Dr Tobias Kammersgaard

Profile

Academic Biography 

I completed my PhD in 2020 at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. In my doctoral research, I investigated private and public policing interventions targeted at marginalized drug users in two cities in Denmark. In my postdoctoral research, I have continued to focus on the policing of various marginalized groups, including homeless people, people who use drugs, and ethnic minorities in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Furthermore, I have focused on the ‘softer’ and less coercive aspects of policing, including community policing, police-led drug diversion and harm reduction policing. In that regard, I am particularly interested in criminal justice interventions that operate in the space between care and control.

I joined the School of Business and Society in May 2022 to work at the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre.

Qualifications:

• PhD in Social Science (Aarhus University)
• MSc in Criminology (Aalborg University)
• BSc in Public Administration (Aalborg University)

Publications

Kammersgaard, T.; Houborg, E. (in press). Governmentality studies and police ethnography: Unpacking the complexities of contemporary policing practices. In J. Fleming, &; S. Charman (Eds.) Handbook of Police Ethnography. Routledge.

Kammersgaard, T., Houborg, E., Søgaard, T.F. &; Schrøder, S. (in press). “Another tool in the toolbox”: An investigation of a drug diversion programme in a Danish police precinct. In M. Bacon &; J. Spicer (Eds.) Ending the Stalemate: Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction. Routledge.

Houborg, E., Kammersgaard, T. &; Søgaard, T.F. (in press). From opponents to ‘interested’ partners? A case study of police and harm reduction service collaboration. In M. Bacon & J. Spicer (Eds.) Ending the Stalemate: Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction. Routledge.

Kammersgaard, T., Søgaard, T. F., Kolind, T., Hunt, G (2022). “Most officers are more or less color-blind”: Police officers’ reflections on the role of race and ethnicity in policing. Race and Justice.

Madsen, M &; Kammersgaard, T. (2022). Dining with the police: Resistance and acceptance of community policing. Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing.

Søgaard, T. F., Kolind, T., Haller, M. B., Kammersgaard, T., &; Hunt, G. (2022). ‘Filming Is Our Only Weapon Against the Police’: Ethnic Minorities and Police Encounters in the New Visibility Era. The British Journal of Criminology, 1-17.

Haller, M. B., Søgaard, T. F., Kolind, T., Madsen, M., Hunt, G., &; Kammersgaard, T. (2022). My Criminal Friend: Maneuvering Friendships and Abstaining from Crime in High-Risk Areas in Denmark. Youth Justice.

Kammersgaard, T. (2022). Reguleringen af udsatte stofbrugeres placering i byens rum: En undersøgelse af tre strategier i Aarhus. In E. Houborg, T. Kammersgaard, J.S. Bach &; M. Bancroft (Eds.) Byen og rusmidlerne: Oplevelser, konflikter og regulering. Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

Kammersgaard, T., Houborg, E., Bach, J. S., &; Bancroft, M. (2022). Introduktion. In E. Houborg, T. Kammersgaard, J. S. Bach, & M. Bancroft (Eds.) Byen og rusmidlerne: Oplevelser, konflikter og regulering. Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

Kammersgaard, T., Søgaard, T.F., Haller M.B., Kolind, T. &; Hunt, G. (2021). Community policing in Danish “ghetto” areas: Trust and distrust between the police and ethnic minority youth. Criminology &; Criminal Justice.

Kammersgaard, T. (2021). Private security guards policing public space: Using soft power in place of legal authority. Policing and Society, 31(2), 117-130.

Kammersgaard, T. (2020). Being ‘in place’, being ‘out of place’: Problematising marginalised drug users in two cities. International Journal of Dug Policy, 75.

Kammersgaard, T. (2019). Harm Reduction Policing: Policing an Open Drug Scene after Decriminalization. Contemporary Drug Problems, 46(4), 345-362.

Houborg, E., Søgaard, T. F., &; Kammersgaard, T. (2019). Kontrol og skadesreduktion i forhold til en åben stofscene. In Bjerge, B. & Houborg, E. (Eds.) Rusmiddelbrugere I Krydsfeltet Mellem Sektorer Og Fagligheder. Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

Kammersgaard, T. (2018). Police Research Methodology: Studying Police Officers Who Deviate from ‘the Police Culture’. Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing, Bind 5, Nr. 2, s. 141- 156.

Kammersgaard, T., Heinskou, M. B. &; Demant, J. (2017). Buying Stolen Goods: The Ambiguity in Trading Consumer-to-Consumer, Studied through a Mixed Methods Analysis. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, Bind 18, Nr. 1, 2017, s. 93-100.

Pedersen, A. J., Nielsen, J., Kammersgaard, T., Østergaard, C. H. &; Møller, K. (2017). Danske politibetjentes perspektiver på peberspray som magtmiddel. Nordisk Politiforskning. Bind 4, Nr. 1, s. 89-107.

Houborg, E., Kammersgaard, T. &; Pedersen, M.M. (2016). Drug Policing in Four Danish Police Districts. Police, Practice and Research: An International Journal, Bind 17, Nr. 4, 2016, s. 329- 340.