Kirsti Seljenes
Job description
I am currently working on my doctoral research project, “Violence Risk Among Adolescents: Clinical Decision-Making and Follow-Up in Norwegian Specialist Health Services” (the VORU-NOR Study), and I work as a psychologist at the University Hospital of North Norway. In my research, we aim to investigate the specialized healthcare provided, and currently being provided, to young people who may pose a risk to others and who are suspected of violence, abuse, and/or sexual offences. We also seek to describe how hospitals themselves have organized healthcare services for this patient group.
My research is a collaboration between the University Hospital of North Norway, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and other professional and research groups working on risk assessment and violence risk assessment.
Research interests
Preventive and treatment interventions for young people who perpetrate violence and sexual offences.