Margrét Valdimarsdóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margrét Valdimarsdóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margrét |
| FAMILY NAME | Valdimarsdóttir |
| SIGNATURE | VALDIMARSDÓTTIR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9779-641X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gang involvement among adolescents in nine Nordic cities
Rising youth gang involvement in the Nordic countries has become a growing concern, particularly due to its association with crime and other problem behaviours. This study is the first to examine the prevalence and risk factors of street gang involvement among adolescents from nine cities in five Nordic countries. Using comparative, cross-national probability city samples from the fourth wave of the International Self-Reported Delinquency Study (…
Hate Crime Victimization Among Youth in Iceland
This study investigates violent hate crime victimization among adolescents in Iceland, focusing on the role of immigrant background and classroom diversity. Drawing on data from the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD4), I analyzed responses from more than 3,000 randomly selected students aged 13 to 17 in the capital area using multilevel logistic regression. I examined (a) whether immigrant youth are at greater risk of experiencing…
Cybercrime Correlates Among Adolescents in Europe and South America
Cybercrime is increasingly recognized as a global issue, with adolescents being a key group as crime trends shift online. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of cybercrime, its specific risk factors, and how they differ across high and low-middle-income countries. This highlights the need for more cross-national comparative studies on the cybercriminal behavior of young people. This study examines the prevalence of four types…
The Fugitive
In April 2022, the escape of a young Black man from police custody in Reykjavík, Iceland, prompted a media narrative framing him as a dangerous fugitive, inciting public fear and action. This portrayal mobilized citizen participation in the manhunt but also led to repeated mistaken identity cases involving the same innocent teenager, fuelling allegations against the police of racial profiling. Through a narrative criminology lens, this paper exam…
Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas
High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gender and leadership positions after a gender quota law for company boards was implemented in 2013. We explore support for gender quotas and whether it is related to how respondents e…
Understanding Americans' abortion attitudes
Community social structure, social capital and adolescent smoking
Understanding Americans' abortion attitudes
Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas
High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gender and leadership positions after a gender quota law for company boards was implemented in 2013. We explore support for gender quotas and whether it is related to how respondents e…
Community social structure, social capital and adolescent smoking
Community social structure, social capital and adolescent smoking
Understanding Americans' abortion attitudes
Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas
High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gender and leadership positions after a gender quota law for company boards was implemented in 2013. We explore support for gender quotas and whether it is related to how respondents e…
Hate Crime Victimization Among Youth in Iceland
This study investigates violent hate crime victimization among adolescents in Iceland, focusing on the role of immigrant background and classroom diversity. Drawing on data from the International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD4), I analyzed responses from more than 3,000 randomly selected students aged 13 to 17 in the capital area using multilevel logistic regression. I examined (a) whether immigrant youth are at greater risk of experiencing…
Cybercrime Correlates Among Adolescents in Europe and South America
Cybercrime is increasingly recognized as a global issue, with adolescents being a key group as crime trends shift online. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of cybercrime, its specific risk factors, and how they differ across high and low-middle-income countries. This highlights the need for more cross-national comparative studies on the cybercriminal behavior of young people. This study examines the prevalence of four types…
The Fugitive
In April 2022, the escape of a young Black man from police custody in Reykjavík, Iceland, prompted a media narrative framing him as a dangerous fugitive, inciting public fear and action. This portrayal mobilized citizen participation in the manhunt but also led to repeated mistaken identity cases involving the same innocent teenager, fuelling allegations against the police of racial profiling. Through a narrative criminology lens, this paper exam…
Gang involvement among adolescents in nine Nordic cities
Rising youth gang involvement in the Nordic countries has become a growing concern, particularly due to its association with crime and other problem behaviours. This study is the first to examine the prevalence and risk factors of street gang involvement among adolescents from nine cities in five Nordic countries. Using comparative, cross-national probability city samples from the fourth wave of the International Self-Reported Delinquency Study (…
Sociology (4 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Juvenile delinquency (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works)