Katharina Krüsselmann
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. K.K. Krüsselmann
- k.k.krusselmann@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6181-425X
Katharina Krüsselmann works as assistant professor for the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology.
Education
Katharina Krüsselmann trained as an anthropologist (Radboud University Nijmegen) and criminologist (Leiden University). She earned her PhD in 2024 at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. Her doctoral research focused on the nature and extent of firearm violence in the Netherlands and Europe.
Career
After completing her PhD, Katharina Krüsselmann remained affiliated with Leiden University for a project on using synthetic data to make sensitive data in the field of criminology more open and accessible. She subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam between 2024 and 2026 on the In Search of Trust project, researching the relationship between young people and actors within the juvenile justice system. In the context of this project, she was also affiliated as a researcher with the Police Academy (Politieacademie).
Research Areas
Her research focuses on firearm violence, interpersonal violence, police-youth interactions, and open science. She conducted doctoral research on the prevalence and impact of firearm violence in Europe, and also engages with other forms of interpersonal violence, identity politics, and research methods. Within the interdisciplinary In Search of Trust project, she studied trust between young people and the police, with attention to youth participation in research.
Education activities
As an assistant professor, Katharina Krüsselmann teaches a range of courses and programs. She is currently involved in the courses 'Research Methods' (Comparative Criminal Justice, MSc), 'Introduction to Criminology' (Cybersecurity & Cybercrime, BSc), and Environmental Criminology (Criminology, BSc).
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Criminal Law and Criminology
- Criminology
- Criminology Section A
- Krüsselmann K., Aarten P.G.M. & Liem M.C.A. (2026), Missing the mark?: A typology of lethal and non-lethal firearm violence in the Netherlands, Crime & Delinquency 72(6-7): 1358-1380.
- Krüsselmann K., Achterberg J., Haas M., Spruit M.R & Liem M.C.A. (2026), Leveraging synthetic data to improve open science practices in criminology: releasing a synthetic homicide dataset and dashboard, European Journal of Criminology : .
- Krüsselmann. K.K., Aarten P. & Liem M.C.A. (2025), Never bring a knife to a gunfight?: Lethality of weapon use in Dutch homicides, European Journal of Criminology 22(2): 278-299.
- Krüsselmann K. (21 November 2024), In the line of fire: firearm violence in Europe (Dissertatie. Institue of Security and Global Affairs, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Liem M.C.A., Aarten P.G.M.
- Breen J.A. van, Kivivuori J., Nivette A., Kiefte-de Jong J.C. & Liem M.C.A. (2024), The future of interpersonal violence research: steps towards interdisciplinary integration, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11: 1303.
- Krüsselmann K., Aarten P.G.M., Granath S., Kivivuori J., Markwalder N., Suonpää K., Thomsen A.H., Walser S. & Liem M.C.A. (2023), Firearm homicides in Europe: a comparison with non-firearm homicides in five European countries, Global Crime 24(2): 145–167.
- Krüsselmann K. & Weggemans D. (2023), Radicalization and Left-Wing Extremism. In: Zúquete J.P. (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of left-wing extremism. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 55–68.
- Liem M.C.A. & Krüsselmann K. (2022), The way of the gun: firearm trafficking and its impact on violence in the Netherlands. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute.
- Krüsselmann K., Aarten P. & Liem M. (2021), Firearms and violence in Europe – a systematic review , PLoS ONE 16(4): e0248955.
- Krüsselmann K., Rabolini A. & Liem M. (2021), The illegal use of hand grenades in the Netherlands: 2008-2021. The Hague: Leiden University.
- Wieringen L. van, Krüsselmann K., Weggemans D.J. & Liem M.C.A. (2021), Van ouder op kind: een verkennende studie naar de intergenerationele overdracht van jihadistisch gedachtegoed binnen de gezinscontext. WODC Rapport no. 3149. Den Haag: Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC).
- Rabolini A.S., Krüsselmann K. & Liem M.C.A. (2021), Birds of feather, flock together? : Examining spatial clustering in drug-related homicides and gun violence. .
- Liem M., Krüsselmann K. & Eisner M. (2020), From Murder to Imprisonment: Mapping the Flow of Homicide Cases-A Systematic Review, Homicide Studies 24(3): 220-241.
- Aarten P.G.M., Froneberg E., Hewitt J., Krüsselmann K. & Peterscheck A. (Eds.) (2020), Research Methods for Security Studies. London: Sage.
- Liem M.C.A. & Krüsselmann K. (2019), Explosief geweld, Het Tijdschrift voor de Politie 81(5): 20-23.