Kennismiddag NSCR, Vrije Universiteit en A-LAB, 18 februari 2016 Slachtoffers van criminaliteit krijgen binnen het strafproces te maken met diverse inbreuken op hun privacy. Als ze aangifte doen komen hun persoonlijke gegevens in het strafdossier, en daarmee ook bij de verdachte. Tijdens de zitting in de strafzaak zijn slachtoffers zichtbaar voor het publiek en de […]
Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Children in Divorce Procedures
Towards Evidence-Based Guidelines This research focuses on the rare but serious cases where one parent accuses the other of sexual abuse of one of the children, while the couple is in a divorce procedure, or already separated. Divorce procedures can be a natural moment for sexual abuse to be revealed. During marriage, the other parent […]
Watching offenders commit crime is an excellent way to increase our knowledge of it, but only rarely possible as police officers, let alone researchers, are rarely on site when offenders strike. The Virtual Burglary project regards a collaboration between the NSCR, the Network Institute Tech Labs (VU University), and the University of Portsmouth (UK) and […]
Cyber Crime Offender Profiling: The Human Factor Examined (Cyber COP)
In this research, which is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), we examine the profiles of cybercrime offenders. Research on the human factor in cybercrime has not kept pace with research and innovation regarding its technological dimensions. Yet, while the latter may be able to defuse a threat, they do little to […]
Determinants and consequences of a procedurally just treatment of prisoners
This project focuses on procedural justice in prisons. In this project procedural justice refers to prisoners’ perceptions of the fairness of procedures in prisons, the interpersonal treatment within prison (e.g. being treated with respect and humanity), and positive and constructive officer-prisoner relationships. The first aim is to examine to what extent contextual factors within prisons […]
Persons with health problems are largely overrepresented in the criminal justice system. This overrepresentation is particularly pronounced in prisons. For instance, compared with the general population, adult prisoners have a two- to four-fold increased chance of major depression and experience substantially elevated levels of psychological distress. In addition, physical health problems, like hypertension, asthma and […]
The influence of awareness space on crime location choice
Why do crimes occur where they do? According to Brantingham and Brantingham’s crime pattern theory crime occurs at locations where attractive opportunities overlap with awareness spaces of individuals motivated to commit crime. A person’s awareness space consists of locations where time is spend during daily routines, for example home, school, work, leisure locations or home […]
The relationship between the labour market and criminal behaviour has been of longstanding interest in the social sciences. The intuitive appeal of the argument that improving labour market conditions causes individuals to commit less crime, while apparently self-evident, is supported by empirical evidence, mostly focusing on the post WWII period. Typical analyses have exploited geographical […]
When fathers are incarcerated, in many cases the mother remains at home to take care of the children. In contrast, research carried out abroad has shown that when mothers are incarcerated there is seldom any father present to take over care of the children. As the mother can no longer care for her children, they […]
The role of peers in delinquent behaviour of adolescents
The aim of this study is to get more insight into the role of peers in the development of problem- and delinquent behaviour in adolescents. Data are derived from the longitudinal NSCR Schoolproject, in which secondary school students were surveyd repeatedly (2002-2004). The questionnaire of this study asked participants to nominate friends from a list […]
This project aims to investigate the problems and criminal careers of juvenile sex offenders, en to assess the effectiveness of treament. Juvenile sex offenders are an understudied group. At the same time, it appears that a relevant proportion of adult sex offenders often started offending sexually at an early age. Juvenile sex offenders are not […]
Visual and audio recordings of interrogations are important for criminal proceedings
Research by Malsch and colleagues has found that official police reports provide information on only a small part of suspect interrogation proceedings. For example, they do not inform on whether the suspect was put under pressure. If official police reports do not accurately represent a suspect interrogation this may affect the decision a court comes […]
