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The chronic abuser and the hopeless offender: Two sides of the same coin of intimate partner homicide

Worldwide one in seven homicides involve the killing of an intimate partner. In the Netherlands this number is even higher: one in four homicides concern intimate partner homicides. But who are the offenders and victims of intimate partner homicide?

Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem • April 25, 2022

Beyond ‘Indoctrination’ and ‘Brainwashing’: Understanding the Transmission of Extreme Beliefs

When discussing the transmission of extreme beliefs, we tend to fall back on concepts such as ‘indoctrination’ and ‘brainwashing’. In this blog, we explain why this is problematic.

Layla van Wieringen, Marieke Liem and Daan Weggemans • December 03, 2021