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 participation in EUROCRIM
Last week, the CRiS research group attended the annual Eurocrim Conference, held this year in Athens.
Our Teambuilding
This week our annual CRiS team building took place, this time in Loppem. ๐ณ 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.
Events
Practical info03/10/2025 - 15:00 - 03/10/2025 - 19:00PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: ELIAS WOODBRIDGE
We are pleased to invite you to the ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ of CRiS-researcher Elias Woodbridge's doctoral thesis in Social Sciences โ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ? ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด'
Practical info27/08/2025 - 16:00 - 27/08/2025 - 19:00PUBLIC DOCTORAL DEFENCE: RANDY HAERS
We are eager to announce that Randy Haers will be defending his doctoral thesis in Criminological Sciences titled: โVan SAMEN werken naar impactvol werken: een actieonderzoek naar een evidence-based ketenaanpak van criminaliteit.'
Practical info23/05/2025 - 11:00 - 23/05/2025 - 12:30Law & Criminology Talk - Genodicial Surveillant Assemblage in Palestine: A Socio-Legal Analysis
Genodicial Surveillant Assemblage in Palestine: A Socio-Legal Analysis
