Dr Yannick van den Brink

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Dr Yannick van den Brink is Associate Professor of Criminal Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He publishes and teaches widely on themes related to youth justice, criminal justice, criminology, children’s rights and human rights. From 2019 to 2022, he was a Rubicon Research Fellow at University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology, where he conducted research on (in)equality in youth justice decision-making. In addition to his academic work, Van den Brink serves as a deputy judge in the Youth Court of the District Court of The Hague.

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Publications

Van den Brink, Y.N. (2022). Different but equal? Exploring potential catalysts of disparity in remand decision-making in the youth court. Social & Legal Studies, 31(3), 477-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639211033709

Lynch, N., Van den Brink, Y.N., & Forde, L. (Eds.) (2022). Responses to Serious Offending by Children: Principles, Practice and Global Perspectives. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032107707

Van den Brink, Y.N. (2021). Equality in the Youth Court: Meaning, Perceptions and Implications of the Principle of Equality in Youth Justice. Youth Justice, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254211013420

Van den Brink, Y.N. (2021). Remand decision-making in the youth court: A comparative analysis of youth remand and bail in England & Wales and the Netherlands. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2021.100487

Van den Brink, Y.N., & Lynch, N. (2021). Beyond the Life Sentence - A Children's Rights Lens on Sentencing for Murder. International Journal of Children's Rights, 29(4), 972-1005. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-29040001

Van den Brink, Y.N. (2019). Young, Accused and Detained; Awful, But Lawful? Pre-Trial Detention and Children’s Rights Protection in Contemporary Western Societies. Youth Justice, 19(3), 238-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225419884658 

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