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Mikko Aaltonen is Professor of Criminology at the Department of Law, University of Eastern Finland's Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Administration. He leads multiple research initiatives including the Criminology Research Group and Empirical Legal Research Unit. His work focuses on register-based studies of crime patterns, juvenile delinquency, and criminal justice outcomes.
Research interests span quantitative criminology, adverse childhood experiences, recidivism prevention, neurodegenerative disease impacts on criminal behavior, and cross-national crime comparisons. His projects investigate societal determinants of crime through large-scale data analysis.
Recent publications (2021-2025) demonstrate methodological diversity including longitudinal cohort studies, registry linkages, and cross-national comparisons. Dominant themes include juvenile violence trajectories, prison population dynamics, neurocriminology, digital forensics, and reentry program effectiveness.
Active projects include:
- ACElife - Adverse childhood experiences and prevention methods (2022-2028)
- Finnish Infrastructure for Register Research (FIRE) (2025-2029)
- Access to justice for marginalized groups in aging societies (2023-2027)
