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Marianne Hirsch Ballin studied law at Utrecht University, graduating with a Legal Research Master's degree in 2007, with honors. She completed her PhD in 2012 at the same institution, with her dissertation titled 'Anticipative Criminal Investigation. Theory Counterterrorism Practice Netherlands United States,' which was awarded the Siracusa Prize in 2014 by the AIDP/IAPL. From 2011 to 2018, she practiced as a lawyer at Pels Rijcken. Since 2018, she holds the position of Full Professor of Criminal Law and heads the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In recent years, she has focused on modernizing the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure, contributing as a member of the Letschert Committee. Since 2021, she has been bridging the gap between academia and practice through her work as a lawyer at Pels Rijcken, in addition to serving on the board of the National Committee 4 and 5 May.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • Amsterdam, NL
Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology.
Pels Rijcken • Den Haag, NL
Provided legal expertise in criminal law matters.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.