INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY
HISTORY
The Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law was established in 1954 as the first criminological institute in the former Yugoslavia. It was founded by the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana and although it soon became independent, it has always maintained very strong links with the founding faculty. From the very beginning, the institute’s main activities have been: research, teaching and dissemination of information, and organisation of library and documentation service. The institute employs professionals of different profiles: lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, specialist pedagogues, economists, philosophers and other social science professionals.
The First Congress of Criminal Law and Criminology Successfully Connects Theory and Practice
The event, which represents one of the most important efforts to connect theory and practice, brought together for the first time researchers with representatives of courts, prosecutors’ offices, police, ministries, services involved in the enforcement of criminal sanctions and the legal profession.
70th anniversary of the Institute of Criminology
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, the Institute published a special issue of the Journal of Criminology and Criminology.
Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar successful in obtaining prestigious ERC project
Researcher Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar has been successful in obtaining a prestigious ERC project. Her five-year project Sentrix – “Sentencing architecture: building a decision-making matrix” has received funding of more than EUR 1.5 million.
Conference Surveillance Studies Network 2024
Between May 29 and 31, the tenth international conference within the Surveillance Studies Network was held at the Faculty of Law, the local organizer of which was the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana.
Jasmina Arnež receives British Criminological Association award
Our researcher Jasmina Arnež received an award from the British Criminological Association for her book ‘Negotiating Class in Youth Justice’.
Acquisition of the new European project SOS4Democracy
The key objective of the project is to create an alliance of research and higher education institutions, civil society associations, and media organizations to strengthen scientific research on the increasingly prevalent authoritarian regimes in the countries of Southeastern Europe.
Visit of a delegation from Uzbekistan
At the Institute of Criminology, we welcomed a delegation from the Law Enforcement Academy in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) with the prospect of future cooperation.
Dr. Završnik receives prestigious annual award for best article
The Director of the Institute of Criminology, Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik, is the recipient of the prestigious annual award for the best article in the most important international journal in the field, the European Journal of Criminology.
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Dr. Kanduč receives recognition for significant contribution to the development and reputation of the Faculty of Security Sciences University of Maribor
Our researcher Dr. Zoran Kanduč is the recipient of an award for his significant contribution to the development and reputation of the Faculty of Security Sciences of the University of Maribor.
Institute of Criminology receives Privacy Ambassador Award
On European Privacy Day, the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana received the Privacy Ambassador Award from the Information Commissioner Mojca Prelesnik for its efforts in the field of personal data protection and privacy.
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Meeting of the Directors of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana
The Institute of Criminology was led by: dr. Avgust Munda (1954), dr. Hinko Lučovnik (1955-1960), dr. Katja Vodopivec (1960-1972), dr. Janez Pečar (1972-1993), dr. Alenka Šelih (1993-2004), dr. Matjaž Jager (2005-2019) and dr. Aleš Završnik (since 2019).
Aleš Završnik, plenary lecture at Cyberspace 2019, Brno
The conference brought together more than 300 participants from 4 continents, who enjoyed excellent contributions and discussions on cyberspace, cybersecurity, cyber warfare, and many other topics.
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Mojca Plesničar and Miha Hafner at a conference in Rovigo, Italy
Mojca Plesničar and Dragan Petrovec
At the annual meeting of the European Society of Criminology’s Sentencing Group in Barcelona, Spain.
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Matjaž Ambrož on a research visit to Tokyo, Japan
Researchers from the Institute of Criminology with colleagues at a conference in Cairo, Egypt
Alenka Šelih on conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alenka Šelih was the director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana from 1993 to 2004.
The history of Slovenian criminology dates back to the period before the First World War and is connected with the name and work of Dr. Metod Dolenc, a lawyer and doctor of law, who became interested in criminology under the influence of Dr. Hans Gross during his service in Graz in the years 1905–1914. It was during this period that he wrote the first articles on the psychology of confession and the development of auxiliary criminological sciences and published them in Slovenski pravnik. (Skaberne, 1961: 235) Following Gross’s example, he founded the Institute of Criminology at the University of Ljubljana in 1921, which he headed until his death in 1941. In 1925, Dr. Hinko Lučovnik was appointed to the Institute as a special assistant specialising in criminology, but the position was abolished in 1927 due to financial problems. Professor Dolenc also lectured on subjective and objective criminology at the Faculty of Law for nine years and can be considered the first Slovenian criminologist.
