Darja Tadič

Researcher

Darja Tadič is a researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana and an assistant professor at the Department of Social Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana. She graduated in social pedagogy at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, and received her PhD in criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. Her research focuses primarily on topics in the fields of penology, prisons, penal institutions and practices, as well as the contexts of psychosocial distress in young people and other related areas of social pedagogy and criminology.

Fields of research

Penology, prisons, punishment, youth.

Current projects:

  • Training Professionals in Juvenile Justice: Gap Analysis and Building a Multidisciplinary Approach (1. 9. 2025 – 31. 8. 2027) – project leader: dr. Jasmina Arnež
  • Analysis of the treatment of perpetrators of domestic violence – project leader: dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar

Past projects:

  • Measuring social climate in prisons: methods, procedures and practice (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2025) – project leader: dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
  • Validation of a screening tool for risk assessment in penitentiary institutions (1. 10. 2024 – 30. 9. 2025) – project leader: dr. Dean Lipovac
  • Trasformation of secure units into community services for adults and childen with disabilities   (1. 10. 2023 – 31. 3. 2025) – project leader: dr. Vera Grebenc
  • Conditional release and practice in Slovenia – project leader: dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar

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