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Chemical firms in the Netherlands regularly break safety rules25 February 2020The Dutch chemical industry is regularly in breach of safety legislation. These are the findings of longitudinal research by the Department of Crimino...
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’20 February 2020It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a t...
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Law alumnus Vincent Peeters wins Leiden University Thesis Prize 202019 February 2020On Saturday 15 February 2020, the Leiden University Thesis Prizes were presented during the Dies celebration day for alumni. Joint first prize went to...
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Cyber offenders: Unique profile, unique approach?03 February 2020Our society can no longer not imagine the threat of cybercrime. Banks, companies, and schools are hacked, or 'DDoSed', with increasing regularity and ...
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Human rights are like elephants: magnificent, but under threat15 January 2020What is the current situation of human rights in relation to detention under criminal law and immigration law, now that more and more parties are beco...
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Meijers Prizes, Van Wersch Springplank prizes and Thesis Prizes awarded at New Years’ reception10 January 2020On Thursday 10 January a number of prizes were presented to researchers and students.
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Homelessness an issue for one in three prisoners09 January 2020A stable home situation is important for the successful return to society of prisoners. So what is their home situation like? And what effect does it ...
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Crimmigration: what it is, and its practical implications20 December 2019Increasingly, crime and immigration are mentioned in one breath. This 'interweaving' of these terms is referred to as crimmigration, an expression mai...
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Call for Abstracts for conference on extradition and surrender (14-15 May 2020)20 December 2019Leiden University, Utrecht University and Maastricht University are organizing a two day conference on extradition and surrender, offering a venue for...
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Less finger-wagging, more pragmatism11 December 2019Rather than finger-wagging, the Netherlands has opted for pragmatism when it comes to human rights. That is what Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok...
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Contempt of court does not fit into the Dutch judicial system11 December 2019What can criminal courts do when the course of justice is obstructed? Countries such as England and Wales apply the instrument contempt of court, whic...
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Human trafficking cannot be tackled with current legislation16 September 2019Each year it is estimated that thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking in the Netherlands. Many of these victims are minors. Assistant Pr...
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Decreasing prison population in the Netherlands20 May 2019Hilde Wermink, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology was interviewed on this topic for an article published in US News on...
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Looking back on the outstanding book presentation from Leandro Mancano16 April 2019Last Thursday, the April edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars took place. This well visited seminar took on a slightly different format, since we had the...
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Very special ILS Lunch Seminar with Leandro Mancano from the University of Edinburgh25 March 2019The ILS Lunch Seminar of April will take in a slightly different format, as we have the honour of receiving Dr Leandro Mancano from the University of ...