Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The department SCRI is developing research in the area of criminological sciences, and more in particular in the following domains: 1. Juvenile justice: - History of juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system; - Community service and mediation for juvenile offenders; 2. Police: community policing, public and private security. 3. Penal policy: - Alternative sanctions; - Sentencing and penal culture; - Drug policy; - Socio-legal and anthropological approach. 4. Prisons: - Overcrowded prisons; - Prisoners' rights; - Private prisons; - The use of imprisonment (pre-trial detention, length of prison sentences, early release and parole).
Keywords
- Sentencing
- Pre-Trial Detention
- Community Policing
- Restorative Justice
- Criminal Policy
- Criminal Law
- Prison Systems
- Juvenile Justice
- Economic Criminality
- Criminal Procedure
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Profiles
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Joyce Albrecht
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Criminology - External employee, Unpaid employee, Undefined
- Crime & Society - Unpaid employee
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Victor Augusto Bosquilia Abade
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Criminology - Unpaid employee
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Lars Breuls
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Crime & Society
- Criminology - postdoctoral researcher
- Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities
Person: Researcher, Professor
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Julie Caluwaerts
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Crime & Society - Doctoral scholarship
- Criminology - Doctoral scholarship
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
Person: Researcher, PhD
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FWOTM1339: Soft deportation? A multi-perspective study of ‘voluntary’ return programs in Belgium
Deschuyteneer, L. (Mandate), Breuls, L. (Administrative Promotor) & Vanhouche, A.-S. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1336: Growing up With an Incarcerated Father: A Participatory Action Research on Children’s Experiences and Needs
Albrecht, J. (Mandate) & Vanhouche, A.-S. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1294: European Prisoner Complaints: a comparative analysis of the experiences of complaint handlers and complainants across three European jurisdictions - Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands
van der Valk, S. (Mandate) & Humblet, D. (Administrative Promotor)
1/10/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4404: GEROCRIM – The convergence between gerontology and criminology
Humblet, D. (Administrative Promotor)
1/07/25 → 30/06/29
Project: Fundamental
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EUAR233: SALVUS: Ensuring SAfer justice outcomes in onLine, including undercoVer, child sexUal abuse inveStigations
Van Brakel, R. E. (Administrative Promotor)
1/06/25 → 31/05/28
Project: Applied
Research output
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Prison ethnographies in Europe: Origins, developments and new approaches
Vanhouche, A.-S., Breuls, L. & Beyens, K., Jan 2026, The Routledge Handbook of European Penology. Snacken, S., Cliquennois, G., Durnescu, I., Humblet, D. & Larrauri, E. (eds.). Abingdon: Routlegde, p. 195-209 15 p. (Routledge International Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events
Van Brakel, R. E., 2025, In: European Review of Digital Administration & Law. 6, 1, p. 19-29 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing sexual offending: Characteristics, recidivism prevention, and policy directions
Uzieblo, K. & McCartan, K., 5 Dec 2025, The Routledge Handbook of European Penology. Snacken, S., Cliquennois, G., Durnescu, I., Humblet, D. & Larrauri, E. (eds.). 1 ed. London: London: Routledge, p. 389-404 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Ageing Behind Bars: A Photovoice Study in a Geromedical Prison Unit
Humblet, D., 1 Sept 2025, In: The Gerontologist. 65, 9, 35 p., gnaf165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ageism in Prison
Humblet, D., 2025, Ageism in Prison. Routledge, p. 419 432 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Bridging the Legitimacy Gap: Intersectionele en intergenerationele perspectieven op politievertrouwen onder etnische minderheden
Van Hoorenbeeck, J. (Speaker)
13 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Diversiteit bij de zes Brusselse politiezones
Debbaut, S. (Speaker)
21 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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When thinking takes a backseat: AI and cognitive offloading in criminology studies
De Backer, J. (Speaker), Geerts, I. (Speaker) & Fieuw, A. (Speaker)
6 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Keynote: Shifting the criminological gaze: More-than-human harms of digital crime control
Van Brakel, R. E. (Speaker)
27 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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THE XTC-EXPO: An immersive experience and public research on XTC regulation
Debbaut, S. (Speaker)
14 May 2025 → 16 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference