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Vere van Koppen is an Associate Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specializing in Criminology and Criminal Law. With a PhD obtained from the NSCR Research Documentation Center, under the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, she conducts significant research in life-course criminology. Her work often focuses on understanding the incidences of offenders' responses, particularly in areas such as sexual child abuse and domestic violence. In 2013, she was honored with the PhD Award from the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime for her thesis, which explored the pathways to organized crime and criminal opportunities associated with adult-onset offending. Additionally, Dr. van Koppen was awarded a VENI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research in 2014, which supported her research on criminal careers and the correlates of adult-onset offending. She is actively involved in teaching, currently developing and delivering courses in Quantitative Methods for Criminology and Methodology of Empirical Research in the Law and Society programs. Her commitment to research and education has contributed significantly to the field of criminology over the years.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.