Stijn Ruiter appointed endowed chair of Evidence-Based Policing
Evidence-based policing has been on the rise since the late 1990s, and is an approach to explicitly base decision-making on police practices and policies on the best available evidence. Scientific research contributes to this by focusing on the question of how policing works, in what circumstances it works, and for whom – and by whom […]
How can ticket inspectors and police officers manage conflict? Research provides practical recommendations
Ticket inspectors and police officers are more likely than workers in other sectors to be exposed to threats and violence from citizens. While there has been a general societal decline in violence, the number of self-reported incidents of violence and threats in these sectors remains high. The seriousness of this problem is underlined by evidence […]
NWO grant awarded for research on social media and juvenile delinquency
With the rise of social media and smartphones, the social world of young people has fundamentally changed. However, what this means for the role of peers in juvenile delinquency remains unclear. On the one hand, young people nowadays live in a hybrid world where online communication is simply one of the ways to maintain contact […]
Start research into signs of child abuse for the benefit of educational professionals
The consequences of child abuse for children are severe, but it is recognized too little and too late, for example by professionals. Or, professionals struggle with the question of how to address these suspicions. The sooner help comes for children who experience child abuse, the better. In collaboration with Fonds Slachtofferhulp (the Dutch Victim Support […]
NSCR scientist Robin Kranendonk started as a postdoc in a partnership between NSCR and the Dutch Police Academy
Robin, originally a criminologist, has contributed since 2009 to research into the needs of victims in criminal proceedings, the comprehensibility of DNA reports, the content of official reports and the influence of images, sound and text on the judgment of suspect interviews. In addition, Robin has a background in the sustainable guidance of highly educated […]
26 September | Symposium Reparative Justice Through International Justice Procedures for Victims
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