Lora Briški
Researcher
Lora Briški is a researcher at the Institute of Criminology and an assistant professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. She has studied Law at the University of Ljubljana. After completing her postgraduate studies, she worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Criminology. She also completed an internship at the Ljubljana High Court during this time. She graduated with a thesis on the possibilities of modifying the dispute parameters during the criminal trial. Since starting her PhD in 2019, she has worked on a number of research projects at the Institute of Criminology, including a study on sexual offences, psychological mechanisms in the legal context, and consistency of sentencing in criminal proceedings.
Fields of research
criminal procedural law, criminal justice decision-making, sexual criminal law, sexual and violent crime
2025
- Briški, L. (2025). Modification of criminal charges: European line between a Kafkaesque process and a fair trial. New Journal of European Criminal Law. https://doi.org/10.1177/20322844251348130
- Briški, L. (2025). Redistribution of responsibility in framing criminal charges? An empirical study of the modifications of charges during criminal trial in Slovenia. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 34(1), 11–27. https://doi.org/10.17951/sil.2025.34.1.11-27
- Briški, L. (2025). Limits of modifying the description of a criminal offence from the indictment to the judgment: Fulfilling the requirement of objective identity between indictment and judgment. Pravnik: Revija za pravno teorijo in prakso, 80(1/2), 79–101, 123–124.
- Briški, L., & Mihelj Plesničar, M. (2025). The interplay between the legislature and the courts in shaping penal policy: An analysis of the initial effects of changes to the criminalisation of prohibited crossing of the state border or territory. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 76(1), 5–18. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2025/01/RKK2025-01_LoraBriski_MedigraZakonodajalcaInSodisc.pdf
2024
- Briški, L. (2024). The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant’s position. Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine, 96(3), 819–837. https://doi.org/10.5937/gakv96-48094
- Završnik, A., Briški, L., & Mihelj Plesničar, M. (2024). Digitalisation of the Slovenian justice system and its discontents. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 75(4), 277–289. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2024/04/RKK2024-4_AlesZavrsnik_DigitalisationOfTheSLOJusticeSystem.pdf
- Drobnjak, M., & Briški, L. (2024). Are ethical standards on Covid-19 triage shaped by one’s profession or age group? A survey of the Slovenian public. In R. Salecl (Ed.), Legal, ethical and medical aspects of triage: Whom to save during a pandemic? (pp. 129–155). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73754-1_7
- Briški, L. (2024). The position of the child as a victim in criminal proceedings. In A. Šelih, K. Filipčič, & L. Briški (Eds.), Otrok kot žrtev kaznivih ravnanj [The child as a victim of criminal acts] (pp. 122–135, 170, 178). Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti; Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti; Pravna fakulteta.
2021
- Briški, L. (2021). Rape myths in Slovenian courts. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 72(2), 105–116. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2021/02/RKK2021-02_LoraBriski_StareotipiOPosilstvuNaSlovenskihSodiscih.pdf
2020
- Briški, L. (2020). From an overlooked to an empowered procedural subject? The revival of the victim in criminal proceedings. Pravnik: Revija za pravno teorijo in prakso, 75(11/12), 875–894, 955–956. http://www.revija-pravnik.si/od-spregledanega-do-opolnomocenega-procesnega-subjekta-preporod-oskodovanca-v-kazenskem-postopku-14-11-2020.html
- Briški, L., Ambrož, M., & Salecl, R. (2020). Whom to save during a pandemic? Ethical and criminal law aspects of triage. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo, 71(3), 183–193. https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2020/03/RKK2020-03_LoraBriski_KogaResevatiVCasuPandemije.pdf
Current projects:
FOSTER: Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through Collaborative Networks
(1. 6. 2024 – 31. 5. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Jasmina Arnež- The Rise of Illiberal Democracies: A Criminological and Socio-legal Analysis (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Vasja Badalič
- Unofficial Psychedelic-assisted Therapy in Slovenian Legal Framework (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Miha Hafner
- Alternatives to Conventional Punishment of Drug Offenders: The Case of Cannabis (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2025) – Project leader: Dr. Kristina Čufar
- Measuring Social Climate in Prisons: Methods, Procedures and Practice (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2025) – Project leader: Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
- The Analysis of Emergency Measures: Protecting Human Rights and Preventing Social Harms in the Era of Perpetual Crises (1. 10. 2022 – 30. 9. 2025) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- 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
Past projects:
- Sentencing Policy for Sexual Crimes (1. 9. 2021 – 28. 2. 2023) – Project leader: Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
- Ethical and Legal Aspects of Triage in Times of COVID-19 Epidemic (1. 10. 2020 – 30. 9. 2022) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Psychological Mechanisms in Criminal Justice: Deconstructing Objectivity (1. 7. 2019 – 30. 6. 2022) – Project leader: Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
- Social Control, Criminal Justice System, Violence and the Prevention of Victimizations in the Context of High Technology Market Society (1. 1. 2015 – 31. 12. 2021) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
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