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Marleen Weulen Kranenbarg is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research centers on cybercrime, particularly related to the differences between traditional and cyber offenders, the influence of online and offline peers, the impact of information technology education, and ethical hacking. She completed her PhD dissertation on the empirical comparison between cyber offenders and traditional offenders at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement in 2018. Her significant contribution to the field has been recognized through the award of a prestigious VENI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, which supports her ongoing research project focusing on the life-course, cultural, and situational factors that lead to non-criminal hacking behavior. Notably, she has authored textbooks on the subject of cybercrime, including both Dutch and English titles. In addition to her academic pursuits, Kranenbarg is active in various ancillary roles, including board membership in working groups related to cybercrime prevention and serving on editorial boards for scholarly publications.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • Amsterdam, Netherlands
Conducting research and teaching in the field of Criminology with a focus on cybercrime.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.