Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law

Projects

Current Projects

Harmful corporate practices: A case study of the emerging legal cannabis industry (2018-2025)

The market and profit analysis of the illicit indoor cannabis cultivation and trade (MARCANT) (2020-2024)

DrugInt: Substance use interventions for applicants for international protection (2023-2025)

Substance use recovery and social recovery capital among refugees (2023-2028)

Finished Projects

MATREMI – Mapping and enhancing substance use treatment for migrants & ethnic minorities (2019)

The symbolic crusade of policing drugs. On the legitimacy to criminalize drugs and the self-legitimacy of ‘drug detectives’. (2019-2021)

Out of business or business as usual? Illicit cannabis suppliers in a legalized cannabis market (2020-2023)

ACCESS - Equitable substance use treatment for Migrants and ethnic minorities: a policy analysis (2018-2022)

Youth perceptions on recreational or non-medical use of psychoactive medications (YOUTH-PUMED) (2020-2021)

Cannabis Social Clubs’ presence, ties, and practices within the European Union (2019-2021)

Self-reported medicinal cannabis use in Flanders. A study of user profiles and patterns of use (2015-2019)

Assessment of alternative models of regulation of alcohol marketing in Belgium (2016-2018)

Comparative analysis of cannabis regulation models in Europe (2017)

Cannabis self regulation in a harm reduction perspective (2017)

Informal control mechanisms among cocaine and crack users (1996 - 1999)

Patterns of cannabis use in Flanders (2002 - 2003)

Drugs and nuisance (2002 - 2003)

The development of patterns of cocaine use (2002 - 2004)

Problematic drug use (2003 - 2004)

Implementation and evaluation of the Self-Control Information Programme (2002 - 2004)

Safe injection facility in Antwerp (2004)

Synthetic drugs (2003 - 2004)

Cocaine and amphetamine type stimulants within the European prison systems (2005 - 2006)

Cannabis cultivation in Flanders (2004 - 2006)

Treatment trajectories of ethnic minorities in substance abuse treatment (2006 - 2007)

Development of a drug and alcohol monitor (ADAM) (2007)

Drug use among (Iranian) refugees in Belgium (2005 - 2007)

Feasibility of a repetitive prevalence study among the general population (2007-2008)

Genderanalysis drug use among women (2004 - 2009)

Antwerp Monitor Youth, Alcohol and Drugs (AMYAD) (2009)

Antwerp Drug and Alcohol Monitor (ADAM II) (2010)

Follow-up study cocaine (2008 - 2010)

Prisoner culture, drug use and drug traffic within a Flemish prison (2009-2011)

Drug use among female sex workers in Belgium (2008-2011)

Antwerp Monitor Youth, Alcohol and Drugs (AMYAD II) (2011)

Local Retail Drug market in Antwerp  (LODA) (2012)

Cannabis production in Belgium: assessment of the nature and harms, and implications for priority setting (CANMARKT) (2012-2013)

Needs assessment harm reduction in the city of Ghent (2013-2014)

Cannabis social clubs (CSC's) in Belgium (2014-2015)

The intersection between science and policy: the role of epidemiology in national drug policy in Belgium (2009 - 2015)

Drug Monitor Turnhout (2015-2016)

Patterns of drug use among (ethnic and cultural) minorities (PADUMI) (2015-2016)

Social supply among young cannabis users (2012-2015)

Youth justice discourses on young people with migration background (2010-2016)

(Il)licit drugs and social media: framing and agenda-setting through Twitter (2016-2017)

Feasibility study on drug consumption rooms in Belgium (2017)

Cannabis Social Clubs in Belgium: a study of the organization of collective cannabis cultivation for personal use and characteristics of club members (2015-2018)