Luka Gal Prestor
researcher
Luka Gal Prestor is a research assistant at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and a trainee lawyer at the Supreme Court in Ljubljana. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and, after completing his postgraduate studies, works simultaneously as a researcher and legal trainee. In his master’s thesis, which he successfully defended in September 2023, he examined the punishment of violent dissocial offenders. His research area and interests cover a range of criminological and criminal law topics, with a particular focus on the psychopathology of offenders, the assessment of criminal responsibility, the intersection of law, psychology and mental disorders, and broader issues related to punishment and organized crime.
Fields of research
- Prestor, L. G., Arnež, J., & Mihelj Plesničar, M. (2024, October–December). Putting people behind closed doors: An analysis of social care detention in Slovenia. Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology, 75(4), 316–331.
- Prestor, L. G., & Jurič, M. (2023, April 24). Magnitsky – A parable about Putin with a lowercase “p”. Pamfil: Newspaper of the Law Faculty Students in Ljubljana, [Online edition], [21 pages].
- Mihelj Plesničar, M., & Prestor, L. G. (2024). Child sexual abuse in Slovenia: Characteristics of offenders and victims through the lens of court decisions. In A. Šelih, K. Filipčič, & L. Briški (Eds.), The child as a victim of criminal acts (pp. 71–92, 168–169, 176–177). Ljubljana: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law; Faculty of Law. (Studies, No. 42)
Participation in projects:
- The Challenges of processing Human Trafficking in Slovenia (1. 10. 2024 – 30. 9. 2025) – head: dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
