Jasmina Arnež
Researcher
Jasmina is a Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, and the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. Jasmina’s research focuses on youth culture, youth crime, the links between school exclusion and youth offending, and the effectiveness and fairness of responses to juvenile delinquency, focusing on understanding and preventing systemic discrimination against children. Jasmina is also interested in applying Bourdieu and critical sociology to criminology, comparative criminology, crime policy, and translating criminological theories into practice.
Jasmina graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. She passed the State Bar Examination, after which she worked for several years as a judicial advisor at the District Court in Ljubljana (Criminal Division). After completing her M.Phil, D.Phil, and ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, Jasmina first joined Keele University as a Lecturer in Criminology before commencing her research at the Institute of Criminology Ljubljana in 2022.
In 2022, Jasmina published a monograph titled Negotiating Class in Youth Justice: Professional Practice and Interactions with Routledge Criminology & Sociology. The book explores how class shapes interactions between professionals, parents, and young people in the youth justice system.
In 2023, Jasmina received the 2023 British Society of Criminology (BSC) Book Prize. You can find more information about the book here.
Fields of research
Youth crime, crime and the family, youth justice, discrimination based on personal circumstances and protected characteristics (social class, gender, nationality and ethnicity, disabilities, etc.), Bourdieu and critical sociology, comparative criminology, crime policy, and alternative responses to youth offending.
2024
- Prestor, L. G., Arnež, J., & Mihelj Plesničar, M. (2024). Putting people behind closed doors: An analysis of social care detention in Slovenia. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 75(4), 316–331. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2024/04/RKK2024-04_LukaGalPrestor_PutingPeopleBehindClosedDoors.pdf
- Arnež, J., & Mihelj Plesničar, M. (2024). Razkorak med teorijo in prakso: Empirični vpogled v obravnavo mladoletnih storilcev kaznivih dejanj v Sloveniji. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 75(1), 57–71. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2024/01/RKK2024-01_JasminaArnez_EmpiricniVpogledVObravnavoMladoletnihStorilcev.pdf
- Arnež, J. (2024). Otroci kot storilci kaznivih dejanj: (Ne)ustreznost kazenskopravnega odziva. V A. Šelih, K. Filipčič in L. Briški (ur.), Otrok kot žrtev kaznivih ravnanj (str. 147–163, 171, 179). Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti, Pravna fakulteta.
2023
- Arnež, J. (2023). Negotiating class in youth justice: Professional practice and interactions. Abingdon (Oxon); New York (NY): Routledge. Dostopno tukaj: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003157373
2021
- Arnež, J., & Condry, R. (2021). Criminological perspectives on school exclusion and youth offending. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 26(1), 87–100. Dostopno tukaj: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632752.2021.1905233
Current projects:
- FOSTER: Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through Collaborative Networks
(1. 6. 2024 – 31. 5. 2026) – project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež -
SOS4Democracy: Družbene vede za demokracijo: program usposabljanja za krepitev raziskovanja neliberalnih sistemov in iskanje načinov za izgradnjo močnejših demokracij (1. 9. 2023 – 31. 8. 2027) – vodja: dr. Vasja Badalič
- Advancing Youth Justice Systems: Cross-National and Global Strategies for Inclusivity and Fairness (AYJS-CNGSIF) (1. 1. 2025 – 31. 12. 2026) – project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež
- Democratizing Knowledge: Fostering Global Cooperation through Criminological Research between Slovenia and the USA (DK: SLO-USA) (1. 7. 2024 – 30. 6. 2026) – project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež
- Addressing peer violence: A systemic approach to providing a lasting safe and supportive school environment (1. 10. 2023 – 31. 3. 2026) – project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež
Slovenia – England: Innovations in the field of youth criminal justice and justice (1. 5. 2023 – 28. 2. 2026) – project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež - Measuring social climate in prisons: methods, procedures and practice (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2025) – project leader: Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
- Trasformation of secure units into community services for adults and childen with disabilities (1. 10. 2023 – 31. 3. 2025) – project leader: Dr. Vera Grebenc
- Social control, criminal justice system, violence and the prevention of victimizations in the context of high technology market society (1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2027) – project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- The Infrastructure Programme for the domain of criminality, crime and penal policy of the Institute of Criminology (1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2027) – project leader: Dr. Matjaž Jager
Past projects:
- PREVENTIVE (IN)JUSTICE: THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND SOCIAL HARMS (1. 9. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023) – project leader: Dr. Vasja Badalič
