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Vere van Koppen is Associate Professor of Criminology at the Criminal Law and Criminology department, Faculty of Law. She is Programme Director of the BSc in Criminology.
Vere completed her Bachelor in Psychology at Leiden University, after which she did a Masters in Methods and Statistics (cum laude) at the same university. She obtained her PhD at the NSCR and Research and Documentation Center of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice.
Research
Vere van Koppen conducts research within the field of life-course criminology. Recently, she finalized multiple studies into incidences and offenders of and responses to (sexual) child abuse and domestic violence. Earlier, she conducted research into the life-course and involvement mechanisms of organized crime offenders. In 2013, she obtained her PhD and received the PhD Award from the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime for her PhD thesis Pathways into organized crime: Criminal opportunities and adult-onset offending. In 2014, she was awarded a VENI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research for her research on the criminal careers and correlates of adult-onset offending.
Education
Vere teaches different courses in the Criminology and in the Law in Society programs. In 2019, she developed two new courses for the Law in Society program. She currently teaches Quantitative methods in criminology in the BSc (Kwantitatieve methoden en technieken in de criminology, BSc in Criminology) and Methology of empirical research (BSc Law in Society).
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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What we know about child maltreatment perpetrators: A scoping review of research focus and gaps
van Gurp, J., van Koppen, V., Schoonmade, L. J., Vonk, M. & Harte, J. M., Apr 2026, In: Aggression and Violent Behavior. 87, p. 1-18 18 p., 102122.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Prison Violence Recidivism Among Male Detainees After Discharge From a High-Security and High-Restricted Prison Facility
Van Der Vorst, E., Van Koppen, M. V., Kuin, N. C. & Harte, J. M., 25 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Change in Clinical Risk Factors During Stay and Treatment in a Penitentiary Psychiatric Center
Slootmaker, J., van Koppen, V. & Harte, J., Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 69, 9, p. 1333-1347 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Exploring the Criminal Life Course of Uncontrollably Violent Detained Persons
van der Vorst, E., van Koppen, V., Kuin, N. C. & Harte, J., Dec 2024, In: Criminal Justice and Behavior. 51, 12, p. 1899-1917 19 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Domestic Violence During the Corona Pandemic: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Incidents of Domestic Violence in the Netherlands
van Koppen, V., Bruggeman, M., Houston, R. & Harte, J., Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 68, 13-14, p. 1421-1437 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Courses
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Kwantitatieve methoden en technieken van criminologisch onderzoek
van Koppen, V. 1/09/25 → 31/08/26
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Activities
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Do life course transitions affect different types of offenders differently? Examining the effects of marriage, divorce, parenthood and employment in early onset, normative onset, and late onset offenders
van Koppen, M. (Speaker) & Blokland, A. A. J. (Speaker)
20 Sept 2019Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Between legal and illegal business: Entrepeneurship among organized crime offenders – An exploratory study based on register data.
van der Geest, V. (Speaker), van Koppen, M. (Speaker), Kleemans, E. R. (Speaker) & Kruisbergen, E. W. (Speaker)
19 Sept 2019Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Criminele carrières van vroege en late starters in de criminaliteit
van Koppen, M. (Speaker)
21 Jun 2018Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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De weg naar georganiseerde misdaad
van Koppen, M. (Invited speaker)
19 Feb 2017Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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The neglected case of adult onset: Investigating late starters in crime.
van Koppen, M. (Speaker)
27 May 2016Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Prizes / Grants
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PhD Student Award. International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC)
van Koppen, M. V. (Recipient), 2013
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic