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NSCR, Nederlands Studiecentrum Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving

Prof. Stijn Ruiter

Senior Researcher | Program Leader

Email:
Ruiter@nscr.nl

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Research areas

  • Geography of crime
  • Spatial and temporal patterns in crime
  • Opportunities for crime
  • Offender decision-making
  • Victimization risk
  • Geotracking
  • Evidence-based policing
  • Quantitative social science methods

CV

2014-now Professor Social and Spatial Aspects of Deviant Behavior, Utrecht University
2011-now Management team, NSCR
2010-16 Associate member Nuffield College, Oxford
2009-now Senior researcher, NSCR
2008 PhD in Social Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen
2006-09 Assistant Professor Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen
2002 MA degree in Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen (cum laude)

Ancillary positions

  • Professor Evidence-Based Policing, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Board member Foundation Solarheat Infra (chair)
  • Board member Energy Coop DE Ramplaan (treasurer)

Publications

2026

S Ruiter; A Nivette; A Op De Weegh

On the Radar: an evaluation of a police letter campaign among prolific traffic offenders in the Netherlands

Journal Article

D Birks; T Davies; S Ruiter; T C Hart; W Bernasco; M Townsley

Making environmental criminology smarter – A framework for directly measuring routine activities using passively collected geolocation data

Journal Article

N Palena; S Ruiter; A Vrij; T Ashkenazi; R P Fisher

The practical relevance of investigative interviewing research: applying the EMMIE framework to bridge the research-practice gap

Journal Article

A Moneva; S Ruiter; W Bernasco

The topology of cyberspace and cybercrime journeys: a framework for analyzing online offender mobility

Journal Article

Ruiter Stijn; A Moneva; D Stibbe

The ripple effect of operation cookie monster: the impact of an illicit market takedown on an untargeted hacker forum

Journal Article

2025

D Stibbe; S Ruiter; W Steenbeek; A Moneva

Rational Choice on a Hacker Forum: The Effect of Risk and Reward Cues on Target Selection for Account Hijacking

Journal Article

R van Steden; S ter Woerds; K Schuppers; M Willekers; D Valk-van Waarde; R Jansen; S Ruiter

Online Blauw: Een onderzoek naar de rol van basisteams in de aanpak van digitale criminaliteit en ervaringen van slachtoffers met de Politie

Journal Article

S Ruiter; T Davies

The Roads Between Nodes: How Travel Paths Affect Burglary Location Choices

Journal Article

A Nivette; C Nägel; S Ruiter; A Op De Weegh

Mapping the theoretical pathways from police contact to criminal behavior: a scoping review

Journal Article

E R Leukfeldt; M van Leuken; T van Ruitenburg; J Schiks; S Ruiter

Bottlenecks and Opportunities for Improvement in Cybercrime Handling: Insights from Dutch Police Practice

Journal Article

2024

T Verlaan; S Langton; S Ruiter

Reactieve politie-inzet op straat; grote verschillen tussen basisteams

Miscellaneous

A Moneva; S Ruiter; D Meinsma

Criminal expertise and hacking efficiency

Journal Article

T van Ruitenburg; J Schiks; R Leukfeldt; S Ruiter; M van Leuken

In- en doorstroom van online criminaliteit in de strafrechtsketen

Journal Article

D Stibbe; S Ruiter; W Steenbeek; A Moneva

Sweeter than honey: Are Gmail accounts associated with greater rewards at a higher risk of hijacking?

Journal Article

W Bernasco; Weijer Steve van de; S Ruiter

Criminaliteit gedaald maar overlast gestegen

Journal Article

R P Jansen; S Ruiter; R van Steden

Crime reporting and victim satisfaction with the police: a large-scale study among victims of crime in the Netherlands

Journal Article

N de Leeuw; S Langton; H van Voornveld; K Krassenberg; J Duivenvoorden; S Ruiter

After the incident: measuring organizational (internal) police demand

Journal Article

M Struik; V Peeck; V Hutter; S Ruiter

Evidence-based policing: Een samenspel van politiepraktijk en politiewetenschap

Journal Article

2023

M Gorissen; C van den Berg; S Ruiter; C Bijleveld

Sharing unwanted sexual experiences online: A cross-platform analysis of disclosures before, during and after the #MeToo movement

Journal Article

W Steenbeek; S Ruiter

Nonspatial and Spatial Linear Regression

Book Chapter

S Langton; T Verlaan; S Ruiter

Operationalizing deployment time in police calls for service

Journal Article

T Verlaan; S Ruiter

Predictors of police response time: a scoping review

Journal Article

2022

S Ruiter; R van Steden

Politiewerk met Bewijskracht

Journal Article

S Langton; S Ruiter; T Verlaan

Describing the scale and composition of calls for police service: a replication and extension using open data

Journal Article

T van Ruitenburg; S Ruiter

The adoption of a crime harm index: A scoping literature review

Journal Article

2021

S van Sleeuwen; S Ruiter; W Steenbeek

Right place, right time? Making crime pattern theory time-specific

Journal Article

N van Doormaal; A Lemieux; S Ruiter; P Allin; C Spencer

Detecting wildlife poaching: a rigorous method for comparing patrol strategies using an experimental design

Journal Article

M Gorissen; C van den Berg; C Bijleveld; T Berenblum; S Ruiter

Online Disclosure of Sexual Victimization: A Systematic Review

Journal Article

W Steenbeek; S Ruiter

Non-spatial and spatial linear regression

Book Chapter Forthcoming

2020

C van den Berg; L Blommaert; C Bijleveld; S Ruiter

Employment opportunities for ex-offenders: A field experiment on how type of crime and applicants’ ethnic background affect employment opportunities for low-educated men in the Netherlands

Journal Article

L Norbutas; S Ruiter; R Corten

Believe it when you see it: Dyadic embeddedness and reputation effects on trust in cryptomarkets for illegal drugs

Journal Article

S van Sleeuwen; W Steenbeek; S Ruiter

When Do Offenders Commit Crime? An Analysis of Temporal Consistency in Individual Offending Patterns

Journal Article

W Bernasco; M Lammers; B Menting; S Ruiter

Are frequent offenders more difficult to find and less willing to participate? An analysis of unit non-response in an online survey among offenders

Journal Article

L Xiao; S Ruiter; L Liu; G Song; S Zhou

Burglars blocked by barriers? The impact of physical and social barriers on residential burglars' target location choices in China

Journal Article

L Norbutas; S Ruiter; R Corten

Reputation transferability across contexts: Maintaining cooperation among anonymous cryptomarket actors when moving between markets

Journal Article

2019

B Menting; M Lammers; S Ruiter; W Bernasco

The Influence of Activity Space and Visiting Frequency on Crime Location Choice: Findings from an Online Self-Report Survey

Journal Article

R Madarie; S Ruiter; W Steenbeek; E Kleemans

Stolen account credentials: an empirical comparison of online dissemination on different platforms

Journal Article

A Elevelt; W Bernasco; P Lugtig; S Ruiter; V Toepoel

Where You at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations

Journal Article

M Weulen Kranenbarg; S Ruiter; JL van Gelder

Do cyber-birds flock together? Comparing deviance among social network members of cyber-dependent offenders and traditional offenders

Journal Article

A Elevelt; W Bernasco; P Lugtig; S Ruiter; V Toepoel

Where you at? Using GPS Locations in an Electronic Time Use Diary Study to Derive Functional Locations

Journal Article

2018

S Ruiter; W Bernasco

Is travel actually risky? A study of situational causes of victimization

Journal Article

M Weulen Kranenbarg; S Ruiter; J-L van Gelder; W Bernasco

Cyber-Offending and Traditional Offending over the Life-Course: an Empirical Comparison

Journal Article

N van Doormaal; A M Lemieux; S Ruiter

Understanding site selection of illegal border crossings into a fenced protected area: a rational choice approach

Journal Article

C C J H Bijleveld; S Ruiter; V R van der Geest; S G A Van de Weijer

Analysis Techniques for non-Experimental Data: An Introduction

Book

S E M van Sleeuwen; S Ruiter; B Menting

A Time for a Crime: Temporal Aspects of Repeat Offenders’ Crime Location Choices

Journal Article

J Laméris; G Kraaykamp; S Ruiter; J Tolsma

Size is in the eye of the beholder: How differences between neighbourhoods and individuals explain variation in estimations of the ethnic out-group size in the neighbourhood

Journal Article

L Xiao; L Liu; S Song G. andRuiter; S Zhou

Journey-to-Crime Distances of Residential Burglars in China Disentangled: Origin and Destination Effects

Journal Article

2017

C J W van den Berg; L Blommaert; C J J H Bijleveld; S Ruiter

Veroordeeld tot (g)een baan: Hoe delict- en persoonskenmerken arbeidsmarktkansen beïnvloeden.

Journal Article

J Rokven; J Tolsma; S Ruiter; G Kraaykamp

Soort zoekt soort: vriendschapselectieprocessen met betrekking tot slachtofferschap en daderschap

Journal Article

S Ruiter

Crime Location Choice: State-of-the-Art and Avenues for Future Research

Journal Article

Recent contributions by Stijn Ruiter