Sonja Snacken

Sonja Snacken is a Belgian criminologist who is professor of criminology, penology and the sociology of law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she also served as vice-rector for international policy from 2016 to 2018. A founding member of the European Society of Criminology, she served as its president from 2004 to 2005, and her research on penal policy across Europe combines empirical social science with human rights analysis of sentencing and the implementation of custodial and non-custodial sanctions. She has been involved in more than forty research projects at the European, national and local level and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Liege and the University of Glasgow.