Law, Society & Crime

Law, Society & Crime

Our department Law, Society & Crime focuses strongly on societal relevance and scientific impact. With our research and education, we are at the center of many current debates in society and politics, both at national and European level: whether it concerns the fight against subversive crime, medical-ethical issues, harmonisation of criminal procedures in an EU context , or corporate compliance with financial or environmental laws.

News

Research into high-risk prisoners: evaluate first, only then pioneer

How can society be protected from high-risk prisoners?
Gevangenis binnenplaats

Dealing effectively with offenders requires more than just punishment

Harsher penalties do not automatically work: in her inaugural lecture, Tamar Fischer argues that attention should be paid to multiple contexts
Group of academics on stairs

Between power and powerlessness: The role of the law for unauthorized migrants

Kox received the 2026 Willem Nagel Prize for her research on the role of the law for unauthorized migrants and its significance for the functioning of the law
Mieke Kox ontvangt Willem Nagelprijs 2026

Ruben Timmerman receives a double thesis award for his research into the appalling working conditions faced by migrant workers

Timmerman has received no fewer than two awards for his thesis, it is extremely rare for a thesis to win two awards
zwart wit foto Ruben Timmerman

How industrial pollution in the Netherlands was normalised for decades

New research by Bisschop and Van Wingerde shows that industrial pollution in the Netherlands is the result of decades of policy.
industrial smokestacks emitting orange-tinged smoke into the sky

Development of juvenile delinquency: causes, risk factors and interventions

As of 1 March 2026, Frank Weerman had been reappointed as Endowed Professor of Youth Criminology.
Frank Weerman sitting on a pouffe

Illegal kidney transplants: facilitating, concealing and laundering

Frederike Ambagtsheer (Erasmus MC) en Robby Roks (Erasmus School of Law) about the research project 'Walls of Secrecy and Silence in the Human Organ Trade'.
Hospital bed with IV infusion pump, hanging fluid bags and stethoscope on wall

Waiting list mediation as a tool for timely access to healthcare

In this article, Martin Buijsen explains what waiting list mediation is, why it matters, and why it helps but does not offer a structural solution.
Martin Buijsen

Sixth Monitor of Organised Crime: Research into cocaine trafficking and contract killings

Robby Roks discusses the key findings of the sixth Monitor of Organised Crime on cocaine trafficking and contract killings.
Robby Roks

Professional legal privilege under pressure?

Commissioned by the WODC, Nan, Mevis, Holvast and Verrest conducted an international comparative legal study into professional legal privilege.
Vrouwe Justitia.

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