I am a Research Fellow at the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research, University of Stirling. My current work is focused on understanding mental health and substance use service access for people released from prison, using linked administrative health and justice data.
I have previously worked on various projects relating to policing organised crime, public protection and community justice. My PhD explored the role of online technologies in facilitating exploitation in the UK’s off-street sex markets, and was focused on improving our understanding of open-source intelligence in the policing of sex trafficking.
Administrative data research, public health approaches in criminology, exploitation, networks, quantitative methods, mixed-methods.
Article
The geographies and complexities of online networks in the off-street sex market
Kjellgren R (2024) The geographies and complexities of online networks in the off-street sex market. Criminology & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958241245287
Research Report
Highland Custody Link Worker Project – Independent Support for Evaluation
Graham H, Hamilton-Smith N & Kjellgren R (2023) Highland Custody Link Worker Project – Independent Support for Evaluation. Highland Third Sector Interface. Stirling.
Article
Good Tech, Bad Tech: Policing Sex Trafficking with Big Data
Kjellgren R (2022) Good Tech, Bad Tech: Policing Sex Trafficking with Big Data. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11 (1), pp. 149-166. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2139
Article
Matthews P, Poyner C & Kjellgren R (2019) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer experiences of homelessness and identity: insecurity and home(o)normativity. International Journal of Housing Policy, 19 (2), pp. 232-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2018.1519341
