Victimology and the Criminal Justice System
Januari 2024
,CLASS 1 (Introduction)
Some more introduction
- Political science (MA), Criminology/ Criminal Justice (PhD)
- Practitioner/ policy maker at Slachtofferhulp Nederland before becoming an academic
- Still involved in policy both in the Netherlands and in Europe
- Teaching in Leuven:
o Victimology
o Restorative Justice
o Narrative criminology
- Research line on Restorative Justice and Victimology
o European Forum for Restorative Justice
o Centre for Religion, Ethics and Detention
Where is this ?
- In Gent
- Sexual violence -> organisation ‘Meld het’
o Campaign
- ‘Angel shot’
o You can ask it at a bar -> when you feel unsafe
o The bartender will try to help you
- Spiking
o You’re not really sure if it was spiking or something else
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,What is this ?
What is the connection?
- Left picture: concert (happy people) -> death metal
o Moments before the concert starts in Bataclan (Paris)
o People died afterwards
- Right picture: Seyyid Quth
o Egyptian doctor
o Islamic world was being threatened (his opinion)
What’s in a name? Een oorlogsmisdaad of collateral damage? En wat doet dat met de
slachtofferervaring?
Where is this? (picture not on slide)
La victoria sempre
- Political fire in Cuba
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, What is the connection?
- Polar bear is hanging on for his life -> climate change
- Polly Higgens
o = inventer of the word ‘ecosite’
o Crimes against the environment
o She wants to give animals rights
What’s in a name? Een oorlogsmisdaad of collateral damage? En wat doet dat met de
slachtofferervaring?
Who is this?
- Nietzsche
Research on Victims and society
- Narrative victimology
- Cultural victimology
- Justice processes, including and in particular restorative justice
- Cybervictimology and green victimology
- Political violence, terrorism and international crimes
- Connection between academia and practice: past history with victim support
- Ethics of victimology
Misschien de (n’t) weghalen? Maw narratives is the place to start?!
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Januari 2024
,CLASS 1 (Introduction)
Some more introduction
- Political science (MA), Criminology/ Criminal Justice (PhD)
- Practitioner/ policy maker at Slachtofferhulp Nederland before becoming an academic
- Still involved in policy both in the Netherlands and in Europe
- Teaching in Leuven:
o Victimology
o Restorative Justice
o Narrative criminology
- Research line on Restorative Justice and Victimology
o European Forum for Restorative Justice
o Centre for Religion, Ethics and Detention
Where is this ?
- In Gent
- Sexual violence -> organisation ‘Meld het’
o Campaign
- ‘Angel shot’
o You can ask it at a bar -> when you feel unsafe
o The bartender will try to help you
- Spiking
o You’re not really sure if it was spiking or something else
1
,What is this ?
What is the connection?
- Left picture: concert (happy people) -> death metal
o Moments before the concert starts in Bataclan (Paris)
o People died afterwards
- Right picture: Seyyid Quth
o Egyptian doctor
o Islamic world was being threatened (his opinion)
What’s in a name? Een oorlogsmisdaad of collateral damage? En wat doet dat met de
slachtofferervaring?
Where is this? (picture not on slide)
La victoria sempre
- Political fire in Cuba
2
, What is the connection?
- Polar bear is hanging on for his life -> climate change
- Polly Higgens
o = inventer of the word ‘ecosite’
o Crimes against the environment
o She wants to give animals rights
What’s in a name? Een oorlogsmisdaad of collateral damage? En wat doet dat met de
slachtofferervaring?
Who is this?
- Nietzsche
Research on Victims and society
- Narrative victimology
- Cultural victimology
- Justice processes, including and in particular restorative justice
- Cybervictimology and green victimology
- Political violence, terrorism and international crimes
- Connection between academia and practice: past history with victim support
- Ethics of victimology
Misschien de (n’t) weghalen? Maw narratives is the place to start?!
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