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The cyberattack that struck our university on January 11, 2025, was repelled through quick and vigilant action.

Put two eyewitnesses of a crime together in an interview, and there's a good chance they'll provide relevant new information for a police investigation.

Police officers in the Netherlands are rarely brought before the criminal court, and the country does not assess incidents of police violence according to the standards set by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Investigative genetic genealogy is gaining traction as a revolutionary technique for identifying perpetrators of serious crimes.

University of Twente has investigated the decision-making processes of victims forced to pay ransom following ransomware attacks.

In an open letter addressed to Greek and EU authorities, 300 academics turn their attention to the migrant shipwreck of 14 June 2023 off the coast of Pylos, Greece, resulting in the loss of an estimated 650 lives.

Women are in the minority in closed treatment facilities (TBS) and other forms of forensic care worldwide.

On 17 March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued a warrant for Putin's arrest.

The FORT-PORT (Focusing On the Right Things in the Port of Rotterdam) project, in which government organisations, (port) companies, and scientists work together to tackle cocaine trafficking, human sm

11:30 Publication Dr. Naomi Oosterman (Arts & Culture Studies) and Dr. Donna Yates (Maastricht University) published a new edited volume titled "Art Crime in Context".

When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition's Brain & Law event.