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
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Vacature: praktijkassistent Stagecoördinatie (30%)
We zijn op zoek naar een nieuwe Praktijkassistent Stagecoördinatie (30%). Bekijk de functieomschrijving hier en solliciteer om deel uit te maken van ons team!The GATHERINGS website is live! 🚀
The Horizon Europe project GATHERINGS, coordinated by Lucas Melgaço and Mattias De Backer, has just launched its website, containing all necessary information about the project as well as resources for scholars, policy-makers, event organisers and police agencies involved in the securitization and s...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.
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Public Space in Migration Research
Crime & Society Research Group (CRiS), BIRMM, and Brussels Centre for Urban Studies are getting together to organise an exciting workshop on the role of (public) space in migration research. The workshop focuses on exploring the role of (public) space as a site of social research and a s
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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'.