Short bio
Jelle Janssens holds an MS in Criminology (2005), an MS in Public Management (2006) and a Ph.D. in Criminology (2013). His research focusses on transitional justice, radicalization, organized crime, outlaw motorcycle gangs, corruption, police reform in Belgium and abroad. He provides expertise to the European Network for the Administrative Approach against Organized Crime and the European Commission.
Work details
- EMAIL: jelle.janssens@ugent.be
- TELEPHONE: +32 9 264 69 59
- TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
- ADRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
- ORCID: 0000-0002-7841-994X
Selected societal impact activities
- Research and consultancy on the reform of local police forces in Belgium.
- Public lectures on current research (human trafficking, outlaw motorcycle gangs, police reform) to a non-academic audience.
- Research and consultancy on organised crime and administrative approaches towards organised crime (the city of Antwerp, Field Lab Team in Limburg, Graydon)
Selected media
- 29/08/2019 – Radio 1: Weet ik veel met Kobe Ilsen over criminele motorbendes
- 13/05/2019 – Het Laatste Nieuws (newspaper) – “Te weinig oefengeweren. Dus schieten we met onze vingers en roepen pang pang”
- 12/03/2019 – Belga – “In beslag genomen bitcoins hadden bijna 2 miljoen euro kunnen opbrengen”
Selected events
Expertise
- Organized crime and corruption
- Police reform and security policies
- Transitional justice
Selected projects
- 2019 – Haalbaarheidsstudie schaalvergroting politiezones Noordwest- en Zuid-Limburg – Provincie Limburg
- 2017-2018 – Schaalvergroting van de politiezones – Ministerie Binnenlandse Zaken
- 2017-2018 – FINOCA 2.0 – Financing Organised Crime Activities – focus on Human Trafficking – DG Home ISFP
Selected publications
- Raets, S., & Janssens, J. (2019). The financial approach to tackling trafficking in human beings. In O. Shentov, A. Rusev, & G. Antonopoulos (Eds.), Financing of organised crime : human trafficking In focus (pp. 97–108). Sofia, Bulgaria: Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD).
- Janssens, Jelle, Wittevrongel, F., & Cools, M. (Eds.). (2019). De schaalgrootte van lokale politiezones. Oud-Turnhout/’s-Hertogenbosch: Gompel&Svacina.
- Janssens, Jelle, & Colman, C. (2018). Het hobbelige parcours van bestuurlijke handhaving van georganiseerde criminaliteit en informatie-uitwisseling in België: al puzzelend naar een sluitend model. Panopticon, 39(4), 360–372.