Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

University of Twente and in 1995 he became professor of criminology at that university. From 1999 he has been director of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), a national research institute of the National Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). From that year till 2009 he also was professor of criminology of the faculty of Law of Leiden University. Bruinsma established and developed a bachelor and master program in criminology at Leiden University in the early 2000s. From September 2009 he has become professor of environmental criminology at the Vrije University of Amsterdam. He has been editor of various journals and had a great number of advisory and board positions in the field. He published many articles and books on criminological issues like criminological theory, juvenile delinquency, policing, organized crime and, geographic and historic criminology. In November 2009 he received the first Freda Adler Distinguished International Scholar Award van de Division of International Criminology van de American Society of Criminology.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND AREAS:
Karen Amendola, Police Foundation, Washington, DC, USA Psychology of Law Arjan Blokland, NSCR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Daniel S. Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Data, Methods, and Statistics Martin Killias, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland & Gwladys Gillieron, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Germany Social Interventions and Prevention Cynthia Lum, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA Crime Places and Situations Doris Mackenzie, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA Corrections and Criminal Justice Supervision in the Community Stephen Mastrofski, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAPolice and Law Enforcement Peter Neyroud CBE QPM, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Forensic Sciences Alex R. Piquero, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA Crimes, Criminals, and Victims Leslie Sebba, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Courts, Sentencing, and the Judicial System Sally S. Simpson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Explanations for Criminal Behavior