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
Dr Anke Ramakers is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology and the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University, where she directs research into punishment. She is also involved in research into vulnerable groups and inequality.
General
Dr Anke Ramakers is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology and the Institute of Criminal Law and Crimonology at Leiden University, where she directs research into punishment. She is also involved in research into vulnerable groups and inequality.
Anke has a background in sociology and specialises in quantitative methods. Her interest in social inequality led her to study criminal behaviour.
The aim of Anke’s research is to understand why many justice-involved individuals struggle to reintegrate into society. Most of her research projects focus on criminal behaviour and income. She uses quantitative methods and longitudinal data on prisoner cohorts and population datasets to study the work-crime dynamic and how those outcomes are affected by interventions.
During her Phd research, Anke studied the impact of imprisonment and length of imprisonment on recidivism and quality of employment. She was awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch research Council (NWO) for her research entitled 'Aan een baan, uit de problemen?' (meaning 'In a job, out of trouble?'). Through this project, she helped explain why many justice-involved individuals fail to integrate and reintegrate into society and develop evidence-based policy responses to the reintegration problems experienced by high-risk groups. A Lorentz grant enabled her to coorganise the interactive workshop 'Criminal Justice Settings, Crime, and Reintegration' for Dutch and international academics and stakeholders.
A common feature of Anke's work is that she studies data within various contexts. This enables research into whether the effects of interventions are context specific and has led to an extensive international network. Her work has also focused on the correct definition of successful reintegration. Common static measures in the field (the likelihood of employment and recidivism) provide only limited information on reintegration at any given time and the longer-term options. Anke uses detailed longitudinal data to study how individuals spend their time and to model reintegration as a process. Through different projects, she studies changes in housing situations, type of work, problematic debts, benefit dependency, the role of family and friends, the certificate of conduct (VOG) and how various income sources are combined to make ends meet. Interventions outside of criminal law are another area of interest. Justice-involved individuals often report problems in multiple life domains and experience many different types of interventions during their lifetime (including prison sentences, community service orders, fines, community sanction orders, active labour market programmes, debt restructuring, family interventions and health interventions). Anke is examining how this complexity is managed by conducting a multidisciplinary assessment of community court projects in the Netherlands. In collaboration with economists, Anke is exploring the impact of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) and benefit policy on criminal behaviour.
Teaching
Anke has held a weekly research consultation session for students and staff for many years. She has also supervised many bachelor's and master's theses. She currently teaches the bachelor's course on Criminological Research Methods II and the master's course on Risk Assessment. She also coordinates a postgraduate training course for probation service employees.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Strafrecht & Criminologie
- Criminologie
- Stam M.T.C., Knoef M.G. & Ramakers A.A.T. (2024), Mandatory activation of welfare recipients: Less time, less crime?, Labour Economics : .
- Jong E.W.A. de, Palmen J.M.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 70(6/7): 1783-1808.
- Stam M.T.C., Knoef M.G. & Ramakers A.A.T. (2024), Crime over the welfare payment cycle, Economic Inquiry 62(3): 1309-1334.
- Ramakers A.A.T. (2023), Life course research on formerly incarcerated men, EU research 2023(Autumn = 35): 52-53.
- 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. (2020), Geen VOG, geen werk? Een studie naar VOG-aanvragen en werkkansen na vrijlating, Recht der Werkelijkheid 41(1): 8-24.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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., 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., 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., 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ramakers A.A.T. (2016), Arbeidsre-integratie na vrijlating, Sancties 2016(4): 192-200 (2016/30).
- 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., 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., 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., 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., 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.
- 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.