Autor: Anna Nikupeteri

MERJA LAITINEN is Professor of Social Work and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research interests are violence and abuse against children and women, social work and inter-professional, empowering practices with children, young people, and their families in vulnerable situations. ANNA NIKUPETERI is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Lapland, Finland, and a licensed social worker. Her research focuses on different sensitive target phenomena in social work, the methodological questions behind their study, and how to develop systems that better serve people in need. HENG CHOON (OLIVER) CHAN is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Chan’s research focuses on sexual homicide, sexual offending, stalking behavior, juvenile delinquency, psycho-criminology, and Asian criminology. He is the author of more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and eight books.