Criminology
On the basis of the Labour Conditions Act of 18 March 1999, employers are obliged to take care of their employees’ safety and health, and to pursue a policy aimed at creating the best possible labour conditions. The prevention o...
There is a high rate of recidivism amongst juveniles who leave a correctional institution for juvenile offenders. The behaviour of these young people is the source of both a great deal of distress for victims and of damage to soci...
In contemporary, late-modern society, security landscapes are being re-sketched. Various traditional and new security providers are part of this evolving scene. The military and the police, who are thought of as ‘the old boys in...
This publication contains the text of the lecture by Prof. Mr. Wim Huisman on Friday, October 9, 2009 has decided to accept the post of Professor of Criminology at the Free University Amsterdam. Includes lecture and Dutch-English ...
Who are the smugglers of Chinese people? How is Chinese human smuggling organized in the Netherlands? Using unique and hitherto undisclosed information from court files covering the years 1996-2003, this study provides in-depth in...
Who controls security in a culture of fear? The erosion of traditional safeguards in the quest for security raises questions about the meaning of justice, public protection, legal safeguards and resilience. This book presents a cr...
This book brings together some of the best empirical studies in Dutch DLC-research. Developmental and life course criminology (DLC) is an exciting and rapidly growing research area within the larger field of criminology. DLC focus...
Ethics and security may have an antagonistic relationship with one another. This book argues that they are always interconnected and that they may even mutually reinforce each other.
The contributions in this volume provide a pee...
How do police deal with crime throughout Europe? How many offenders are convicted? How many police officers are there in any given country? The third edition of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics cont...
How do police deal with crime throughout Europe? Which decisions are taken by the prosecution services? How many offenders are convicted and how are they sanctioned? How many police officers and prosecutors are there in any given ...