Ghent University launched thematic interdisciplinary consortia with focus on
societal impact (IDC). The IDC Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy is one of the
first consortia founded in 2013. Based at the Faculty of Law and Criminology the
IDC Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy deals with the domain of deviance and its
(policy) response, including the areas of crime and security. The consortium brings
together 21 professors and their staff from different disciplines in six departments
working inter-disciplinary on security, crime and deviance related topics in local,
national, European and international contexts.
In close cooperation with several Ghent University based research institutes the
consortium combines available knowledge and expertise at Ghent University on
crime, deviance and security.
The range of topics covers e.g. criminal justice systems and criminal policy, drugs,
evaluation of crime and P/CVE initiatives, cybercrime, big data, security,
technology, data protection and privacy, intelligence services and private security,
policing, financial crime, geography of crime and crime control, crime science,
transnational organised crime, incarceration, forensic social welfare and forensic
mental health care, youth justice and children’s rights, sexual violence, risk
management security research policy.
The consortium fosters knowledge exchange and knowledge translation,
strengthening societal value creation leading to societal impact and stimulates
synergies and cooperation with academic, policy and practice partners from
different disciplines
