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-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
Abstract
Practical info-10th GERN Summer School - Policing "the other"
📢 Applications Open: 10th GERN Summer School! 📢
The GERN Summer School invites PhD researchers and early-career scholars to explore the 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 and how vulnerable communities experience interactions with law enforcement.
