Janna Verbruggen

Dr. Janna Verbruggen is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Faculty of Law, Department of Criminology. She previously held roles as Senior Lecturer (2018–2019) and Lecturer (2014–2018) at Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences and was a researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Department of Criminal Law and Criminology. Her academic journey includes a PhD (2013) on employment and crime in high-risk youths, funded by the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR).

Education:

• Bachelor in Developmental Psychology
• Bachelor and Master in Criminology

Research Interests:

• Intimate Partner Violence
• Stalking
• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Life Course Criminology
• Desistance from Crime

Her work integrates longitudinal studies and life-course approaches, including an ESRC-funded project on IPV perpetration trajectories and a Welsh Government study on youth sexual exploitation outcomes.

Awards:

• ESC European Journal of Criminology Best Article of 2020 Award (2021)

Teaching & Leadership:

• Coordinator of the Master's in Criminology and thesis program
• Course developer for Law in Society programs (Criminology, Qualitative Research Methods)

Labs & Affiliations:

• A-LAB
• Empirical and Normative Studies