- E-mailLinda.Groning@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 96 35
- Visitor AddressMagnus Lagabøtesplass 1
- Postal AddressPostboks 78065020 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:
- Course leader, Empirical perspectives in legal research, PhD. course
- Course leader at the PhD - course; Perspectives on Law and Legal Science. Together with Professor Jørn Jacobsen.
- Teaching in Criminal Law: JUS241, Strafferett.
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
- 2011. EU, konstitution, institution, jurisdiktion, 2 uppl. Liber AB.
- 2010. EU: Konstitution, institution, jurisdiktion. Liber.
Academic article
- 2021. Utilregnelighet hos barn mellom 15 og 18 år: Utfordringer og muligheter. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 3-19.
- 2021. Has Norway abandoned its medical model? Thoughts about the criminal insanity reform post 22 July. Criminal law review. 191-202.
- 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.
- 2019. Criminal Insanity, Psychosis and Impaired Reality Testing in Norwegian Law. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 27-59.
- 2018. Intoxication and self-induced criminal incapacity in Norwegian law. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 68-91.
- 2017. I huvudet på en maratonlöpare. Reflektioner om straffansvarets biologiska förutsättningar. Tidskrift utgiven av juridiska föreningen Finland. 629-636.
- 2016. Rehabilitation in Principle and Practice: Perspectives of Inmates and Officers. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 184-2012.
- 2016. An efficient anticorruption sanctions regime. The case of the World Bank. The Chicago Journal of International Law. 523-552.
- 2015. Tilregnelighet og utilregnelighet: begreper og regler. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 112-148.
- 2015. Ja, lovbrytere bør ha fri vilje! Til Espen Schaanning om grunnlaget og utformingen av utilregnelighetsreglene. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. 117-128.
- 2014. Kriminell lavalder - noen utgangspunkter. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 314-332.
- 2014. Education for foreign inmates in Norwegian prisons: A legal and humanitarian perspective. Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ). 141-163.
- 2013. Straffrättssystemets funktion vid familjevåldsbrott mot barn: problem, utgångspunkter, perspektiv och svar. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 369-383.
- 2013. Straffgenomföring som en del av straffrättssystemet: Principförklaring av fängelsestraffets innehåll. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 146-195.
- 2013. Familjevåld i gränssnittet mellan straffrätten och barnevernsrätten: Om offentliga myndigheters rätt och plikt att anmäla av brott. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 37-63.
- 2013. Familjevåld i gränssnittet mellan straffrätten och barnevernsrätten : om offentliga myndigheters rätt och plikt att anmäla brott. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 37-63.
- 2012. Towards a Theory of the Criminal Justice System. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 27-46.
- 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.
- 2009. Lissabonfördraget och frågan om EU-straffrättens syfte. Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 22-47.
Lecture
- 2013. Straffrättslig kompetens på EU-nivå.
- 2013. Reaksjonssystemet i grensesnittet mellom behandling, straff og samfunnsvern.
- 2013. En inkluderende strafferett? Straff og straffegjennomføring fra strafferettens perspektiv.
Popular scientific lecture
- 2021. Ti år etter 22 juli saken: Utfordringer for jussen og rettsvitenskapen. .
- 2021. Criminal Insanity - Medical. Philosophial and Legal Perspectives.
- 2011. Straffets föremål och straffrättsystemets innehåll:Tankar från straffrättsvetenskapens horisont.
- 2011. Straffets föremål och straffgenomföring: Frågan om utbildning i fängelset.
Academic lecture
- 2015. Insanity rules in the Nordic Countries.
- 2015. Begrunnelser for straff.
- 2015. Barns Skyldevne.
- 2014. The rules on legal insanity: a debate.
- 2013. Familjevåldsbrott mot barn.
- 2013. A Criminal Law Perspective: Mental order as an excuse.
- 2012. Vold i nære relasjoner fra strafferettens perspektiv.
- 2012. Unity trough science? A common comparative framework for transnational criminal law.
- 2012. Towards a Theory of the Criminal Justice System?
- 2012. Straffegjennomføring fra strafferettens perspektiv.
- 2012. Politisering av strafferetten.
- 2012. Politisering av strafferetten.
- 2012. Hvem har skyldevne?: (U)tilregnelighetsreglene i dag og i fremtiden.
- 2010. “Security, Justice and the Criminal Justice System”.
- 2010. Restorative Justice in Criminal Law: Introduction.
- 2010. Problems of contemporary criminal law.
- 2010. Nationell eller transnationell straffrättsvetenskap?
- 2010. Internasjonalisering av strafferetten; lovgjeving og strafferettsvitskap.
Book review
- 2016. Om straffrättsvillfarelse (ak.avh.), Wolters Kluwer 2016, 449 s. Juridisk Tidskrift. 504-512.
- 2013. Konferanserapport: familievold og strafferettssystemets funksjonalitet. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 147-156.
- 2011. Bokanmälan för Lissabontraktaten – en politologisk analyse, Peter Nedergaard, Jurist og Økonomforbundets Forlag 2010. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab. 313-318.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
- 2016. Rettsfølelsen i strafferettssystemet – perspektiver fra teori og praksis. Gyldendal Juridisk.
- 2012. Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice. Santérus Academic Press Sweden.
Academic monograph
- 2020. Forbrytelser i utvalg : straffelovens regler om voldsforbrytelser, seksualforbrytelser, formuesforbrytelser og narkotikaforbrytelser. .
- 2019. Frihet, forbrytelse og straff : En systematisk fremstilling av norsk strafferett.
- 2016. Frihet, forbrytelse og straff. En systematisk fremstilling av norsk strafferett.
- 2015. Frihet, forbrytelse og straff. En systematisk framstilling av norsk strafferett. Foreløpig versjon av del I og II.
Non-fiction book
- 2013. Det europeiska projektet. Liber.
- 2012. Det Europeiska projektet: politik och juridik – historia och framtid. Liber .
Popular scientific article
- 2011. Om straffenivået i lys av brotsverka utført på Utøya og i Oslo 22/7. Injuria : tidsskrift for juridiske studenter i Bergen. 65-75.
- 2011. Om straffenivået i lys av brotsverka utført i Oslo og på Utøya. Injuria : tidsskrift for juridiske studenter i Bergen. 65-75.
Feature article
- 2018. Utilregnelighet til besvær – igjen. Morgenbladet.
- 2018. Helsehjelp som straffereaksjon. Morgenbladet.
- 2018. De sakkyndiges rolle i straffesaker. Morgenbladet.
- 2017. Det norske kontrollregimet. Klassekampen.
- 2012. Lovgjeving i terrorens tidsalder. Hubro. Magasin for Universitetet i Bergen.
Doctoral dissertation
- 2019. A Framework for Criminalization. Debating the aims of punishment and the behavioural model of the criminal law.
Interview
- 2021. Utilregnlig.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- 2020. Barnerett, strafferett eller barnestrafferett? Tanker om barneperspektivets økende rolle i strafferetten. 10 pages.
- 2019. Utilregnelighetsreglenes moderne historie. 26 pages.
- 2019. Juridiske perspektiv på endringer i fengselspopulasjonen. 17 pages.
- 2019. Fornuftig tvil eller tvilsom fornuft? Tvil, sakkyndighet og bevisvurdering i utilregnelighetssaker. 13 pages.
- 2019. Criminal justice and detention. 35 pages.
- 2018. Penal Ideology and Prison Architecture. 18 pages.
- 2016. Er de norske utilregnelighetsreglene i strid med rettsfølelsen? 19 pages.
- 2013. Sjuk, frisk och farlig: straffrättens reaktionssystem i gränssnittet mellan straff, vård och samhällsskydd. 13 pages.
- 2012. Security, Justice and the Criminal Justice System: Remarks on EU Criminal Law. 23 pages.
- 2012. Introduction: Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System. 11 pages.
- 2011. Straffrätten i verkligheten eller som verkligheten: Reflektioner kring straffrättsdogmatikens empiriska förankring. 13 pages.
- 2010. Criminal Law Science and Transnational Criminal Law: Reflections on the Role for Comparative Research. 22 pages.
Abstract
- 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.
- 2015. Mellom rett og følelse. Strafferettssystemets håndtering av befolkningens rettsfølelse. Tidsskrift for strafferett. 215-232.
Academic literature review
- 2018. Imaging violence in schizophrenia: A systematic review and critical discussion of the MRI literature. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 1-10.
Introduction
- 2012. Introduction: Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System. 9-19.
Popular scientific chapter/article
- 2016. Psykopati i retten: straffansvar, straff og tvungen behandling. 161-185.
Article in business/trade/industry journal
- 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
- 2014. Rettslige grunnprinsipper, folkerettslige forpliktelser og norsk lovgivning. 31-47. In:
- 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