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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 2022The 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...
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PhD research: Welfare benefits reduce criminal behaviour substantially18 January 2022Receiving welfare benefits has a major impact on criminal behaviour. This has been demonstrated by Marco Stam, who defended his thesis on 20 January 2...
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Urban criminologist to research how safe the people of Leiden feel25 October 2021Since the beginning of September, urban criminologist Marianne Franken has been the linchpin of a special partnership between Leiden University, the m...
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Radboud University and Leiden University research ethnic profiling19 October 2021A research team from Radboud University and Leiden University, led by senior researchers Prof. Masja van Meeteren (RU/UL), Dr Paul Mutsaers (RU) and P...
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Urban criminologist for Leiden: municipality, police and university join forces07 October 2021Since 1 September 2021, the city of Leiden has had a dedicated urban criminologist. In a PhD project lasting four years, Marianne Franken will be stud...
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3 October University: from Russian DNA to drug-related violence04 October 2021In prehistoric times there was a huge wave of migration, from the steppes in Russia and Ukraine to West Europe. The newcomers’ genes began to dominate...
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Children’s contact with police no clear precursor for criminal career21 September 2021Children who come into contact with the police are not destined to become long-term offenders. This appears from research conducted by Babette van Haz...
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Paul Nieuwbeerta in The Lancet on detainees’ health20 July 2021For the first time, research has been conducted on how the health of detained persons prior to their detention differs from that of non-detainees and ...
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Anyone can fall victim to cybercrime12 July 2021Criminology students Simone Kruijt and Noor Hekker conducted research into cybercrime in Leiden and presented their findings to the regional police an...
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Seminar Rule of Law and the European Arrest Warrant at Örebro Universitet 25 March 202109 March 2021On 25 March 2021 this online seminar will be held from 10.15-12.00 at Örebro Universitet in Sweden. Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, Professor of European Crimi...
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Foreign national suspects appear in court and sentenced more often02 February 2021Compared to suspects with the Dutch nationality, foreign nationals face court proceedings more often and are given a prison sentence more often than D...
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Financial supervision in (juvenile) criminal law20 January 2021Many adults and juveniles who are in prosecuted in criminal courts also have financial problems. This applies to almost one third of probation cases a...
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange: unique course involving students and prisoners11 December 2020Inside-Out Prison Exchange is a course in which students and prisoners work together on research questions in the area of crime, law enforcement and m...