From numerous studies, we know that people who are imprisoned consistently present poorer (mental) health compared to the general population. These (mental) health problems are often already present before incarceration, and due to the deprivations in prison these problems increase. Still, an inclusive and qualitative treatment offer for people in detention is lacking. Treatment interventionsContinue reading “Continuity of mental health care: If the ties with community treatment are not cut, they don’t have to be reconnected – Freya Vander Laenen”
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Soon no one will be allowed to keep our data (and that’s not good news) – Gert Vermeulen
The tension between privacy law and criminal law is a ticking time bomb. Under pressure from Europe, the legislative framework related to which communication data companies are allowed to retain about us is threatening to collapse. In other words: without that framework, data retention becomes impossible. A good thing for our privacy, but at theContinue reading “Soon no one will be allowed to keep our data (and that’s not good news) – Gert Vermeulen”
The externalisation of EU migration policy analysed from migrants’ perspectives – Ellen Desmet and Ruben Wissing
The PhD project approaches EU migration policy from a – for legal scholars – rather unconventional perspective. It investigates the consequences of this policy outside Europe, in bordering countries such as Morocco, in combination with other relevant dynamics at work. There, many refugees and other forced migrants experience the consequences of these externalisation policies, evenContinue reading “The externalisation of EU migration policy analysed from migrants’ perspectives – Ellen Desmet and Ruben Wissing”
The RAYUELA project: Making young people discover the dangers of the Internet through an online game – Jelle Janssens
What exactly is the RAYUELA Project? It is a project that allows children and young people to learn about the risks of the Internet through an online game. The project started in October 2020 and will run until September 2023. Until then, all partners are joining forces to learn more about cybercrime among children/young people andContinue reading “The RAYUELA project: Making young people discover the dangers of the Internet through an online game – Jelle Janssens”
Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making – Ellen Desmet
When children’s rights and state sovereignty meet in migration law, their relationship becomes fraught with tensions. This could be a key reason why 15 of the 16 communications on which the CRC Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted views pursuant to Article 10(5) of the Optional Protocol providing a Communications Procedure (CRC OP3), concern theContinue reading “Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making – Ellen Desmet”
Are we buying more drugs thanks to the internet? #darkweb – Charlotte Colman
You can buy drugs on the street, from a dealer, from friends. Or, in the year 2021, through the dark depths of the internet: the dark web. How difficult is it to order drugs from your armchair? How does it work? Who are the buyers? What do the police know about it? And doesn’t thisContinue reading “Are we buying more drugs thanks to the internet? #darkweb – Charlotte Colman”
Should we legalise all drugs? – Tom Decorte
Did you know that our drug law is already 100 years old? The idea is that the best way to tackle drug trafficking and drug use is to criminalise both supply and demand. Only…. this doesn’t seem to be working. Demand has only increased and the supply of drugs is bigger than ever. With aContinue reading “Should we legalise all drugs? – Tom Decorte”
Embracing strength over fear: Reframing the narrative of mentally ill offenders – Tom Vander Beken
Research on mentally ill offenders in different disciplines often focuses more on the concept of ‘delinquent’ than on ‘mentally ill’. It is important to change the way these subjects are approached in research and in society. The aim of the study was to embrace a strengths-based approach rather than a risk-based approach to this groupContinue reading “Embracing strength over fear: Reframing the narrative of mentally ill offenders – Tom Vander Beken”
Does the Geneva Convention say that all refugees must come to our places? – Ellen Desmet
Whenever the topic of refugees arises in politics or media, the “Geneva Convention” is quickly invoked. But is that always correct? What does this Convention really say? Or… What does it not say? And why is there always so much discussion about it? In this video, Professor of Migration Law Ellen Desmet elaborates on thisContinue reading “Does the Geneva Convention say that all refugees must come to our places? – Ellen Desmet”
Welcome at Crime@UGent!
Welcome on the first blog post of Crime@UGent. Through this blog, we want to tell you more about the research of our young and senior researchers who are member of the IDC Crime, Criminology and Criminal Policy. This way, we try to inform as many people as possible about these instructive researches. What is IDCContinue reading “Welcome at Crime@UGent!”