Joakim Sturup

Biographic Data

ID98721
NAMEJoakim Sturup
GIVEN NAMESJoakim
FAMILY NAMESturup
SIGNATURESTURUP J
AFFILIATIONSInstitute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID0000-0002-0404-8197
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review

    Open AccessCaroline Mellgren, Amir Rostami et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2026

    The objective was to assess the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in preventing gang membership and gang-related crime among children and young adults under the age of 30. We performed a systematic review and synthesized interventions targeting universal, selective, and indicated populations published between January 2000 and April 2023. We included 42 (seven randomized, 12 nonrandomized, 23 controlled interrupted time series) studies e…

  • Lone threats: A register-based study of Swedish lone actors

    Open AccessA Rostami, Hernan Mondani et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024References: 42

    This study investigates 30 lone actors in Sweden with a register-based design using a group of male lone actors and two reference groups: same-sex siblings and other male violent extremists. We compare lone actors to the reference groups along social background, criminal background, and co-offending relations (1995 –2016), and mental health (1980–2016). Our results show that lone actors are primarily born in Sweden to two Swedish-born parents. Th…

  • Mental Disorders and Intimate Partner Femicide: Clinical Characteristics in Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Femicide and Male-to-Male Homicide

    Open AccessShilan Caman, Joakim Sturup et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Intimate partner violence against women is a global and persistent public health issue. An extreme manifestation of this problem is intimate partner femicide (IPF), the killing of a woman by a male partner. While declining trends of homicide rates have been observed over decades, rates of femicide and IPF have remained stable. Yet, IPF as a phenomenon has until recently been fairly invisible in Europe, why research from the European countries on …

  • Association between homicide injury severity and benzodiazepine influence

    Open AccessFredrik Tamsen, Joakim Sturup et al.ARTICLEForensic Sciences Research2020References: 1

    There are case reports of offenders inflicting excessive injuries on their victims when under the influence of benzodiazepines. However, the potential association between benzodiazepine influence on the offender and victim injury severity in a general homicide population has not been studied. We investigated associations between offender positive testing for benzodiazepines or z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone and zaleplon) and victim injury severity.…

  • A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups

    Open AccessChristoffer Carlsson, Amir Rostami et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Criminology2020References: 47

    In this exploratory study, individuals’ processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and narrative-based understandings of crime. Based on interviews with individuals who have participated in violent extremism, it is suggested that the process of engagement consists of three steps: (1) a weakening of informal social controls, followed by (2) an interaction with individuals in p…

  • The Swedish Mujahideen: An Exploratory Study of 41 Swedish Foreign Fighters Deceased in Iraq and Syria

    Open AccessA Rostami, Joakim Sturup et al.ARTICLEStudies in Conflict and Terrorism2018Cited by: 10

    This study analyzes the demographics, criminality, and network relations of forty-one deceased Swedish foreign fighters. Our results show that most of the deceased Swedish foreign fighters were on average just under 26 years old when they died. Concerning network relations, nineteen out of the forty-one foreign fighters had at least one relationship (next-of-kin or friend) with another deceased foreign fighter. Two thirds were previously suspecte…

  • Trends in rates and characteristics of intimate partner homicides between 1990 and 2013

    Open AccessShilan Caman, Marianne Kristiansson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2017Cited by: 4References: 39

    Research addressing intimate partner homicide (IPH) across time and gender is lacking. The present study compares rates of IPH and non-intimate partner homicide (non-IPH) over time. Moreover, gender-specific trends of IPH rates and characteristics are examined