Perpetrator and Victim Young people who commit offenses are relatively often also victims – or have been victims – of, for example, bullying, violence, or crime. Young people who have been placed out of their homes or are under supervision also commit offenses relatively often. This creates a vicious cycle: vulnerable young people who have […]
On social media, youth encounter content that implicitly or explicitly refers to crime, such as footage of fights, vandalism, and torture, but also advertisements for criminal jobs. This is known as ‘criminogenic content’. Exposure to it may be harmful to young people. “Parents are often unaware that their children see such content. Or they are […]
More and more young people are becoming involved in violent extremism. This can range from participating in online extremist networks and sharing extremist messages to committing violent offences and terrorist attacks. “We still know relatively little about how these processes develop during adolescence,” says Elanie Rodermond. According to Rodermond, researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam […]
Training and professional development are essential to the lawful functioning of the Dutch police. This is all the more important because the police hold a monopoly on the use of force: only police officers are permitted to use force under certain circumstances. Therefore, the official instructions stipulate that officers must not only act according to […]
The ENOC award committee unanimously selected Danielle Stibbe as winner of the Open Criminology Award for Early Career Researchers. The prize is a recognition of her contributions to preregistration, data sharing and communicating about open science practices. Stibbe, a PhD candidate at NSCR, studies cybercrime using a variety of methods, including honeypot research as well […]
Sustainable Collaboration Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and NSCR, which is located on the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam campus, have been working closely together for many years. Every year, several NSCR PhD candidates obtain their doctorates at VU Amsterdam, NSCR and the VU researchers from various faculties and disciplines actively exchange knowledge and conduct extensive joint research […]
Are you a PhD candidate or postdoc working in crime and justice? Join us for a symposium that will bring together early career researchers and data sharing experts. Sharing research data can be particularly challenging for early career researchers in criminology and related fields such as forensic science, empirical legal studies or forensic psychology- but […]
NWO-I and the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) invite applications for the position of Director of NSCR. NSCR is the Netherlands’ leading national interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the scientific study of crime, victimisation, law enforcement, and how society responds to issues of security and justice. As part of […]
This is evident from research conducted by the NSCR, made possible by funding from Fonds Slachtofferhulp. The aim of the study was to provide insight into the nature and prevalence of sextortion and victims’ help-seeking trajectories. To this end, researcher Valérie Pijlman distributed questionnaires to participants in the LISS panel, a representative survey panel of […]
Achievements Since taking office as director in 2021, Beate Völker has consolidated and further expanded the NSCR’s position as the leading criminological institute in the Netherlands. In 2023, under her leadership the NWO institute was awarded an excellent assessment from an international evaluation committee during the SEP-evaluation (Strategy Evaluation Protocol). During her tenure as director, […]
Where research meets practice, and collaboration shapes the future. Join leading researchers, educators, legal professionals and policymakers from around the world for a unique two-day international conference dedicated to investigative interviewing. Engage with experts and visionaries, while shaping the future of investigative interviewing. Join our high-impact keynotes and interactive panel sessions. Of particular interest to: Researchers, police […]
It is a widely debated issue in the field of criminal investigations: how to detect deception during investigative interviews. Many techniques exist for this purpose, but not all are ethically sound, empirically validated, or compatible with the Méndez Principles, the UN principles promoting human rights-compliant interviewing practices. The expert meeting The goal of the initiative […]
