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Researcher
Freya Vander Laenen
- Keywords:mental illness, Drug policy, vulnerable people in contact with the criminal justice system, professional secrecy, Prison, Forensic mental health, Vulnerable persons (because of substance use
- Disciplines:Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation, Courts and sentencing, Punishment and criminal justice
Affiliations
- Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → 14 May 2023 - Department of Penal law and criminology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2001 → 30 Sep 2014 - Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology (Department)
Member
From1 Apr 1997 → 31 May 1998
Projects
1 - 10 of 27
- Climbing the ladder of participation in prison: applying Participatory Action Research to drug-related harm reductionFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- The impact of the prison environment on drug use in womenFrom1 Nov 2022 → 30 Aug 2024Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Considering ethnicity in forensic mental health care: Experiences of migrant and ethnic minority service users and their service providersFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Substance Use and Mental Health care InTegration, a study of service networks in mental health and substance use disorders in Belgium, their accessibility, and the user's needs (SUMHIT)From15 Dec 2020 → 15 Sep 2023Funding: Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs
- "RECOvery in PRISon-bis - Evaluation pilotproject 'Substance abuse treatment for persons in detention'From16 Nov 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Ministery of Social Affairs, Public Health and Environment
- UGent Human Rights Research NetworkFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- Prevalence and effects of performance enhancing drugs in different groups: lessons for a preventive and curative policy in Belgium - PREVPEDFrom1 Feb 2019 → 31 Mar 2020Funding: Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs
- Evaluation of pilot projects 'drug assistance for persons in detention' (RECO-PRIS)From1 Jan 2019 → 30 Jun 2020Funding: Ministery of Social Affairs, Public Health and Environment
- The evaluation of the Belgian Drug PolicyFrom15 Dec 2018 → 15 Dec 2021Funding: Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs
- Needs assessment of drug users in GhentFrom19 Nov 2018 → 16 Aug 2019Funding: Cities and Municipalities
Publications
1 - 10 of 322
- Navigating ethnic diversity in forensic mental health care : a qualitative perspective on professional approaches and needs(2025)Published in: JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITIES, AND REHABILITATIONISSN: 2997-9668Issue: 8Volume: 64Pages: 582 - 601
- Correlates and stability of recovery capital among persons in long-term recovery from drug addiction(2024)Series: International handbooks of quality-of-lifePages: 421 - 434
- The ambiguous nature of contextual dynamics during drug addiction recovery : a qualitative study of personal narratives(2024)Published in: JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUESISSN: 1945-1369Issue: 4Volume: 54Pages: 608 - 627
- Culturally sensitive forensic mental healthcare for racialized people labeled as Not Criminally Responsible : a scoping review(2023)Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTHISSN: 1932-9903Issue: 4Volume: 22Pages: 276 - 288
- 'Watch out for the boogieman' : stigma and substance use recovery among migrants and ethnic minorities(2023)Published in: JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYISSN: 1099-1298Issue: 3Volume: 33Pages: 571 - 586
- Een evaluatie van het Belgisch drugsbeleid : blijven de beleidsintenties overeind?(2023)Published in: PANOPTICONISSN: 0771-1409Issue: 3Volume: 44Pages: 165 - 184
- Tailoring the continuum of care for substance use problems to persons with an Islamic migration background : a co-creative case study(2023)Published in: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRYISSN: 1664-0640Volume: 14
- Drughulpverlening in de gevangenis : welke richting moeten we uit?(2022)Published in: VERSLAVING & HERSTELISSN: 2736-5832Issue: 4Volume: 2Pages: 8 - 14
- De evaluatie van sociale criminaliteitspreventie : een gids voor de praktijk(2022)Published in: PANOPTICONISSN: 0771-1409Issue: 4Volume: 43Pages: 399 - 403
- Are mentally disordered offenders admitted to appropriate secure settings according to security needs? A cross sectional study in Belgium(2022)Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTHISSN: 1932-9903Issue: 3Volume: 21Pages: 307 - 319