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
Our Teambuilding
This week our annual CRiS team building took place, this time in Loppem. 🌳 We played a special CRiS-edition of capture the flag using laser guns, made even more exciting by the rain.
Vacature: mandaatassisent 'Jeugdcriminologie'
Momenteel zijn we op zoek naar een voltijdse mandaatassistent 'Jeugdcriminologie' aan de Faculteit Recht en Criminologie, onderzoeksgroep Crime & Society van de Vrije Universiteit Brussel.-
Vacature: Postdoctoraal medewerker Kinderrechten & Online Opsporing Seksueel Misbruik van Kinderen
Momenteel zijn we op zoek naar een postdoctoraal wetenschappelijk medewerker Kinderrechten en Online Opsporing Seksueel Misbruik van Kinderen.
Events
Practical info-PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: RANDY HAERS
We are eager to announce that Randy Haers will be defending his doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences titled: ‘Van SAMEN werken naar impactvol werken: een actieonderzoek naar een evidence-based ketenaanpak van criminaliteit.'
Practical info-Law & Criminology Talk - Genodicial Surveillant Assemblage in Palestine: A Socio-Legal Analysis
Genodicial Surveillant Assemblage in Palestine: A Socio-Legal Analysis
Practical info-Law & Criminology talk with David Murakami Wood
Cities at the End of the World: Technology and Urbanism in an Age of Crisis
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