Annemarie van de Weert
Annemarie van de Weert is a researcher at the Social Innovation Knowledge Center. Since September 2021, she has been conducting PhD research: ‘Realizing legal protection in compulsory care by psychiatrists and nurses. For the Access to Justice professorship, she previously mapped out the practice of early detection of youth extremism by frontline professionals. Both topics involve anticipatory justice.
Annemarie is a lecturer at the Institute for Security on the subjects of: Counterterrorism, Trends in criminology, Criminal law in an EU context and the phenomenon of realizing legal protection.
"Social and legalprofessionals play a crucial role at the local level in the realization ofhuman rights. My PhD research focuses on how they deal with this inpractice."
Forced interventions for the sake of care and safety require sound legal protection. The procedural rules make rights accessible. But legal protection in the application of compulsory measures also concerns guaranteeing to act justly. The material requirements are secured. This also concerns the right to humane treatment through respectful handling. And that is a human right that depends on the interpretation given from below. Legal protection is therefore also included in human rights, which should be safeguarded by professionals in daily practice. By explaining patterns, pitfalls and dilemmas from daily work practice, knowledge can be gathered to improve practice. This provides valuable insights for self-reflection and awareness of one's own actions. In this way, the Access to Justice professorship aims to contribute to more thorough, inclusive and informed practice in the realization of legal protection.
Fields of expertise
- Human rights
- Local security
- Act justly
Animation by Annemarie van der Weert of the urgency for research into Local Early Detection of Deviant Behaviour.
Publications
- van de Weert, A. (2022). Justice and risk assessment: the subjectivity of pre-emptive screening of radicalisation processes. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 17(3), 287–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2022.2124123
- van de Weert, A., & Eijkman, Q. (2021). Reconsidering Early Detection in Countering Radicalization by Local Frontline Professionals. Terrorism and Political Violence, 33(2), 397–408. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1880237
- van de Weert, A., & Eijkman, Q. (2021). In Every Artery of Society? How Dutch Community Police Officers Perceive Their Role in Early Detection of Violent Extremism among Youth. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 15(2), 1144–1157, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaa038
- van de Weert, A., Eijkman, Q. (2020). Early detection of extremism? The local security professional on assessment of potential threats posed by youth. Crime Law Soc Change, 73, 491–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-019-09877-y
- van de Weert, A., & Eijkman, Q. (2018). Subjectivity in detection of radicalisation and violent extremism: a youth worker’s perspective. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 11(3), 191–214. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2018.1457069
