Projects
A particular practice of a constitutional dialogue: analysis of the judgments of ordinary and administrative judges following the Constitutional Court's finding of an unconstitutional legislative lacuna University of Antwerp
Tackling occupational crime: an interplay between corporate security and public law enforcement. A case study in the Belgian retail sector KU Leuven
As a consequence of the privatisation process, law enforcement is no longer a monopoly of the State. Given the fact that companies often prefer a private settlement of internal misconduct, the increasing role of the private security industry is especially noticeable with regard to the tackling of crime in businesses. This PhD research focusses on occupational crime in the retail sector, as a specific form of crime in businesses. Such crime ...
Effects on pupils of prevention and security policies in schools. KU Leuven
In a context where schools adopt more and more preventive and security policy and measures, this research project aims at finding out which effects these policies produce on pupils. At first, the prevention and security policy of a selection of schools were analyzed and categorized according to prevention and security typologies. In the same schools a survey took place to assess the potential effectiveness of the policies adapted by the ...
The right to silence of corporations KU Leuven
The research topic of this doctoral dissertation is the privilege against self-incrimination of corporations. The issue is highly relevant in view of the importance of corporations in society and the increasing use of corporate criminal liability. The research and theory on the substantive criteria of the criminal responsibility of corporations is not paralleled by corresponding research into the fair trial rights of corporations as criminal ...