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Joanne van der Leun

Professor of Criminology

Name
Prof.dr. J.P. van der Leun
Telephone
+31 71 527 7522
E-mail
j.p.vanderleun@law.leidenuniv.nl
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6716-8540

Joanne van der Leun is full professor of Criminology.

More information about Joanne van der Leun

She is currently on sabbatical after serving two terms as Dean of Leiden Law School (2016-2023). She has a background in the Interdisciplinary Behavioural Sciences. She has been working for the Faculty since 2001 and was one of the pioneering staff members of the bachelor's and master's and Criminology programmes at Leiden Law School. She has also held various managerial positions. Previously, she was affiliated to Utrecht University (where she also received her MSc) and Erasmus University (where she also received her PhD on irregular migration).

Research

Joanne’s research interests lie in the field of crime, migration, human trafficking, and crimmigration, or the amalgamation of policy on criminality and policy on migration. She is an advocate for mixed methods research and her research is embedded in the research programme Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, Accountability and Effectivity. She is currently working on a new edition of ‘De samenleving. Kennismaking met de sociologie’ (Pearson) in collaboration with Bram Peper, among others. She supervises several PhD students, together with colleagues. Over the years she has received research funding for her projects from the EU, NWO, KNAW, WODC, Politie & Wetenschap, local and national authorities, Leiden University Fund, Raad voor de Rechtsbijstand and the Open Society Justice Initiative.

Education

Joanne is currently not teaching. She was one of the pioneers of the Leiden Criminology programme and taught in the bachelor as well as the masters programmes Criminology and Comparative Criminal Justice. She has developed and taught a large number of courses in both the Criminology and in the Law curriculum.

Professor of Criminology

  • Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
  • Instituut voor Strafrecht & Criminologie
  • Criminologie

Work address

Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden

Contact

Publications

  • Editorial Board PETITA: Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Syariah (PJKIHdS) Member
  • Incidenteel deelnemen aan externe (visitatie)commissies en benoemingscommissies Commissielid
  • Moddermanstichting Lid bestuur
  • Landelijk Register Gerechtelijk Deskundigen LRGD Lid Raad van Toezicht
  • Stichting Pieterskerk leiden Lid raad van Toezicht
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