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 109-131.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Mellom rett og følelse. Strafferettssystemets håndtering av befolkningens rettsfølelse. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 215-232.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2018). Imaging violence in schizophrenia: A systematic review and critical discussion of the MRI literature. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 1-10.
Introduction
  • Show author(s) (2012). Introduction: Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System. 9-19.
Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Show author(s) (2016). Psykopati i retten: straffansvar, straff og tvungen behandling. 161-185.
Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Show author(s) (2017). Hvordan skal vi avgjøre om alvorlig sinnslidelse innebærer utilregnelighet? Refleksjoner om lovforslaget i Prop. 154 L (2016-2017). Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 77-85.
Chapter
  • Show author(s) (2014). Rettslige grunnprinsipper, folkerettslige forpliktelser og norsk lovgivning. 31-47. In:
    • Show author(s) (2014). Innsatte fra Litauen, Polen og Nigeria: Utdanning, arbeid og kompetanse. .

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Current projects:

  • Criminal responsibility, punishment, and mental disorders, five year project funded by the Resarch council of Norway: DIMENSIONS | University of Bergen (uib.no)
  • Comparative perspectives on criminal insanity.
  • Juvenile justice.

 

Fields of competence 
Comparative criminal law
Criminal Insanity
Criminal law and mental health
Juvenile justice