Elsa
Saarikkomäki
Docent, Laws
University Lecturer, Laws
Dr. Soc. Sc., Postdoctoral Researcher, Docent in Criminology
Areas of expertise
criminology
qualitative and quantitative research methods
policing
private security
ethnic profiling
sociology of law
Biography
Currently I am conducting a postdoctoral research project on legitimacy of private security. I am an Editor in chief of 'Haaste' trimestrial publication.
I have a Docent in Criminology (Associate Professor, UTU). I hold a PhD in sociology (2017, University of Helsinki) and I have previously worked ten years at the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy (University of Helsinki). My research there has included research topics such as trust in policing, young people’s experiences of police and private security guards (PhD), crimes against businesses and crime victims.
I have participated in an interdisciplinary research project on asylum seeker decisions (University of Turku). Together with international researchers we have led a comparative project about experiences of policing among ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries (University of Turku). I have strong expertise in empirical methods, both qualitative and quantitative.
I have a Docent in Criminology (Associate Professor, UTU). I hold a PhD in sociology (2017, University of Helsinki) and I have previously worked ten years at the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy (University of Helsinki). My research there has included research topics such as trust in policing, young people’s experiences of police and private security guards (PhD), crimes against businesses and crime victims.
I have participated in an interdisciplinary research project on asylum seeker decisions (University of Turku). Together with international researchers we have led a comparative project about experiences of policing among ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries (University of Turku). I have strong expertise in empirical methods, both qualitative and quantitative.
Teaching
I have taught criminology and sociology of law in different universities, University of Turku (Faculty of Law) and University of Helsinki (Faculty of Social Sciences). Currently, I am teaching a master's thesis seminar and special study modules related to topics of crime control, crime, society and power.
I have developed with my colleague ‘a peer pressure and support method’ for writing conclusion section for article-based dissertation and for cooperating during writing. Based on it, we published an open access article in Journal of University Pedagogy. Title: Vertaistuella tohtoriksi: tällä mallilla artikkeliväitöskirjan yhteenveto syntyy (melkein) kuin itsestään.
I have developed with my colleague ‘a peer pressure and support method’ for writing conclusion section for article-based dissertation and for cooperating during writing. Based on it, we published an open access article in Journal of University Pedagogy. Title: Vertaistuella tohtoriksi: tällä mallilla artikkeliväitöskirjan yhteenveto syntyy (melkein) kuin itsestään.
Research
In my current project, I am interested to study the effects of the rapid rise of private security, which indicates a shift from a criminal justice system monopolized by the state and its police to a pluralized policing system. I am studying experiences of ethnic profiling and how to improve relations between young people and policing agents. Furthermore, I am interested to solve to what extent private security has succeeded in legitimating their role in policing. These aims are studied empirically and theoretically. By developing approaches of procedural justice, securitization and privatization of policing, the study produces knew knowledge about societal changes.
Please see the full list of my publications attached in the links above.
Please see the full list of my publications attached in the links above.
Publications
Nuorten, nuorisotyön ja järjestyksenvalvonnan suhteet korona-ajan kaupunkitilassa (2023)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Yksityiselle turvallisuusalalle on annettu liikaa valtaa ja vastuuta (2023)
Helsingin Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Dealing with police stops: how young people with ethnic minority backgrounds narrate their ways of managing over-policing in the Nordic countries (2023)
Policing and Society
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nuorten kohtaama syrjintä ja häirintä korona-ajan kaupunkitilassa (2023)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Leima ja rikosoikeudellisen kontrollin pelko estävät päihdepalveluiden saantia – erityisesti nuoriin kiinnitettävä huomiota (2023)
Haaste
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Globaalien rikosilmiöiden uhrit ovat haavoittuvassa asemassa (2023)
Haaste
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
How to write a PhD with peer support: Follow this model, and the introduction to your article-based dissertation will (almost) write itself (2023)
Heuni Report Series
(Muu (O2))
Syrjintää rikosoikeusjärjestelmässä tarkasteltava moniulotteisesti ja vertailevasti (2022)
Haaste
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Ilmastonmuutoksen ja luontokadon kysymykset tulevat yhä enemmän myös kriminaalipolitiikkaan (2022)
Haaste
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Rikollisuuden ja kontrollijärjestelmän tutkimus – Mikä ihmeen teoria? (2022)
Haaste
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))