Iris Müller has been working as a PhD candidate at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology since March 2025.

Maarten Kunst is a professor of Criminology at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. From November 1, 2020, to November 1, 2025, Maarten chaired the Criminology Department. Prior to that, he was director of the criminology programs for over three years and a member of various examination committees.…

Francesca van Ravenstein is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology as a PhD candidate since May 2023.

Bram de Heide is a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Jil Poirters is a lecturer in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Joni Reef is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and a Research Fellow at the Department of Criminology, Leiden University.

Since 2012, Hanneke Palmen works as Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Miranda Boone is Professor of Criminology and Comparative Penology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Tim van Lit is affiliated to the Van Vollenhoven Institute as external PhD candidate since April 2021.

Janne van Doorn is working as an assistant professor of criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Peter van Wijck is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics.

Miranda Sentse is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Esther van Ginneken is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Sacha Ruepert is affiliated to the Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology as a tutor since 2025.

Suzanne Beckman Lapré does secretarial work for the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. She works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Nina Tobsch has been working as a PhD Candidate since September 2022, jointly at the Department of Jurisprudence at the University of Amsterdam and the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Anouk den Besten is a lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University.

Jakub Drápal is a Postdoc criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Irina Zudina works as a Contract PhD in the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. Her doctoral dissertation's working title is:

Thijs van Beek is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University as a PhD candidate since September 2025.

Joyce Schot is affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology as a PhD-candidate since February 2025. Her doctoral research focuses on the role of victim impact statements in legal decisions.

Ieke de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Joanne van der Leun is Professor of Criminology.

Title research: Criminal Liability of Aircraft Pilots in Aviation Accident Cases.

Nina Eggens has been associated with the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology (Criminology Department) and the Institute of Private Law (Child Law Department) as a PhD candidate since June 2022.

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Benthe van Delft has been a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Department of Child and Health Law (Institute of Private Law) since September 2023. She conducts research into how the Halt intervention programme functions and relates to compliance with child rights in practice.

Title research: The social work of crafting resilient communities: Resolving Care and Control Dilemmas.

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