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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...
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Outward appearance in Dutch criminal law. What is the suspect up to?19 November 2020On 27 February 1976, two men wearing motorcycle helmets and carrying loaded guns ring the door of temping agency Cito. A security van has just deliver...
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Victims’ rights: do they work?26 October 2020Crime victims cannot always fully exercise their rights, said Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology, in his inaugural lecture on 26 October. His mis...
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Mr. Online on joint research into impact of coronavirus crisis on the judicial system15 October 2020
In the research project, Leiden University, Utrecht University and Radboud University will together analyse the issues facing the judicial system in t...
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Group violence: collective and individual issue23 September 2020The out of control ‘Project X’ event in Haren, hooligans who arrange to meet up to fight and beach riots at the Hoek van Holland: group violence is in...
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Aleydis Nissen wins the European Public Law Organization Thesis Prize22 September 2020The postdoc received the 2020 Thesis Prize for her PhD research on the role of the EU Member States in regulating and remedying corporate human rights...
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Leiden University conducts research into impact of coronavirus crisis on judicial system14 September 2020Leiden University, together with Utrecht University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, has received a research grant from the Covid-19 programme of Z...
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Humboldt Research Fellowship awarded to Jannemieke Ouwerkerk31 August 2020The German Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung has awarded a Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers to Jannemieke Ouwerkerk for her project ‘The ...
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Article by Linda Geven on knowledge of suspects published in Biological Psychology26 August 2020The article deals with the physiological recognition of knowledge by suspects and whether this can be used to distinguish between true and false confe...
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Work and crime among adolescents in Finland03 March 2020Anke Ramakers, Assistant Professor in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden Law School, together with Finnish researc...