Anke Ramakers
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. A.A.T. Ramakers
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7362
- a.a.t.ramakers@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6928-3075
Anke Ramakers is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology at Leiden University. She is also a member of the Board of Exams of the Law Faculty.
General
Anke Ramakers is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology at Leiden University. She is also a member of the Board of Exams of the Law Faculty.
Research
Anke is a criminologist, with a background in sociology and quantitative research methods. Her research interests include offender employment, consequences of imprisonment, and consequences of criminal justice and social policies. Her research falls within the research program Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, Accountability, and Effectivity of the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, more specifically their research on Imprisonment.
Her doctoral thesis examined men’s labor market experiences before and shortly after imprisonment (Barred from employment? A study of labor market prospects before and after imprisonment). In 2017, Anke was awarded a VENI grant by the Dutch research Council (NWO) for the research In a job, out of trouble? Causes of joblessness after imprisonment and the consequences of employment outcomes for post-release reoffending. In this project she continues working with (inter)national scholars on research questions regarding the labor market perspectives of offenders. Prior re-entry research focused on (the effect of imprisonment on) post-release outcomes and found that ex-prisoners fare badly in society. In order to be able to intervene, it is necessary to not only measure post-release outcomes, but explain why many ex-prisoners fail to (re)integrate in society. This project uses a theory-driven approach and unique access to rich longitudinal datasets to answer these why-questions. The findings help to develop evidence-based policy responses to the re-integration problems of high-risk groups.
Anke also co-supervises Ph.D student Marco Stam, on the project “The effects of welfare reforms and imprisonment on the financial wellbeing and criminal behavior of ex-prisoners”, a collaboration between the Economics Department (Reform of Social Legislation) and the Criminology Department (Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, Accountability, and Effectivity).
Teaching
In addition to her research and administrative activities, Anke teaches the undergraduate course Criminological Research Methods II.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Strafrecht & Criminologie
- Criminologie
- Ramakers A.A.T. (2023), Life course research on formerly incarcerated men, EU research 2023(Autumn = 35): 52-53.
- Jong E.W.A. de, Palmen H., Ramakers A.A.T. & Nieuwbeerta P. (2024), Unraveling the Black Box of Prison Visitation: Incarcerated Individuals’ and Visitors’ Conversations and Feelings During Visitation Hour, Crime & Delinquency : .
- Ramakers A.A.T. (2022), Secrecy as best policy?: Stigma management and employment outcomes after release from prison, British Journal of Criminology 62(2): 501-518.
- Nguyen H., Kamada T. & Ramakers A. (2022), On the Margins: Considering the Relationship between informal work and reoffending, Justice Quarterly 39(2): 427-454.
- Ramakers A., Aaltonen M. & Martikainen P. (2020), A closer look at labour market status and crime among a general population sample of young men and women, Advances in life course research 43: 100322.
- Ramakers A. (2020), Geen VOG, geen werk? Een studie naar VOG-aanvragen en werkkansen na vrijlating, Recht der Werkelijkheid 41(1): 8-24.
- Apel R. & Ramakers A.A.T. (2018), Impact of incarceration on employment prospects. In: Huebner B.M. & Frost N.A. (Eds.), Handbook on the Consequences of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions. ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series no. 3. New York: Routledge. 85-104.
- Damboeanu C. & Ramakers A.A.T. (2019), Prisoners’ Perceptions About Postrelease Employment in Romania: Studying the Role of Human Capital and Labelling Factors in Explaining Optimism and Pessimism, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 63(2): 232-256.
- Dirkzwager A.J.E., Nieuwbeerta P., Beijersbergen K.A., Bosma A.Q., Cuyper R. de, Doekhie J., Eichelsheim V., Goede S. de, Laan P.H. van der, Lamet W., Palmen H., Raaijmakers E., Ramakers A., Reef J., Stelt S. van der, Wensveen M. & Wermink H. (2018), Cohort Profile: the Prison Project—a Study of Criminal Behavior and Life Circumstances Before, During, and After Imprisonment in the Netherlands, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 4(1): 120-135.
- Wermink H.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Ramakers A.A.T., Keijser J.W. de & Dirkzwager J.E. (2018), Short-Term Effects of Imprisonment Length on Recidivism in the Netherlands, Crime & Delinquency 64(8): 1057-1093.
- Ramakers A., Nobbe P., Nieuwbeerta P. & Dirkzwager A. (2017), Zwart werk na vrijlating, Mens en Maatschappij 92(1): 7-33.
- Wermink H.T., Ramakers A.A.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Keijser J.W. de & Dirkzwager A.J.E. (2017), Onderzoeksnotitie: Recidive na een korte of langere periode in detentie, Tijdschrift voor Criminologie 59(1-2): 30-51.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Van Wilsem J., Apel R. & Dirkzwager A. (2017), The past and future labor market careers of Dutch prisoners. In: Blokland A.A.J. & Geest V. van der (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Life-Course Criminology. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.. 377-396.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Wilsem J. van & Dirkzwager A. (2017), Not just any job will do: A study on employment characteristics and recidivism risks after release, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 61(16): 1795-1818.
- Ramakers A.A.T. (2016), Arbeidsre-integratie na vrijlating, Sancties 2016(4): 192-200 (2016/30).
- Ramakers A.A.T., Van Wilsem J.A., Nieuwbeerta P. & Dirkzwager A.J.E. (2016), Returning to a former employer: a potentially successful pathway to ex-prisoner re-employment, British Journal of Criminology 56(4): 668-688.
- Wensveen M., Palmen J.M.H., Ramakers A.A.T., Dirkzwager A. & Nieuwbeerta P. (2016), Terug naar huis? Veranderingen in woonsituaties tijdens detentie en na vrijlating, Tijdschrift voor Criminologie 58(1): 28-55.
- Wermink H.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Keijser J.W. de, Blokland A.A.J., Apel R., Ramakers A.A.T. & Dirkzwager A.J.E. (2016), The effects of punishment on criminal behavior. In: Damboeanu C. (Ed.), Sociological Studies on Imprisonment. A European Perspective.. Bucharest: Tritonic. 115-148.
- Ramakers A., Wilsem J. van, Nieuwbeerta P. & Dirkzwager A. (2015), Down before they go in: A study on pre-prison labour market attachment, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 21(1): 65-82.
- Ramakers A.A.T. (19 June 2014), Barred from employment? A study of labor market prospects before and after imprisonment (Dissertatie, Faculty of Law, Leiden University) Meijers-reeks no. 232. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Nieuwbeerta P., Wilsem J.A. van & Apel R.J.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Apel R., Nieuwbeerta P., Dirkzwager A.J. & Wilsem J.A. (2014), Imprisonment Length And Post-Prison Employment Prospects, Criminology 52(3): 399-427.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Nieuwbeerta P., Wilsem J.A. van, Dirkzwager A.J. & Reef J. (2014), Werk(kenmerken) en recidiverisico’s na detentie in Nederland, Tijdschrift voor Criminologie 56(2): 67-89.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Wilsem J.A. van, Nieuwbeerta P. & Dirkzwager A. (2012), Het arbeidsverleden van gedetineerden voorafgaand aan detentie. Een vergelijking tussen gedetineerden en de algemene bevolking, Mens en Maatschappij 87(3): 272-301.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Wilsem J.A. van & Apel R. (2012), The effect of labour market absence on finding employment. A comparison between ex-prisoners and unemployed future prisoners, European Journal of Criminology 9(4): 442-461.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Bijleveld C.C.J.H. & Ruiter S. (2011), Escaping the family tradition. A multi-generation study of occupational status and criminal behaviour, British Journal of Criminology 51(5): 856-874.
- Ramakers A.A.T., Wilsem J.A. van, Fleischmann M., Apel R., Goudriaan H. & Beijersbergen K.A. (2011), Het effect van arbeidsmarktafwezigheid op baankansen. Een vergelijking van baankansen tussen ex-gedetineerden en werkloze toekomstig gedetineerden, Tijdschrift voor Criminologie 53(2): 140-162.
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