Criminal Mindhunters

We address criminological issues with insights from modern criminology and professionals from the field. We focus on practical applications and current events; for example, how can the riots in Amsterdam around the Ajax – Maccabi Tel Aviv football match be explained? What could the authorities have done to prevent the riots? How can judicial errors (like the Marianne Vaatstra case) be prevented? What can be done against organized crime?What kind of influence has the geopolitical tenson on crime in The Netherlands? In collaboration with professionals from the field, we examine these and other themes in criminology and look for practical interventions. Our focus is always on practical applications and future issues.

• You will learn to apply criminological theories to explain crime and explore preventive solutions.
• You will gain insight into the influence of geopolitical tensions.
• Practising professionals will give examples of interventions during inspiring guest lectures.

This course forms part of the Integrated Safety Science programme in Assen. On this course, you will be working alongside full-time and part-time students.

The course is a semester module consisting about 15 sessions. Participants work in areas such as the police, fire brigade, safety region, defence, healthcare institutions, penitentiary institutions/compulsory framework and the security industry. Due to the diverse composition of the groups, you will also learn a lot from each other. Everyone contributes their own practical experience. Asking for, receiving, processing and giving feedback, including among each other, is an important learning element.