The Research Group Crime & Society (CRiS) is part of the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We undertake critical and multidisciplinary research in Youth Criminology, Penology, Urban Criminology, and Policing and Surveillance. CRiS scholarship focuses on the experiences and perceptions of crime control actors and of those subjected to crime control.
Our researchers are committed to knowledge exchange with criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and research subjects, to create collaborative, timely, and impactful research. We offer an intellectual and collegial academic environment to study crime control. Our research is frequently collaborative; undertaking comparative research projects with international visiting researchers
THE LATEST FROM OUR RESEARCH GROUP
News
New Issue: Affective and sensory criminologies
A new issue has just been published from Criminological Encounters with the theme 'Affective and sensory criminologies', guest edited by Alison Young, Juliet Rogers and Bill McClanahan. You can find the issue here.Postdoctoraal wetenschappelijk medewerker 'Crime & Society'
Apply here HEB JE NOG VRAGEN OVER DEZE VACATURE? Je vindt de gegevens van de contactpersoon in de vacaturetekst.New issue: Critical green criminology goes rural
A new issue has just been published from Criminological Encounters with the theme Critical green criminology goes rural.
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Studienamiddag Community Policing: Nieuwe impulsen voor gemeenschapsgerichte politiezorg in België
Uitgeverij Politeia en de Vrije Universiteit Brussel nodigen u uit op de studienamiddag:
Refund Community Policing! Nieuwe impulsen voor gemeenschapsgerichte politiezorg in België
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PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: JASMIEN BOUGRINE
We are eager to announce that Jasmien Bougrine will be defending her doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences titled: ‘(Un)like the other(s): How urban youth (in Brussels) experience superdiversity & in- and exclusion'.
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Public Doctoral Defence: Marijke Van Buggenhout
We are eager to announce that Marijke Van Buggenhout will be defending her doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences titled: ‘Paper Borders. Children and Young People Inside the Belgian Asylum Procedure. A Multi-voiced and Performative Study’.