Hans Nelen

Hans Nelen is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Between 1986 and the beginning of 2001, Nelen was employed as a senior researcher and research supervisor at the Research and Documentation Centre of the Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands (WODC). Between 2001 and 2006, he was a senior lecturer/associate professor and senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology of the VU University Amsterdam. Since January 1 2007, Nelen has been working as a Professor of Criminology at Maastricht University (UM). He is also the Director of the Maastricht Institute for Criminal Sciences (MICS) and the Chair of the Centre for Information and Research on Organized Crime (CIROC).

Nelen has conducted research and published extensively on a variety of criminological subjects, including drugs, corruption, fraud, organized crime and corporate crime.

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Hans Nelen is als hoogleraar criminologie verbonden aan de faculteit der rechtsgeleerdheid van Maastricht University. Hij beweegt zich qua onderzoeksactiviteiten in het bijzonder op het terrein van de georganiseerde criminaliteit, organisatiecriminaliteit en evaluatieonderzoek.