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M.M. Boone is Professor of Criminology at Institute of Criminal Law and Criminilogy

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Judges on politically sensitive descisions

How do judges themselves feel about the political sensitivity of their decisions?

Miranda Boone • July 19, 2022

Machtsmisbruik: lessen uit de criminologie

De taferelen die zich volgens de talrijke mediaberichten hebben afgespeeld bij 'The Voice of Holland', doen ons allemaal huiveren. Ook voor onze faculteit is het aanleiding medewerkers nog eens te wijzen op de loketten waar zij terecht kunnen bij confrontatie met grensoverschrijdend gedrag.

Miranda Boone • February 03, 2022

Why the murderer of a Dutch politician does not have to report to the Probation Service any longer

A Dutch judge has decided that the murderer of a populist politician killed in 2002, no longer has to report to the Probation Service, two years before his sentence was due to end. This is considered from a legal, societal and humane perspective.

Miranda Boone • June 22, 2018

China from a penal and criminological perspective

Recently a small delegation from our faculty visited several universities in Shanghai and Shangdong Law Shool in Qingdao. This blog describes the perception of one of the delegates.

Miranda Boone • November 24, 2017