Short bio
Joke Depraetere is a Ph.D. Fellow of the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO) at Ghent University. She received a Master’s Degree in Criminology and Sexology from the Catholic University of Leuven. Her research interests include male sexual violence victimization, particularly the risk factors, consequences, and specific influence of gender roles stereotypes on male sexual violence victimization.
Work details
- EMAIL: joke.depraetere@ugent.be
- TELEPHONE: +32 9 264 97 49
- TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
- ADRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
- ORCID: 0000-0001-6718-4324
Selected societal impact activities
Selected media
Selected events
Expertise
- Sexual victimization
- Male victims
- Gender roles
Selected projects
- 2018-2022 – PhD: “#MenToo. Explaining the prevalence, consequences and risk of sexual violence victimization in adult males. Assessing the prevalence and effects of male sexual victimization and the influence of stereotypical gender roles on male sexual victimization risks and consequences.”
- 2017-2018 – PhD researcher at the UN-MENAMAIS project
Selected publications
- Depraetere, J., Vandeviver, C., Beken, T. V., & Keygnaert, I. (2018). Big Boys Don’t Cry: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Male Sexual Victimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1524838018816979.
- Depraetere, J., Vandeviver, C., Vander Beken, T., & Keygnaert, I. (2018). Nood aan een kritisch Interpretatieve synthese : genderverschillen in prevalentiecijfers van seksueel geweld gekaderd. PANOPTICON, 39(5), 389–406
- Depraetere, J., Vander Beken, T., Keygnaert, I., & Vandeviver, C. (2018). Prevalence of sexual violence victimization and perpetration in females and males. In I. Keygnaert (Ed.), UN-MENAMAIS Literature review : understanding the mechanisms, nature, magnitude and impact of sexual violence in Belgium : a critical interpretative synthesis (pp. 61–97). Brussels: Belgian Science Policy.
Short bio
Tom Vander Beken is a lawyer and a criminologist with a PhD in law. Currently, he is a full professor in Criminology and Criminal Law and director of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP) within the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law of the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University. He is spokesman and promoter of the Ghent University Interdisciplinary Research Consortium Crime, Criminology and Criminal Policy (CCCP). He developed several research lines in criminology and criminal justice focusing on organized crime, prison systems, and criminal justice issues in an international and comparative perspective. Many of his studies take a special focus on vulnerable persons (mentally ill offenders, asylum seekers, victims,…)
Tom Vander Beken and his team have developed a growing interest and expertise in interdisciplinary research on (mental) health, geographical criminology, and sexual abuse. The research designs applied consist of both state of the art quantitative and qualitative methodologies.