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Researcher
Kristel Beyens
- Research Expertise:
- Criminology
- Punishment
- Penal decsision making
- Prisons
- Community Punishment : Electronic Monitoring
- Technology and punishment
- Keywords:Law (incl. notarial studies)
- Disciplines:Punishment and criminal justice, Courts and sentencing
- Users of research expertise:
- Criminology
- Punishment
- Penal decsision making
- Prisons
- Community Punishment : Electronic Monitoring
- Technology and punishment
Affiliations
- Participation and Learning in Detention (Research group)
Member
From26 Apr 2021 → Today - Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (Research group)
Member
From31 Oct 2018 → Today - Crime & Society (Research group)
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From1 Jan 2024 → Today - Criminology (Department)
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From1 Jan 2024 → Today - Criminology (Department)
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From1 Jan 2020 → Today - Criminology (Department)
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From1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2024 - Criminology (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → Today - FORMER_Crime & Society (Research group)
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From9 May 2012 → Today - Criminology (Department)
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From1 Dec 2002 → 30 Sep 2003 - Criminology (Department)
Responsible
From1 Dec 1999 → 20 Oct 2022 - Criminology (Department)
Member
From15 Jan 1989 → 30 Sep 2004
Projects
1 - 10 of 18
- Saying your Goodbyes in Prison: Palliative care provision for people in Belgian prisonsFrom1 Nov 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Hervorming van de penitentiaire gezondheidszorg in BelgiëFrom1 Jul 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: Financial enterprises (banks, insurances, holdings….)
- Learning and working as punishmentFrom15 Mar 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: Flemish Parliament
- Network for comparative research on innovative detention policies and practicesFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO scientific research network
- The administrative power of (cr)immigration officers: A study of discretionary decision-making in the enforcement of (cr)immigration lawsFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Jail craft of prison officers in post-authoritarian prisons in Belgium and the Netherlands: a comparative researchFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2024Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- PUL-MOBIL: Producing urban legibilityFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: Brussels Capital Region
- Congres : Food in Prison. International and multidisciplinary perspectives. (Brussels, 21 September 2018 - 22 September 2018)From21 Jun 2018 → 31 Mar 2019Funding: International Cooperation and Mobility
- Crime & Society: New ChallengesFrom1 Nov 2017 → 31 Oct 2024Funding: University - Project driven research
- The point of (no) return? An ethnographic study of forced removal practices in immigration detention centres.From1 Oct 2016 → 30 Dec 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 159
- Prison ethnographies in Europe: Origins, developments and new approaches(2026)Series: Routledge International HandbooksPages: 195-209Number of pages: 15
- Experiencing the digitalized prison(2025)Published in: Punishment & SocietyISSN: 1462-4745Issue: 1462-4745
- Participatief actieonderzoek in de gevangenis: potentieel en uitdagingen(2025)Published in: Tijdschrift over Cultuur en CriminaliteitISSN: 2211-9507Issue: 2Volume: 2025Pages: 76-94
- Marooned at Work: The Impact of Prison Officer Isolation on Occupational Culture(2025)Published in: The Howard Journal of Crime and JusticeISSN: 2059-1098
- Why do detention rates rise or fall? A statistical and document analysis of the diverging Dutch and Belgian detention population trends between 2000 and 2020(2025)Published in: European Journal of CriminologyISSN: 1477-3708Pages: 1-26
- Between ideal and practice: What’s wrong with discretionary early release?(2025)Pages: 159-175Number of pages: 17
- Van leermaatregel naar gedragstraining. Een onderzoek naar de uitvoering van gedragstrainingen in Vlaanderen(2024)Number of pages: 184
- Leringen wekken, maar voorbeelden strekken. De gedragstrainingen in Vlaanderen belicht vanuit desistance-perspectief(2024)Published in: PanopticonISSN: 0771-1409Issue: 6Volume: 45Pages: 485-501
- Access to Activities in Belgian Prisons: Addressing The Needs of Incarcerated People Through Participatory Action Research(2024)Published in: Prison Service JournalISSN: 0300-3558Volume: 275Pages: 24-32
- Digitalization of Prison Life:(2024)Published in: PanopticonISSN: 0771-1409Issue: 5Volume: 45Pages: 443-463