Maarten J J Kunst
Biographic Data
| ID | 4030152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maarten J J Kunst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maarten J J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kunst |
| SIGNATURE | KUNST M J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2790-9260 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconsidering the victim–offender overlap through a trauma-informed lens
The victim–offender overlap is one of the most robust findings in criminology and victimology. However, the literature on this overlap suffers from several limitations. First, its conceptualisation of the victim–offender overlap is rather narrow. Second, it lacks a theoretical framework that explains the overlap between victimisation and offending. Third, it has neglected its relevance for criminal justice responses to crime. In this paper, I arg…
Threat perception clusters and neighborhood effects
The perceived threat of victimization can impact an individual’s well-being in their neighborhood. For that reason, extensive research has investigated how the perceived threat of victimization is related to the characteristics of a neighborhood. The current article attempts to shed a new light on this relationship by employing cluster analysis to study (the co-occurrence of) cognitive (perceived risk) and affective (fear) threat perceptions. Usi…
The situational character of prison violence
Given the detrimental effects of prison violence, understanding why and how incidents occur is necessary. This explorative qualitative research on prison violence investigates potentially violent situations between incarcerated men. Through in-depth interviews with 22 incarcerated men from 3 Dutch prisons and 2 formerly incarcerated men, we offer insight into the situational circumstances of prison violence. The findings reveal three distinct cat…
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions
This study explores claimants’ experiences with redress procedures addressing historical institutional abuse by Catholic clergy in the Netherlands, examining three areas: complaint and compensation procedures, civil court cases, and mediation. Based on interviews with 18 claimants, findings indicate significant procedural flaws, especially within the Reporting Centre which was frequently described as rigid and impersonal, offering little room for…
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions: an ex ante evaluation of institutional and non-institutional response procedures With the disclosure of widespread sexual abuse within the Dutch Roman Catholic Church, victim-survivors demanded justice from Dutch Church authorities and the Dutch state. As conventional approaches, such as criminal and civil law, were deemed to be inept in achieving recognition and repair, new procedures had to be es…
Factors that influence the criminal justice response to human trafficking
Human trafficking, the recruitment and transportation of persons by use of force, coercion, or deception for exploitation is one of the largest illicit industries worldwide. In the execution of anti-trafficking policies to combat this phenomenon, nation-states have assigned a decisive role to criminal justice actors as they are not only responsible for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of perpetrators but also for the identification a…
Psychological Distress Among Domestic Burglary Victims
Domestic burglary victimization is a potentially traumatic experience, because most people consider their home as an extension of the self and a place where the self is protected against others. Intrusions to such a highly valued place are therefore considered as attacks to both one’s personhood and one’s safety and privacy and may render victims at risk of psychological distress. In view of the legal obligations most countries have with regard t…
The mediating role of state anger in the associations between intentions to participate in the criminal trial and psychopathology in traumatically bereaved people
Victims of crimes have been granted increasing procedural rights to participate in the juridical process since the mid 1990s. However, knowledge about the (anti)-therapeutic effect of participation is limited. We examined the associations between symptom levels of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression and the intention to participate in a criminal trial. Furthermore, we investigated t…
The effects of forensic mental health reports on decisions about guilt in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, in approximately 30% of the more serious criminal cases, a pretrial forensic mental health report (FMHR) is requested to inform the court whether a mental disorder was present at the time of alleged crime, whether this disorder affected behavior and decision-making at the time of the offense and how this disorder may affect future (criminal) behavior. While informative for sentencing decisions, information about mental disorde…
De publieke waardering van het strafrechtsysteem
An evaluation of the criminal justice system: The role of emotion and orientation dispositions The current research aims to investigate the relation between different dispositions and the evaluation of the criminal justice system. Using a sample of 682 members of the LISS panel, consisting of a representative cross-section of the Dutch population, we looked at the role of the emotion dispositions empathy, anger and worry/anxiety, and the orientat…
Knowing from where to start
Victimologists have often called for more empirical research into the effectiveness of legal rights for crime victims. In this article I contend that it is currently too early to heed such calls due to the lack of insight into prior research addressing this topic. I argue that systematic literature reviews can help us to get this insight, particularly if they adhere to the principles of the realist synthesis approach. A core strength of this appr…
Crime victims’ evaluations of procedural justice and police performance in relation to cooperation
Previous research suggests that perceived negative treatment by police officers may have consequences for victims’ willingness to share information with the police. This might explain why particularly repeat victims are less likely to cooperate with the police. The current study explores why this would be true by conducting in-depth interviews with 32 crime victims who had recently reported their victimisation of property crime or violent crime t…
Victim Satisfaction With the Criminal Justice System and Emotional Recovery
The current study systematically and critically reviewed the empirical literature to evaluate the association between satisfaction with the criminal justice system and adult crime victims’ emotional recovery. Despite the widely accepted notion that involvement in the criminal justice system may impact recovery from crime victimization—either beneficially or maliciously—a systematic review of empirical studies that addresses this topic has never b…
Examining the Link Between Domestic Violence Victimization and Loneliness in a Dutch Community Sample
The current study investigated whether differences in loneliness scores between individuals with a distressed personality type (type D personality) and subjects without such a personality varied by domestic violence victimization. Participants (N = 625) were recruited by random sampling from the Municipal Basic Administration of the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch and were invited to fill out a set of questionnaires on health status. For this stud…
Mental Health Problems and Satisfaction with Amount of State Compensation for Intentional Violent Crime Victimization in The Netherlands
The current study explored whether self-reported mental health problems among victims of violent crime (n = 151) affect their ratings of satisfaction with amount of financial compensation awarded by the Dutch state and vice versa. This topic is important to address, because satisfaction is often used as an indicator of quality of victim services. Relying on medical literature about satisfaction with compensation in patient populations, it was exp…
Domestic violence and mental health in a Dutch community sample
The present study explored whether the adverse mental health consequences of domestic violence victimization vary by type of loneliness (i.e., emotional and social loneliness). Participants were drawn from the Dutch city of Rotterdam ( N = 7072). Domestic violence victimization, emotional loneliness and social loneliness were associated with self‐reported mental health. In addition, interaction effects were observed between domestic violence vict…
Dismissive Attachment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Securely and Insecurely Attached Belgian Security Workers
This study examined Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in relation to secure and insecure attachment styles based on data collected in a sample of 81 Belgian security workers. All had experienced one traumatic event in the previous year. The sample was divided into a securely attached and an insecurely attached group. The three PTSD symptom scales, Re-experiencing, Avoidance, and Hyperarousal, differentiated significantly between the two attachment gr…
Income Attainment among Victims of Violence
Violent victimisation may have many short-term psychological and physical outcomes. Occasionally, the negative aftermath of violence persists over time or induces other and more far-reaching consequences. Income attainment after victimisation is one of these outcomes. To date, previous studies have focussed on the income effects of violent victimisation during childhood and adolescence. Violence exposure during the early stages of the life course…
The Prevalence of Stalking in The Netherlands
Over eight years after the enactment of the Dutch anti-stalking provisions there are still no figures detailing the prevalence of stalking in The Netherlands. This article aims to estimate the lifetime and annual prevalence of this form of victimisation within the Dutch population. Questionnaires were distributed in July 2007 to visitors to the annual Tilburg fun fair. Of the 1,027 respondents 16.5 percent reported a lifetime rate of stalking vic…
Critical Incident, Adult Attachment Style, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
In this paper the authors render the results of research investigating adult attachment and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of Belgian security workers. The sample contained 3 subsamples: 68 individuals who had directly experienced a critical incident, 67 individuals who indirectly went through a critical incident, and 77 individuals who had not experienced a critical incident in the last six months. The analysis of the research …
The Prevalence of Stalking in The Netherlands
Over eight years after the enactment of the Dutch anti-stalking provisions there are still no figures detailing the prevalence of stalking in The Netherlands. This article aims to estimate the lifetime and annual prevalence of this form of victimisation within the Dutch population. Questionnaires were distributed in July 2007 to visitors to the annual Tilburg fun fair. Of the 1,027 respondents 16.5 percent reported a lifetime rate of stalking vic…
Knowing from where to start
Victimologists have often called for more empirical research into the effectiveness of legal rights for crime victims. In this article I contend that it is currently too early to heed such calls due to the lack of insight into prior research addressing this topic. I argue that systematic literature reviews can help us to get this insight, particularly if they adhere to the principles of the realist synthesis approach. A core strength of this appr…
Crime victims’ evaluations of procedural justice and police performance in relation to cooperation
Previous research suggests that perceived negative treatment by police officers may have consequences for victims’ willingness to share information with the police. This might explain why particularly repeat victims are less likely to cooperate with the police. The current study explores why this would be true by conducting in-depth interviews with 32 crime victims who had recently reported their victimisation of property crime or violent crime t…
Examining the Link Between Domestic Violence Victimization and Loneliness in a Dutch Community Sample
The current study investigated whether differences in loneliness scores between individuals with a distressed personality type (type D personality) and subjects without such a personality varied by domestic violence victimization. Participants (N = 625) were recruited by random sampling from the Municipal Basic Administration of the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch and were invited to fill out a set of questionnaires on health status. For this stud…
Mental Health Problems and Satisfaction with Amount of State Compensation for Intentional Violent Crime Victimization in The Netherlands
The current study explored whether self-reported mental health problems among victims of violent crime (n = 151) affect their ratings of satisfaction with amount of financial compensation awarded by the Dutch state and vice versa. This topic is important to address, because satisfaction is often used as an indicator of quality of victim services. Relying on medical literature about satisfaction with compensation in patient populations, it was exp…
Domestic violence and mental health in a Dutch community sample
The present study explored whether the adverse mental health consequences of domestic violence victimization vary by type of loneliness (i.e., emotional and social loneliness). Participants were drawn from the Dutch city of Rotterdam ( N = 7072). Domestic violence victimization, emotional loneliness and social loneliness were associated with self‐reported mental health. In addition, interaction effects were observed between domestic violence vict…
Income Attainment among Victims of Violence
Violent victimisation may have many short-term psychological and physical outcomes. Occasionally, the negative aftermath of violence persists over time or induces other and more far-reaching consequences. Income attainment after victimisation is one of these outcomes. To date, previous studies have focussed on the income effects of violent victimisation during childhood and adolescence. Violence exposure during the early stages of the life course…
Critical Incident, Adult Attachment Style, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
In this paper the authors render the results of research investigating adult attachment and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of Belgian security workers. The sample contained 3 subsamples: 68 individuals who had directly experienced a critical incident, 67 individuals who indirectly went through a critical incident, and 77 individuals who had not experienced a critical incident in the last six months. The analysis of the research …
Dismissive Attachment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Securely and Insecurely Attached Belgian Security Workers
This study examined Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in relation to secure and insecure attachment styles based on data collected in a sample of 81 Belgian security workers. All had experienced one traumatic event in the previous year. The sample was divided into a securely attached and an insecurely attached group. The three PTSD symptom scales, Re-experiencing, Avoidance, and Hyperarousal, differentiated significantly between the two attachment gr…
Income Attainment among Victims of Violence
Violent victimisation may have many short-term psychological and physical outcomes. Occasionally, the negative aftermath of violence persists over time or induces other and more far-reaching consequences. Income attainment after victimisation is one of these outcomes. To date, previous studies have focussed on the income effects of violent victimisation during childhood and adolescence. Violence exposure during the early stages of the life course…
The Prevalence of Stalking in The Netherlands
Over eight years after the enactment of the Dutch anti-stalking provisions there are still no figures detailing the prevalence of stalking in The Netherlands. This article aims to estimate the lifetime and annual prevalence of this form of victimisation within the Dutch population. Questionnaires were distributed in July 2007 to visitors to the annual Tilburg fun fair. Of the 1,027 respondents 16.5 percent reported a lifetime rate of stalking vic…
Domestic violence and mental health in a Dutch community sample
The present study explored whether the adverse mental health consequences of domestic violence victimization vary by type of loneliness (i.e., emotional and social loneliness). Participants were drawn from the Dutch city of Rotterdam ( N = 7072). Domestic violence victimization, emotional loneliness and social loneliness were associated with self‐reported mental health. In addition, interaction effects were observed between domestic violence vict…
Examining the Link Between Domestic Violence Victimization and Loneliness in a Dutch Community Sample
The current study investigated whether differences in loneliness scores between individuals with a distressed personality type (type D personality) and subjects without such a personality varied by domestic violence victimization. Participants (N = 625) were recruited by random sampling from the Municipal Basic Administration of the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch and were invited to fill out a set of questionnaires on health status. For this stud…
Mental Health Problems and Satisfaction with Amount of State Compensation for Intentional Violent Crime Victimization in The Netherlands
The current study explored whether self-reported mental health problems among victims of violent crime (n = 151) affect their ratings of satisfaction with amount of financial compensation awarded by the Dutch state and vice versa. This topic is important to address, because satisfaction is often used as an indicator of quality of victim services. Relying on medical literature about satisfaction with compensation in patient populations, it was exp…
Victim Satisfaction With the Criminal Justice System and Emotional Recovery
The current study systematically and critically reviewed the empirical literature to evaluate the association between satisfaction with the criminal justice system and adult crime victims’ emotional recovery. Despite the widely accepted notion that involvement in the criminal justice system may impact recovery from crime victimization—either beneficially or maliciously—a systematic review of empirical studies that addresses this topic has never b…
Crime victims’ evaluations of procedural justice and police performance in relation to cooperation
Previous research suggests that perceived negative treatment by police officers may have consequences for victims’ willingness to share information with the police. This might explain why particularly repeat victims are less likely to cooperate with the police. The current study explores why this would be true by conducting in-depth interviews with 32 crime victims who had recently reported their victimisation of property crime or violent crime t…
De publieke waardering van het strafrechtsysteem
An evaluation of the criminal justice system: The role of emotion and orientation dispositions The current research aims to investigate the relation between different dispositions and the evaluation of the criminal justice system. Using a sample of 682 members of the LISS panel, consisting of a representative cross-section of the Dutch population, we looked at the role of the emotion dispositions empathy, anger and worry/anxiety, and the orientat…
Knowing from where to start
Victimologists have often called for more empirical research into the effectiveness of legal rights for crime victims. In this article I contend that it is currently too early to heed such calls due to the lack of insight into prior research addressing this topic. I argue that systematic literature reviews can help us to get this insight, particularly if they adhere to the principles of the realist synthesis approach. A core strength of this appr…
The mediating role of state anger in the associations between intentions to participate in the criminal trial and psychopathology in traumatically bereaved people
Victims of crimes have been granted increasing procedural rights to participate in the juridical process since the mid 1990s. However, knowledge about the (anti)-therapeutic effect of participation is limited. We examined the associations between symptom levels of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression and the intention to participate in a criminal trial. Furthermore, we investigated t…
The effects of forensic mental health reports on decisions about guilt in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, in approximately 30% of the more serious criminal cases, a pretrial forensic mental health report (FMHR) is requested to inform the court whether a mental disorder was present at the time of alleged crime, whether this disorder affected behavior and decision-making at the time of the offense and how this disorder may affect future (criminal) behavior. While informative for sentencing decisions, information about mental disorde…
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions: an ex ante evaluation of institutional and non-institutional response procedures With the disclosure of widespread sexual abuse within the Dutch Roman Catholic Church, victim-survivors demanded justice from Dutch Church authorities and the Dutch state. As conventional approaches, such as criminal and civil law, were deemed to be inept in achieving recognition and repair, new procedures had to be es…
Factors that influence the criminal justice response to human trafficking
Human trafficking, the recruitment and transportation of persons by use of force, coercion, or deception for exploitation is one of the largest illicit industries worldwide. In the execution of anti-trafficking policies to combat this phenomenon, nation-states have assigned a decisive role to criminal justice actors as they are not only responsible for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of perpetrators but also for the identification a…
Psychological Distress Among Domestic Burglary Victims
Domestic burglary victimization is a potentially traumatic experience, because most people consider their home as an extension of the self and a place where the self is protected against others. Intrusions to such a highly valued place are therefore considered as attacks to both one’s personhood and one’s safety and privacy and may render victims at risk of psychological distress. In view of the legal obligations most countries have with regard t…
The situational character of prison violence
Given the detrimental effects of prison violence, understanding why and how incidents occur is necessary. This explorative qualitative research on prison violence investigates potentially violent situations between incarcerated men. Through in-depth interviews with 22 incarcerated men from 3 Dutch prisons and 2 formerly incarcerated men, we offer insight into the situational circumstances of prison violence. The findings reveal three distinct cat…
Historical abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions
This study explores claimants’ experiences with redress procedures addressing historical institutional abuse by Catholic clergy in the Netherlands, examining three areas: complaint and compensation procedures, civil court cases, and mediation. Based on interviews with 18 claimants, findings indicate significant procedural flaws, especially within the Reporting Centre which was frequently described as rigid and impersonal, offering little room for…
Reconsidering the victim–offender overlap through a trauma-informed lens
The victim–offender overlap is one of the most robust findings in criminology and victimology. However, the literature on this overlap suffers from several limitations. First, its conceptualisation of the victim–offender overlap is rather narrow. Second, it lacks a theoretical framework that explains the overlap between victimisation and offending. Third, it has neglected its relevance for criminal justice responses to crime. In this paper, I arg…
Threat perception clusters and neighborhood effects
The perceived threat of victimization can impact an individual’s well-being in their neighborhood. For that reason, extensive research has investigated how the perceived threat of victimization is related to the characteristics of a neighborhood. The current article attempts to shed a new light on this relationship by employing cluster analysis to study (the co-occurrence of) cognitive (perceived risk) and affective (fear) threat perceptions. Usi…
Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Poison control (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Suicide prevention (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Criminology (6 works)