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About Karlijn Kuijpers

Karlijn Kuijpers received her Ph.D. in victimology from Tilburg University, the Netherlands in 2011. Prior to joining the faculty at UMSL, she worked as an assistant professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her main research interest involves crime victimization, with a particular focus on the risk of intimate partner violence. She is also interested in the victim-offender overlap and perceptions on victims/victimization.

Positions

Present Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2017 - 2017 Intimate Partner Violence among Romantic Couples
College of Arts & Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Research Award
Role: Principle Investigator
$8,861
2016 - 2017 Crime, Law, and Urban Change in a Global Context
College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Curriculum Grant
Role: Principle Investigator
Colleague(s): Matt Vogel
$4,328
2013 - 2015 Work-related Stress among a Special Group of Police Officers in the Netherlands (Family Liaison Police Officers)
Police and Science
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Maarten Kunst and Barbara Zwirs
$102,789.29
2012 - 2015 Victims' Satisfaction with Police and Its Effects on Victims' Emotional Well-being and Willingness to Cooperate with the Police
Police and Science
Role: Co-investigator
Colleague(s): Maarten Kunst
$80,496.23
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Organizer, Study Abroad Program "Criminology and Criminal Justice in the Netherlands," UMSL
2017 - 2018 Fellow, Office of International Studies and Programs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
2014 - 2015 Coordinator, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University
2013 Supervisor, Talent Program Leiden Law School, Leiden University
2006 - 2007 Researcher, International Victimology Institute Tilburg, Tilburg University
2006 Psychologist, Department of Medical Psychology, Amphia Hospital Breda
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Courses

  • Research Methods for Public Administration Scholars
  • Leiden Law Practices
  • Nature, Extent and Consequences of Crime
  • Criminological Research Methods II
  • Victims in the Criminal Justice System
  • Forensic Victimology
  • Comparative Criminology
  • Victimology
  • Violence against Women
  • Crime, Law, and Urban Change in a Global Context

Education

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2011 PhD, Tilburg University ‐ International Victimology Institute
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2006 MSc, Tilburg University ‐ Pscyhology and Mental Health
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2005 BSc, Tilburg University ‐ Psychology
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Research Works (21)