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: Project Management Officer
De onderzoeksgroepen Crime & Society Research Group (CRiS) en Brussels University Consultation Center (BRUCC) van de VUB zoeken een Project Management Officer (PMO). Een greep uit jouw taken: Beheer van financiële en administratieve processen voor onderzoeksprojecten.
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.
Events
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.
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).
