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Modderman Prize 2022 awarded to Hannah Brodersen and Lucas Noyon09 September 2022The Modderman Prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field of criminal law science.
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit16 August 2022When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden...
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Vidi grant for Esther van Ginneken for research into violence in prisons07 July 2022Why do violent incidents occur in prisons? And how do staff respond? Assistant Professor Esther van Ginneken will use a grant from the NWO Vidi Talent...
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PhD research: 'Visits to prisoners reduces risk of reoffending'09 June 2022Prisoners who are visited regularly by family or friends are less likely to be reconvicted in the short term than inmates who rarely or never receive ...
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Leiden Law Cast: The prison population NL vs. BE with Miranda Boone02 June 2022Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice31 May 2022What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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Seminar 'Public Prosecution Services and the Rule of Law in Europe'30 May 2022On Thursday 16 June, a seminar will be held on 'Public Prosecution Services and the Rule of Law in Europe' with the subtitle 'Conceptions and Misconce...
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Care conferences for long-term forensic patients: demand greater than supply10 May 2022Care conferences for long-term residents (15+ years) in forensic mental health care are widely appreciated by all parties involved. Research by Leiden...
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Comenius Senior Fellow grants for three Leiden lecturers21 April 2022Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme....
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Paul Nieuwbeerta affiliated professor at Statistics Netherlands14 April 2022From April 2022, Professor Paul Nieuwbeerta will be working one day a week as affiliated professor for Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de...
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NWO Veni for Linda Geven for research into false confessions12 April 2022An NWO Veni application by Linda Geven, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, has been honoured. She will spend the ne...
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant11 April 2022Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...
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A ‘confused person’ is more of a misunderstood person08 April 2022The person who cried out at Dam Square on Remembrance Day in 2010. For Michiel van der Wolf this marked the rise of a new phenomenon: that of ‘confuse...
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Miranda Boone on problems with virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis21 February 2022
The coronavirus crisis had a major impact on the judicial system in the Netherlands: courts closed at the start of the pandemic and instead held virtu...
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Citizens felt less heard in virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis18 February 2022
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leid...