Research line 3: Youth Criminology

Stefaan Pleysier
Tel: (+32) (0) 16/32.52.67
Fax: (+32) (0) 16/32.54.63
E-mail: Stefaan.Pleysier@law.kuleuven.be
Webpage: Stefaan Pleysier

Address:
Hooverplein 10 - mailbox 3418
Office 00.50 - 3000 Leuven

Johan Put
Tel: (+32) (0) 16/32.54.14
Fax: (+32) (0) 16/32.54.24
E-mail: Johan.Put@law.kuleuven.be
Webpage: Johan Put

Address:
Blijde Inkomststraat 19 - mailbox 3409
Office 01.04 - 3000 Leuven

• Diederik Cops
• Helene De Vos
• Lize Discart
• Hilde Geudens
• Mieke Herygers
• Diederik Hoedt
• Eva Nouwen
• Hanne Op de Beeck
• Elke Roevens
• Ingeborg Roseeuw
• Sofie Troonbeeckx
• Evi Verdonck

Phenomenon and etiological research on offending and victimization of youngsters

• Youth Research Platform (Policy Research Centre) - 2012-2015
• Youth Monitor Antwerp & Ghent
• ‘Senseless’ violence questioned: researching the role of intrinsic aspects in the meaning and explanation of physical youth violence
• Youth Research Platform
• Fear of crime in young people. An integrated theoretical model for a neglected social group
• Strain and Juvenile Delinquency: a Dynamic Relationship? A test of Agnew’s General Strain Theory through subjective indicators.
• Youth and violence
• Human agency, criminal responsibility and youth delinquency: advancing etiological criminology and juvenile justice

Evaluation research of policy and practices in juvenile justice

• Evaluatie van de Ondersteuningsteams (OTA's) in de Bijzondere Jeugdbijstand
• Formulating policy indicators ‘Time-out’
• Burglary prevention advice in Belgium
• Forensic intensive clinical treatment of youth offenders with a psychiatric disposition (pilot project)
• To protect, to punish, to sanction, to restore and/or to manage risks?! Attitudes and perceptions of youth court judges in sentencing minor offenders
• Decision-making Policy of Public Prosecutors and Youth Courts
• Entry in Flemish child welfare: a Mixed-methods Analysis of initial assessment processes
• Interdisciplinair Project voor de Optimalisatie van Scheidingstrajecten (IPOS)
• Legal protection of juveniles in detention
• The legal position of foster parents, particularly in the field of social and tax law
• Praktische handvatten t.b.v. vrijwilligers in de welzijnsdomeinen voor het juridisch correct omgaan met vertrouwelijke informatie en persoonlijke gegevens
• Coordination and codification of the (Flemish) legislation on youth protection
• The legal Study into the positions of the consultants of social services for youth assistance withfocus on the legal concepts of “liability” and “guilty negligence”
• Coordination of youth protection legislation
• The introduction of an electronic file in the special youth protection system
• Title Evaluation of the Antwerp pilot project ‘the Courage Protocol’ - An experiment regarding the right to speak and case related consultation in alarming situations of child abuse
• Evaluation of the Ethnic Minorities Support Teams in the Youth Care System

Research on processes of criminalization

• Fear of crime in young people. An integrated theoretical model for a neglected social group