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
Vacature: Projectcoördinator voor het project ‘Een nieuwe visie op detentie: Haren en Dendermonde Nieuw’
Momenteel zijn we op zoek naar een medewerker (80%) aan de Faculteit Recht en Criminologie, onderzoeksgroep Crime & Society van de Vrije Universiteit Brussel om de projectcoördinatie van het Europese project 'Een nieuwe visie op detentie: Haren en Dendermonde Nieuw’ verder te zetten.
Our research group at the European Society of Criminology Conference
Last week, the CRiS research group made a strong showing at the Eurocrim2024 conference in Bucharest, Romania.
Our teambuilding
This week our annual CRiS team building took place, this time in Hainaut! 🌳 We enjoyed a beautiful hike full of group-binding tasks. In the evening we enjoyed a tasty BBQ and a fun karaoke night. Here's to more moments like these!
Events
Practical info-Colloquium “Hervormingen en innovaties in het penitentiaire landschap”
Op 25 november 2024 vindt het colloquium “Hervormingen en innovaties in het penitentiaire landschap” plaats in Brussel.
Practical info-Exhibition - Nous ne sommes pas dangereux, nous sommes en danger.
Together with La Voix des Sans-Papiers Bruxelles (VSP), our research group organises an exhibition on feelings of insecurity in public spaces among undocumented migrants. It is the result of a participatory process and starts from the initiative of the research partner (VSP).
Practical info-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
